Cloning A Hard Drive To An Ssd 2

[Old_Geezer]

Under advice I used AOMEI Backupper to clone my Disk 0 to SSD. And all seemed to go well. However I've a couple of issues.

a) The two disks looked initially the same (except the additional unallocated part at the end of the SSD). although the "(Recovery Partition)" has become a P: drive and shown as NTFS. Which in itself seems odd if this is a clone. However on checking properties it turns out the C: drive is more full than it's "copy". Surely this should be impossible if it has truly been cloned ? Interestingly Disk Management shows the C: drive as having Boot, Page File, and Crash Dump whereas the copy shows no mention of these. Both are Primary Partition.

What's going on there ? Is it a copy or not ?

b) Additionally the P: drive (copy of the recovery partition) sits on the end of the cloned C: drive, thus separating it from the unallocated portion, which is hardly what is required. The new drive was purchased to ensure a larger drive. How do I get the P: drive and unallocated part to change positions, and the unallocated part added to the cloned C: drive ?

Thanks in advance for for any information and/or advice.

PS No I've yet to try booting from the copy.

[Togo]

It sounds to me as if you have tried more than once to clone on that drive without clearing it fully after previous attempts. I cloned a laptop 1TB drive to a 2TB hybrid and my desktop from a 2TB to a 2TB hybrid with no problems using this software. Both are performing very well particularly as I increased the RAM in both to 8GB just for the hell of it. I might even look at how far I can push the motherboard with an upgraded graphics card. I used this software but did not rush and was meticulous in choosing identical partitioning and file storage so as not to make other sites and providers assume that I was using a new pc. Think Apple Ytube etc. This was what I used Geezer. Not recommending Geezer but I have no complaints. I also know that you are able, and can make your own tech decisions. I have retained both hard drives as a real fall back in the event of something catastrophic. (I do play a bit fast and loose with Microsoft early releases and test programmes. ( New Beta browser out in January. Been running it for 3 months. It is very Good.)

P.P.S. Before doing anything more make sure that that drive is wiped clean and be sure to have a good sata hard drive external power, and usb connection to your machine that is running the drive that you want to clone.

https://www.ubackup.com/features/disk-clone.html

[Old_Geezer]

Thanks. Surely if a clone is being made it ought not matter what may or may not be on the destination ? Loathe to restart from scratch as it takes so darned long. But will hold your suggestion in mind in case there's no way to sort out the existing situation directly.

[Togo]

Most of the software sites warn that all info will be overwritten Geezer. But I tend to view that warning as a covering their own arisses blurb than a technical fact. I think that iof you read through the link I posted then with the old drive installed down load the software and then spend a little peaceful time reading it before connecting the new drive to the pc and making it run you will be just fine. It takes a while, so be patient. My laptop took about 2 hours but the desktop whizzed through it in 35 mins. That is a great moment. swapping the drives and booting up. I was walking on pillows for about half a day after the lappie sprang into life and ordered the same for the desktop the same day. Seagate hybrids in both.

[Old_Geezer]

Cheers.

[Old_Geezer]

Still not got around to wiping and retrying but must soon.