Question Macrium reflect, will the data on target disc be deleted if I clone only to a partition on target disc?

[Rahee|]

SSD- 250 GB (windows)
HDD- 2 TB with 1 TB used

If I clone SSD to HDD using Macrium reflect, data on HDD will be deleted? I have made a 400 GB partition on HDD, is it possible to copy SSD data on that partition only and dont delete other data on HDD.

 

[USAFRet]

Copy that data off to some other drive first.

In theory, it might be possible to not wipe that out.
But it is also very easy to make a mistake in the process.

 

[Lafong]

Are you doing this so you can move to a larger SSD?

If yes, you could make an image file of the current SSD and save it on that new partition on the HDD.

Then later restore that image file to a new larger SSD.

 

[USAFRet]

Per your previous thread, you may just be moving the issue to a different drive.

Strongly recommend a fresh install on a new SSD.

 

[Misgar]

If you use Macrium Reflect in "drag and drop" mode, you can drag individual partitions from the source drive (SSD) and drop them on to a partition or free space on the destination drive (HDD) and resize the partition to make it fit if necessary.

When I use this method, I usually tell Reflect to delete the existing partition on the destination drive where I'm about to drop a partition from the source drive. You can experiment, change partition sizes and only decide to commit, when you're absolutely certain you've got things right.

Does the partition you want to copy include a bootable OS or is it just a data partition? If it's bootable, you may have to copy more than one partition off the SSD on to the HDD, to make the HDD bootable, e.g. a small UEFI partition.

It's still a very good idea to backup all important data on the destination drive and probably the source drive too, before proceeding. It's easy to make a mistake and wipe important files.