[SOLVED] Way to Clone HDD OS to SSD excluding all other data?

[Came12on]

After googling i'm still not sure. Is there a way to clone my Windows from my old HDD to my new SSD?
I only want to move windows over, as the new ssd isn't big enough to clone everything...

Or is there a way to move ONLY the Data over to a seperate drive and then delete it from the OS drive (leaving only the OS on there)

Thanks

 

[geofelt]

Are you wedded to a 500gb crucial ssd?
If you use a samsung ssd, their windows C drive mover allows you to exclude data folders from the move.
When done, the data files will remain on the original HDD where you can delete the windows file.
Here is a link to the app and instructions:

Tool & Software Download | Samsung Semiconductor Global

Download various software related to your product, including Samsung Magician, designed for use with Samsung's memory products, and find related information.

www.samsung.com

The samsung app is a proprietary version of clonix so you could possibly buy clonix to do the job in the same way.

Thinking more about it, why not just buy a 1tb ssd and clone the whole thing and avoid all the hassle.
$100 or so should do it.

 

[Came12on]

What is the make/model of the new SSD?

Crucial p2 m.2 500gb nvme

 

[USAFRet]

Crucial p2 m.2 500gb nvme

You installed the Crucial driver for this, before you started the clone operation?

 

[USAFRet]

Also, I believe Crucial has their own version of Acronis for this cloning thing.
You might try that. Available at their website.

 

[Came12on]

You installed the Crucial driver for this, before you started the clone operation?

Is this what could have caused the issue?
I installed the crucial driver a few weeks ago when I first got the ssd
But just before cloning (after removing my other drives) i noticed the shortcut to the driver utility had dissapeared...
So maybe I installed the utility on a different drive (that I had now unplugged)
But that shouldn't mean the actual driver could have been removed from the ssd?

 

[USAFRet]

Is this what could have caused the issue?
I installed the crucial driver a few weeks ago when I first got the ssd
But just before cloning (after removing my other drives) i noticed the shortcut to the driver utility had dissapeared...
So maybe I installed the utility on a different drive (that I had now unplugged)
But that shouldn't mean the actual driver could have been removed from the ssd?

Install that driver again, and redo the clone.

 

[Came12on]

And when you DO get to the proper data size for cloning into a 500GB drive, this:

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Specific steps for a successful clone operation:
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If you are cloning from a SATA drive to PCIe/NVMe, install the relevant driver for this new NVMe/PCIe drive.

Disconnect ALL drives except the current C and the new SSD

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Okay so should I reinstall the crucial driver and save the folders etc onto the clone destination SSD? (that would mean the disk could not be formatted) Or should I keep the folders saved on the previous windows disk (which will need to be disabled once I boot the new one)

edit also just looking at the crucial storage executive now it says the drive already has the latest firmware. So the firmware must have still been updated when I cloned it

 

[USAFRet]

Okay so should I reinstall the crucial driver and save the folders etc onto the clone destination SSD? (that would mean the disk could not be formatted) Or should I keep the folders saved on the previous windows disk (which will need to be disabled once I boot the new one)

edit also just looking at the crucial storage executive now it says the drive already has the latest firmware. So the firmware must have still been updated when I cloned it

The driver should be installed on the working C drive, with the working OS.
That then transfers with everything else during the clone.

 

[Came12on]

Got it working. Thanks for all the help USAFRet

 

[USAFRet]

Excellent!