Solved Best way to clone my boot drive


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I have a Western Digital Black 1tb SN850X as the boot drive in my AMD based desktop PC. I've ordered a new Western Digital 2tb SN850X to upgrade the boot drive. I have licenses for both AOMEI Partition Assistant and Macrium Reflect. I want to be able to just swap out the 1tb for the 2tb drive. Can you tell me which software I should use to get the result I want? What process in the software should I use. Macrium has Clone vs Image and I'm not sure about which process I would use. AOMEI has Clone and COPY partition. I'm equally unsure about which way to go with AOMEI. I'm hoping not to do this by trial and (as usual for me) error. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
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I'm familiar with Macrium Reflect. Honestly using either method, Image or Clone, will work. Using either method however you have to pay attention to settings when moving to a larger drive otherwise you'll end up with unformatted/unused space on the larger drive. It's not complex you just have to pay attention.

I have Cloned dozens of HDDs to larger SSDs using MR. Sometimes smaller SSDs on older systems.
 

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    I'm a computer enthusiast so have quite a few systems that I run. More like an advanced hobby.
MACRUIM REFLECT

If you clone your SSD to the larger SSD it will be same size and you will unallocated space.

If you start the clone process and then change to copy larger disk will be fully allocated.
 

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As was stated if you clone you will have to do some manual partitioning to be able to utilize the extra space. I always image, I never clone. I take an image of the old drive, replace the drive, and restore the image to the new drive. Macrium will do it all, initialize, partition, and restore
With Macrium, your can resize your C: partitition during the restore process to utilize the extra space so there is no need for manual partitioning.
 

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Thanks for the replies.... I did find a Macrium video on cloning


This seems to imply that I can do it using cloning. It seems simple enough so I'm going to start that way. I don't have to worry about pulling my hair out over this.... Its fallen out already ;-)

If this fails I'll be giving the other methods trial and error(s)..
Bob
 

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  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro X64 - always current.
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    DIY Build
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG STRIX X570-E GAMING
    Memory
    Corsair DDR4-2132 4x16gb Dual Channel
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080TI
    Sound Card
    On motherboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 - NEC PA241W
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200
    Hard Drives
    1 - WD_BLACK 1TB SN850X NVMe Internal Gaming SSD Solid State Drive - Gen4 PCIe, M.2 2280
    1 - WD_BLACK 2TB SN850X NVMe Internal Gaming SSD Solid State Drive - Gen4 PCIe, M.2 2280
    PSU
    850 Watt Corsair® RM850x 80+
    Case
    Corsair 7000D AirFlow
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    Corsair iCUE H150i Elite CAPELLIX XT Liquid CPU Cooler
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Sidewinder
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    Logitech
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    Spectrum - 300mbs
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    Chrome
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    Windows Defender
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    Windows 10 Pro X64 - always current
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    Maingear Element
    CPU
    Intel Core i7 9750H
    Motherboard
    Intel LAPQC71B
    Memory
    32gb - Kingston DDR4 1333 Mhz Dual channel
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max Q
    Sound Card
    On board
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    2tb INTEL SSD PEKNW020T8
    PSU
    On board
    Case
    Laptop
    Cooling
    Fans
    Mouse
    TeckNet
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    On Board
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    Spectrum 300mbps
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Hello,
Just to follow up on my question and my results. The new 2tb SSD came yesterday. I followed the instructions in the video link I posted above and Macrium did expand the data volume from the 1tb SSD I was replacing to the 2tb SSD. I powered down and removed the 1tb boot SSD and installed the cloned 2tb SSD and my desktop PC just booted up like nothing had changed. Easy peasy........... thanks for all your suggestions
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro X64 - always current.
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    DIY Build
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG STRIX X570-E GAMING
    Memory
    Corsair DDR4-2132 4x16gb Dual Channel
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080TI
    Sound Card
    On motherboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 - NEC PA241W
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200
    Hard Drives
    1 - WD_BLACK 1TB SN850X NVMe Internal Gaming SSD Solid State Drive - Gen4 PCIe, M.2 2280
    1 - WD_BLACK 2TB SN850X NVMe Internal Gaming SSD Solid State Drive - Gen4 PCIe, M.2 2280
    PSU
    850 Watt Corsair® RM850x 80+
    Case
    Corsair 7000D AirFlow
    Cooling
    Corsair iCUE H150i Elite CAPELLIX XT Liquid CPU Cooler
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Sidewinder
    Mouse
    Logitech
    Internet Speed
    Spectrum - 300mbs
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro X64 - always current
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Maingear Element
    CPU
    Intel Core i7 9750H
    Motherboard
    Intel LAPQC71B
    Memory
    32gb - Kingston DDR4 1333 Mhz Dual channel
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max Q
    Sound Card
    On board
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    2tb INTEL SSD PEKNW020T8
    PSU
    On board
    Case
    Laptop
    Cooling
    Fans
    Mouse
    TeckNet
    Keyboard
    On Board
    Internet Speed
    Spectrum 300mbps
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
Don't forget to mark the thread solved.
 

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    2023 HP Pavilion 15t-eg200
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    Intel® Core™ i7-1255U
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    16 GB DDR4-3200 SDRAM (2 x 8 GB); 512 GB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
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    Win 11 23H2
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    PC/Desktop
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    HP AIO
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    13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700T 1.40 GHz
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    HP
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    500GB Samsung M.2 SSD WD HD 1TB RAM 16GB
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    GForce RTX 3050
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    1920x1080
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    500GB Samsung M.2 SSD
    WD HD 1TB
Thanks for that, I forgot. I guess you marked it for me.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro X64 - always current.
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    DIY Build
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG STRIX X570-E GAMING
    Memory
    Corsair DDR4-2132 4x16gb Dual Channel
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080TI
    Sound Card
    On motherboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 - NEC PA241W
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200
    Hard Drives
    1 - WD_BLACK 1TB SN850X NVMe Internal Gaming SSD Solid State Drive - Gen4 PCIe, M.2 2280
    1 - WD_BLACK 2TB SN850X NVMe Internal Gaming SSD Solid State Drive - Gen4 PCIe, M.2 2280
    PSU
    850 Watt Corsair® RM850x 80+
    Case
    Corsair 7000D AirFlow
    Cooling
    Corsair iCUE H150i Elite CAPELLIX XT Liquid CPU Cooler
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Sidewinder
    Mouse
    Logitech
    Internet Speed
    Spectrum - 300mbs
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro X64 - always current
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Maingear Element
    CPU
    Intel Core i7 9750H
    Motherboard
    Intel LAPQC71B
    Memory
    32gb - Kingston DDR4 1333 Mhz Dual channel
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max Q
    Sound Card
    On board
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    2tb INTEL SSD PEKNW020T8
    PSU
    On board
    Case
    Laptop
    Cooling
    Fans
    Mouse
    TeckNet
    Keyboard
    On Board
    Internet Speed
    Spectrum 300mbps
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
I did not. Not sure who did.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Win11
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    2023 HP Pavilion 15t-eg200
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ i7-1255U
    Memory
    16 GB DDR4-3200 SDRAM (2 x 8 GB); 512 GB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
  • Operating System
    Win 11 23H2
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP AIO
    CPU
    13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700T 1.40 GHz
    Motherboard
    HP
    Memory
    500GB Samsung M.2 SSD WD HD 1TB RAM 16GB
    Graphics card(s)
    GForce RTX 3050
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    500GB Samsung M.2 SSD
    WD HD 1TB

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro
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    Dell XPS 16 9640
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    Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
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    32GB LPDDR5x 7467 MT/s
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    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 8GB GDDR6
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    16.3 inch 4K+ OLED Infinity Edge Touch
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    3840 x 2400
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    1 Terabyte M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD
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    Vapor Chamber Cooling
    Mouse
    None
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    960 Mbps Netgear Mesh + 2 Satellites
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    Microsoft Edge (Chromium)
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    Microsoft Windows Security (Defender)
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    Microsoft Visual Studio
    Microsoft Visual Studio Code
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