Failure to clone an ssd to bigger ssd with minitool partition wizard

yokotuyama · 12 Jan 2024

Hi Spunk. Thanks for replying. I booted into the 2tb ssd. I can't open any apps in this drive therefore I can't open minitool partition wizard. When I boot into the 2tb the only partition visible is partition C, which was partition I when booted from the 1tb ssd like you said. I was able to see this in "this pc".

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I would appreciate if somebody could please help me. I am stuck on this and there's nothing I can find online on how to fix this issue.

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Whenever I select an app on the 2tb boot, I get the message "the specified path does not exist. Check the path and then try again."

SIW2 · 12 Jan 2024

Have you tried detaching the source disk and boot with only the cloned disk attached ?

yokotuyama · 12 Jan 2024

Hi SIW2, I have done that already and I get the same exact problem. I only see the C partition.

SIW2 · 12 Jan 2024

where do you not "see it "

other partitions show in your diskmgmt screenshot

idgat · 12 Jan 2024

Try re-doing the process using
- imaging > restore (i.e. not cloning)
with
- Macrium Reflect and/or AOMEI Backupper
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yokotuyama · 13 Jan 2024

I cannot access disk management in the 2tb drive, so I just go to "this pc" and under drives it only shows the C: partition. The screenshot of disk management that I posted is from the booted 1tb. So in other words. The 1tb shows all partitions when I boot into it, but when I boot into the 2tb only partition C shows up.

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Okay idgat, I will try that and see if I get it this time around. Thanks for your response.

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Idgat, thanks you for the suggestion! Imaging rather than cloning fixed the issue! Thanks so much!

idgat · 14 Jan 2024

yokotuyama said:

Idgat, thanks you for the suggestion! Imaging rather than cloning fixed the issue! Thanks so much!

Excellent! Many fewer posts on forums about imaging problems than the plethora of posts about cloning errors.