ssd to hdd

[Chicano]

so i downloaded that program and it would work but it wants me to pay 259 dollars to upgrade so that i can change a disk to basic. i dont have that type of cash just laying around for a one time use thing.

Sorry about that... I just copied and pasted without checking free or shareware. There are plenty of free programs of the type and do it safely without data loss.

This partition manager has the option to change dynamic to basic partitions.
https://www.partitionwizard.com/help/convert-dynamic-disk-to-basic-disk.html

BTW: You downloaded the pay version of the EASEUS Partition Master.. they have a free version as well.

 

[Blake_40]

so i downloaded that program and it would work but it wants me to pay 259 dollars to upgrade so that i can change a disk to basic. i dont have that type of cash just laying around for a one time use thing.

Sorry about that... I just copied and pasted without checking free or shareware. There are plenty of free programs of the type and do it safely without data loss.

This partition manager has the option to change dynamic to basic partitions.
https://www.partitionwizard.com/help/convert-dynamic-disk-to-basic-disk.html

BTW: You downloaded the pay version of the EASEUS Partition Master.. they have a free version as well.

OK so i had another question. would wiping my HDD and then changing the drive back to basic work? and if it does work then will i be able to put the files i have backed up back on the hard drive?

 

[USAFRet]

OK so i had another question. would wiping my HDD and then changing the drive back to basic work? and if it does work then will i be able to put the files i have backed up back on the hard drive?

Yes.
Delete ALL volumes on that drive.
New Simple Volume
Format
Give it a drive letter
Use as desired.

 

[Blake_40]

OK so i had another question. would wiping my HDD and then changing the drive back to basic work? and if it does work then will i be able to put the files i have backed up back on the hard drive?

Yes.
Delete ALL volumes on that drive.
New Simple Volume
Format
Give it a drive letter
Use as desired.

ok cool. then how do i put the operating system back on to that hard drive?

 

[USAFRet]

OK so i had another question. would wiping my HDD and then changing the drive back to basic work? and if it does work then will i be able to put the files i have backed up back on the hard drive?

Yes.
Delete ALL volumes on that drive.
New Simple Volume
Format
Give it a drive letter
Use as desired.

ok cool. then how do i put the operating system back on to that hard drive?

The HDD does not need an OS on it.

You're installing the OS on the SSD, correct?
The hDD will just be a second drive, with a different drive letter.

 

[Blake_40]

OK so i had another question. would wiping my HDD and then changing the drive back to basic work? and if it does work then will i be able to put the files i have backed up back on the hard drive?

Yes.
Delete ALL volumes on that drive.
New Simple Volume
Format
Give it a drive letter
Use as desired.

ok cool. then how do i put the operating system back on to that hard drive?

The HDD does not need an OS on it.

You're installing the OS on the SSD, correct?
The hDD will just be a second drive, with a different drive letter.

well im trying to clone whats on the hdd on to the ssd is my goal. so if i delete the hdd then i need the files back on that to clone it right?

 

[USAFRet]

OK, hold on.
I thought we were past that.

Is the current HDD still the primary drive it boots form, and is it still a Dynamic disk?

 

[Blake_40]

OK, hold on.
I thought we were past that.

Is the current HDD still the primary drive it boots form, and is it still a Dynamic disk?

yes. i have backed up the hdd to a seperate hdd and was going to delete the hdd i am operating from and then change it to a basic disk. but i am trying to see if that is possible without putting it into a desktop to change it. i only have one os hard drive and its the one i need cloned. so if i cant do this then im just gonna say screw it and buy windows boot disk and start from scratch.

 

[USAFRet]

OK, hold on.
I thought we were past that.

Is the current HDD still the primary drive it boots form, and is it still a Dynamic disk?

yes. i have backed up the hdd to a seperate hdd and was going to delete the hdd i am operating from and then change it to a basic disk. but i am trying to see if that is possible without putting it into a desktop to change it. i only have one os hard drive and its the one i need cloned. so if i cant do this then im just gonna say screw it and buy windows boot disk and start from scratch.

Mostly irrelevant, but backed up how?

Macrium apparently won't clone from a Dynamic disk.
You need to change that somehow.

Or just start over with a clean install.

 

[Blake_40]

OK, hold on.
I thought we were past that.

Is the current HDD still the primary drive it boots form, and is it still a Dynamic disk?

yes. i have backed up the hdd to a seperate hdd and was going to delete the hdd i am operating from and then change it to a basic disk. but i am trying to see if that is possible without putting it into a desktop to change it. i only have one os hard drive and its the one i need cloned. so if i cant do this then im just gonna say screw it and buy windows boot disk and start from scratch.

Mostly irrelevant, but backed up how?

Macrium apparently won't clone from a Dynamic disk.
You need to change that somehow.

Or just start over with a clean install.

i just did a file backup on to one of my external hard drives.

 

[USAFRet]

OK, hold on.
I thought we were past that.

Is the current HDD still the primary drive it boots form, and is it still a Dynamic disk?

yes. i have backed up the hdd to a seperate hdd and was going to delete the hdd i am operating from and then change it to a basic disk. but i am trying to see if that is possible without putting it into a desktop to change it. i only have one os hard drive and its the one i need cloned. so if i cant do this then im just gonna say screw it and buy windows boot disk and start from scratch.

Mostly irrelevant, but backed up how?

Macrium apparently won't clone from a Dynamic disk.
You need to change that somehow.

Or just start over with a clean install.

i just did a file backup on to one of my external hard drives.

A "file backup" will not gain you anything you can boot from.

 

[Blake_40]

OK, hold on.
I thought we were past that.

Is the current HDD still the primary drive it boots form, and is it still a Dynamic disk?

yes. i have backed up the hdd to a seperate hdd and was going to delete the hdd i am operating from and then change it to a basic disk. but i am trying to see if that is possible without putting it into a desktop to change it. i only have one os hard drive and its the one i need cloned. so if i cant do this then im just gonna say screw it and buy windows boot disk and start from scratch.

Mostly irrelevant, but backed up how?

Macrium apparently won't clone from a Dynamic disk.
You need to change that somehow.

Or just start over with a clean install.

i just did a file backup on to one of my external hard drives.

A "file backup" will not gain you anything you can boot from.

so backing up my hdd and the file containing the os isnt gonna work then?

 

[USAFRet]

so backing up my hdd and the file containing the os isnt gonna work then?

Depends on how exactly you did this, but probably not.

 

[Chicano]

I need to make on observation: Unless I missed something, from the Macrim image Bake posted, the Dynamic disk seems to be the SSD only (3 NTFS Dynamic partitions)... The HDD is one unallocated partition and a second NFTS primary partition with Windows on... So as far as I can tell, the HDD doesn't have to go through any format for now.

It's a simple formatting the SSD through USB with NTFS Primary partition, and cloning directly from the HDD to it.

 

[USAFRet]

I need to make on observation: Unless I missed something, from the Macrim image Bake posted, the Dynamic disk seems to be the SSD only (3 NTFS Dynamic partitions)... The HDD is one unallocated partition and a second NFTS primary partition with Windows on... So as far as I can tell, the HDD doesn't have to go through any format for now.

It's a simple formatting the SSD through USB with NTFS Primary partition, and cloning directly from the HDD to it.

Disk 1, Dynamic, is a 250GB
Disk 2, GPT, is a 120GB.

Where is the OS?
Disconnect one or the other...what happens?
What was there originally?

 

[Chicano]

The OS is in the third SSD partition named Acer C: (232GB SSD)

The HDD looks empty.. I had the impression it had the original OS, but it may be the second HDD before he backed up the OS.

The point is you asked

Moderator

OK, hold on.
I thought we were past that.

Is the current HDD still the primary drive it boots form, and is it still a Dynamic disk?

And the Dynamic disk is the SSD only.

 

[USAFRet]

The OS is in the third SSD partition named Acer C: (232GB SSD)

The HDD looks empty.. I had the impression it had the original OS, but it may be the second HDD before he backed up the OS.

The point is you asked

Moderator

OK, hold on.
I thought we were past that.

Is the current HDD still the primary drive it boots form, and is it still a Dynamic disk?

And the Dynamic disk is the SSD only.

"the HDD looks empty"
And which drive would that HDD be?
Disk 1 or Disk 2?

In that screencap, Disk 1, highlighted in brown, is the OS drive. And appears to be a Dynamic drive of 250GB.

The other drive, presumably a 120GB, GPT Disk 2, is...what?
New Volume, with a drive letter of A....empty.


If you or I were sitting in front of this system, discovery of the relevant config would take mere minutes.
Doing this by remote control is less than optimal.

Currently, I have no idea what is where, and what (or how) a 'backup' was made. Or if that 'backup' is even relevant.

 

[Chicano]

Disk 1 is the SSD (Dynamic disk) with the already cloned OS in it...

The other drive Disk 2 is a USB external empty HDD probably the backup HDD he mentioned.

The main HDD with the original OS of which he hasn't shown an image of yet, and as I understand, he has not formatted yet.

LOL... Yes I get the last part. OP has to give concrete answers like a detailed description of:
1) everything he's done so far
2) and describe what's in each HDD and SSD right now
3) and provide updated screenshots of Disk Management or Macrim of all three drives