[SOLVED] Transfer everything from hard drive to an ssd

[Insane Potatoz]

Hey everyone. Someone came to me becuase they knew I work with PCs a bit and basically asked me how I could make their PC go faster. After simply logging in to their PC, i could tell it needed an SSD. The HDD was under constant pressure even doing things like loading up google. I told them their PC needed, an SSD, and they said yes. To transfer their stuff from their hard drive to their SSD, I just need to clone it, right? I heard somewhere that it wasn't as easy as that and some other things needed to happen. Also, how would I go about doing that? any software I can install to do it?

Thanks!

Edit: Also I'm trying to find a decent cheap SSD for them. I've been looking at theTCSunBow X3. Would that be okay? It ranks pretty decent on this SSD tier list.

 

[USAFRet]

That "backup" is just in case things go weird.

Which should always exist...just in case.

 

[Insane Potatoz]

Obviously, you can't back up 113GB into a 32GB space.
So you have to consider what is critical.

• The owners personal docs.
• username/password combinations that they may not think of
• hardware drivers, primarily the LAN/WiFi.

And for the activation...changing to a different drive in the same system (motherboard) does not incur any licensing issues.

Can’t I just reinstall those drivers though?

 

[USAFRet]

Can’t I just reinstall those drivers though?

Saving that stuff is "just in case".
It is easier to have them saved on a USB, rather than to go look for them later. Especially the LAN/WiFi.

 

[Insane Potatoz]

Saving that stuff is "just in case".
It is easier to have them saved on a USB, rather than to go look for them later. Especially the LAN/WiFi.

Alright thanks for the help! Seriously, man, you don’t know how helpful you are.

 

[Insane Potatoz]

Wait okay I finally got macrium reflect on this super slow drive and this is what I see:

https://imgur.com/a/HqTCA8T

View: https://imgur.com/a/HqTCA8T


How do I clone all of this?

 

[USAFRet]

How do I clone all of this?

So, a little under 150GB actual consumed space, and a 250GB target drive.
No problem.

Follow the instructions above.

 

[Insane Potatoz]

So, a little under 150GB actual consumed space, and a 250GB target drive.
No problem.

Follow the instructions above.

Oh okay. Just though I’d be sure since there were all those other thingys. Thanks!

 

[Insane Potatoz]

So, a little under 150GB actual consumed space, and a 250GB target drive.
No problem.

Follow the instructions above.

Okay when I try to clone it says that it can’t do it. It reads “not all copied. Insufficient space.”
???

 

[USAFRet]

Okay when I try to clone it says that it can’t do it. It reads “not all copied. Insufficient space.”
???

What partitions exist on the target drive?
Delete ALL those and try again.

 

[Insane Potatoz]

What partitions exist on the target drive?
Delete ALL those and try again.

All I did was allocate and format the new ssd.
But even before that it said the same thing.

 

[USAFRet]

All I did was allocate and format the new ssd.
But even before that it said the same thing.

During the process, drag each partition individually. Starting from the left.
And, leave off the D partition.

 

[Insane Potatoz]

During the process, drag each partition individually. Starting from the left.
And, leave off the D partition.

I’m only able to drag “1- SYSTEM” and “2-OS (C” to the ssd. Anything else won’t work
Edit: haha I wanted to type C: in parenthesis but it made it a smiley face.

 

[USAFRet]

I’m only able to drag “1- SYSTEM” and “2-OS (C” to the ssd. Anything else won’t work
Edit: haha I wanted to type C: in parenthesis but it made it a smiley face.

And the target drive is what?

 

[Insane Potatoz]

And the target drive is what?

The SSD?
It’s labeled as E: I think

 

[USAFRet]

The SSD?
It’s labeled as E: I think

I meant size/make/model.

 

[Insane Potatoz]

I meant size/make/model.

Oh Teamgroup T-Force Vulcan 250gb

 

[USAFRet]

Oh Teamgroup T-Force Vulcan 250gb

Oh you DID go for that crappy one...;(

Usually cloning works. Usually.
Unsure of why this one is failing.

 

[Insane Potatoz]

Oh you DID go for that crappy one...;(

Usually cloning works. Usually.
Unsure of why this one is failing.

Not the TCSunbow one. I read a review for this SSD on this site and it said it was pretty good.
Any idea how to check if it’s bad? CrystalDiskInfo?

 

[Insane Potatoz]

CrystalDiskInfo says the drive is 100% good.

 

[USAFRet]

Overall performance is not the issue.

 

[Insane Potatoz]

Overall performance is not the issue.

Then what can I do?

 

[USAFRet]

Then what can I do?

For whatever reason, this clone thing is not working.

Cloning is great, when it works.
When it does NOT work...time to give up and just do a new install on the new SSD>

 

[USAFRet]

Or, here's a thought.
Don't try to do a direct clone.

Assuming you have an external drive around with sufficient space, make an Image of the current HDD.
Also, make a Macrium Rescue USB.
Swap the drives...HDD out, SSD in.
Boot from the Macrium RescueUSB, and recover that Image to the new SSD>

Try that.

 

[Insane Potatoz]

Or, here's a thought.
Don't try to do a direct clone.

Assuming you have an external drive around with sufficient space, make an Image of the current HDD.
Also, make a Macrium Rescue USB.
Swap the drives...HDD out, SSD in.
Boot from the Macrium RescueUSB, and recover that Image to the new SSD>

Try that.

Problem is I haven’t gone out and bought an external hard drive yet.
Even though the SSD can’t clone, is it still okay to use? I have a spare 250gb that I was going to use later, but maybe they will let me try this other 250gb I have spare instead of the one they bought.

 

[USAFRet]

Should be no problem to use it.
If there IS a problem...well, that might be the reason the clone failed.