Cloning OS to new drive

[thunter7891]

Hey guys, my PC has been crashing and I'm fairly certain it is the HD. I ordered a small 500 GB drive to test it out before getting a SSD.

So, I recently wiped the bad one clean in preparation of cloning the drive. When I go to clone, it shows three different "subdrives" on the main HD. (it is 1TB)

I only want to copy windows over to the new drive to make sure the crashing stops, and I am unsure which one I need. Here are what they say:

1 - System Reserved (None)
NTFS Active 273/350 MB

2 - (C)
NTFS Primary 29.2/930.73 GB

3 - (None)
NTFS Primary 333.4/450 MB

First I tried to just clone all three over to the new drive, but it says there isn't enough room?

Then I cloned just the "2 - (C)" drive over and tried to boot, but it said no disk found. Any suggestions?

 

[USAFRet]

1. You can't clone 'only windows'.
Everything in that partition goes.

I am unsure of what drives you have, and what is on them.
Your C partition shows 29.2GB used? Is this a clean install on this drive?

Can you post a screencap of your current Disk Management window?

 

[thunter7891]

1. You can't clone 'only windows'.
Everything in that partition goes.

I am unsure of what drives you have, and what is on them.
Your C partition shows 29.2GB used? Is this a clean install on this drive?

Can you post a screencap of your current Disk Management window?

Yes the C drive had a fresh install of windows after a bad crash. I can't get you a screenshot yet as I am running a new clone. I am attempting to clone the first two partitions, then the third one last. I am really confused why it says there is not enough room on the 500 GB drive to install all three partitions at once.

 

[USAFRet]

Try these steps for a (potentially) successful clone:
(substitute SSD for HDD as appropriate)
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Verify the actual used space on the current drive is significantly below the size of the new SSD
Download and install Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration, if a Samsung SSD)
Power off
Disconnect ALL drives except the current C and the new SSD
Power up
Run the Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration)
Select ALL the partitions on the existing C drive
Click the 'Clone' button
Wait until it is done
When it finishes, power off
Disconnect ALL drives except for the new SSD
Swap the SATA cables around so that the new drive is connected to the same SATA port as the old drive
Power up, and verify the BIOS boot order
If good, continue the power up

It should boot from the new drive, just like the old drive.
Maybe reboot a time or two, just to make sure.

If it works, and it should, all is good.

Later, reconnect the old drive and wipe as necessary.
Delete the original boot partitions, here:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/4f1b84ac-b193-40e3-943a-f45d52e23685/cant-delete-extra-healthy-recovery-partitions-and-healthy-efi-system-partition?forum=w8itproinstall
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[thunter7891]

Try these steps for a (potentially) successful clone:
(substitute SSD for HDD as appropriate)
-----------------------------
Verify the actual used space on the current drive is significantly below the size of the new SSD
Download and install Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration, if a Samsung SSD)
Power off
Disconnect ALL drives except the current C and the new SSD
Power up
Run the Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration)
Select ALL the partitions on the existing C drive
Click the 'Clone' button
Wait until it is done
When it finishes, power off
Disconnect ALL drives except for the new SSD
Swap the SATA cables around so that the new drive is connected to the same SATA port as the old drive
Power up, and verify the BIOS boot order
If good, continue the power up

It should boot from the new drive, just like the old drive.
Maybe reboot a time or two, just to make sure.

If it works, and it should, all is good.

Later, reconnect the old drive and wipe as necessary.
Delete the original boot partitions, here:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/4f1b84ac-b193-40e3-943a-f45d52e23685/cant-delete-extra-healthy-recovery-partitions-and-healthy-efi-system-partition?forum=w8itproinstall
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I actually read this on another post before making mine, and Macrium Reflect is what I downloaded and tried. It seems the third partition, the one I noted as "3 - (None) NTFS Primary 333.4/450 MB" will not clone to the new drive. It tells me "Not all copied. Insufficient space."

Here is a screen shot of what I'm talking about: http://imgur.com/a/vdI5L?

 

[USAFRet]

"insufficient space" is a whole different problem, and it should not be doing this.

Assuming the system works currently...

Disconnect ALL dries except the current C drive.
Does it boot correctly?

 

[thunter7891]

"insufficient space" is a whole different problem, and it should not be doing this.

Assuming the system works currently...

Disconnect ALL dries except the current C drive.
Does it boot correctly?

After cloning the first two partitions and disconnecting the old drive, I have successfully booted from the new drive! Thank you so much! I'm still not sure what was wrong with the third partition, but it's working so I aint stressing it!

 

[pwoelke]

Are you guys serious? The "problem" was that you were trying to copy 635.6 GB onto a 500 GB HDD.

 

[USAFRet]

Are you guys serious? The "problem" was that you were trying to copy 635.6 GB onto a 500 GB HDD.

I think you missed the MB vs GB thing.
Read the original again.