Cloning C Drive


  1. Ken87
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    Cloning C Drive


    I have a desktop computer running Win 10 and I want to copy/clone the C drive to an SSD for faster access. I intend using EaseUS Disk Copy, but I have what I consider to be a problem. My C and D (for Data) drives are partitions on one 500GB HDD, which is Drive 0. I also have another 500GB HHD Drive 1 installed, which gives drives K,Land M. My SSD is 250GB. I can't use the disc copy option, as the SSD is too small to fit the C and D drives on, and have free space. So I have to use the Partition Copy option.
    Should I just clone the C partition, or should I clone all partitions except the D one. The partitions on the current Drive 0 are:-
    Recovery(*:) NTFS 277MB
    (*:) FAT32 81MB System
    (*:) Other 128MB
    (C:) NTFS 147.22GB Boot
    (*:) NTFS 396MB
    (*:) NTFS 329MB
    (D:) NTFS 60.06GB

    Then I intend installing the SSD, and booting from it, while renaming the existing C Drive as P, so that I still have it as a backup operating system.
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  3. dalchina
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    Hi, you probably have a UEFI installation- easier to tell if you posted a screenshot or your partitions with a 3rd party partition manager.

    If so, the O/S comprises 4 partitions. If you only copy C: you'll not be able to boot it as such without another whole sequence of actions.

    Macrium Reflect is often used for this sort of thing.
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  4. Ken87
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    Extra info


    I've attached a screen shot of the partitions.
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  6. Samuria
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    When you clone the old drive will have a different drive letter the problem is you then have two drives with the same disk signatures which can be a problem.you need all the partitions before c to be copied
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  7. Steve C
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    I prefer to use imaging rather than cloning using Macrium Reflect Free. Image all partitions to a spare drive then recover them to the SSD. This method avoids any disk ID conflicts.
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