Windows 10: Disk Cloning Nightmare

I just got a new 1TB SSD so I can replace my absolutely terrible 1TB HDD. Completely starting over on a fresh install of Windows is kind of my last resort, so I’ve been trying to clone everything over. However, because my HDD is 3-4 years old and has done more than enough of its service for me, there are many bad sectors and a lot of free cloning software will not clone my disk because of that. It got to the point where I bought EaseUs Disk Copy so I can clone my disk sector by sector. After it ran for a bit it made me reboot to continue the cloning process and it booted to just a blue screen (not the error blue screen, but the deep blue as if you were installing Windows again) and the EaseUs Disk Copy, so it could clone sector by sector. I let this run for about 5 hours and went to bed thinking it will be finished in the morning. I just woke up to the same exact screen, but everything is completely frozen, the elapsed time of the clone has stopped, and any time my cursor is on EaseUs I have a bracket cursor and cannot click on anything or even close the application. I really need some help with this because I am absolutely clueless of where to go from here.

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Cloning a Hard Disk

Hi Dav,

Cloning a hard drive is way of transferring data from one hard disk to another drive to make the destination disk contain exactly the same data. You may also find additional information in this
article.

For an in-depth assistance on how to proceed with the process, we suggest that you post your query/concern on the
TechNet forum. This forum is a
community that is mainly composed of IT professionals who can cater to the complexity of your concern.

Regards.

 

disk management

What did you use to clone it with?

If the above suggestion doesn't work, I would do this -

Upgrade hard disk to a bigger one without reinstalling operating system and applications

Do the free trial of Easeus Disk Copy Pro 3.0 - just follow the steps in the link.

FWIW. *Think

 

Moving to SSD. Clone or not to clone?

I kinda agree with you, but on a wholr, do not. While I have done things a bit differently than this specific situation, by installing Windows directly to the SSD, and cloning after, my testing shows that there are no issues doing this, very little that can go wrong, provided your system is stable.

There are certain features that must be disabled in this situation, like auto defrag and such, but even with a fresh install to the SSD, you need to take steps to ensure that you SSD performs properly, regardless of how the data got there.

Arming yourself with a bit of knowledge can go a long way.

Installing the latest chipset driver, and the RST Tools, will ensure optimal performance of the SSD. but rather than taking my advice, I suggest the OP takes a look here:

http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/sand...7-and-ssds-to-clone-windows-or-reinstall.aspx

Installing The SSD - Install A Solid State Drive In Your Notebook | Tom's Hardware

Keep in mind, also, Digibucc, that many retail drives include software and such that very specifically is to be used to ttranser the OS from an existing mechanical drive to an SSD, and if there really was alot fo issues stemming from the cloning process, they would not have packages like that, simply to eliminate tech support costs. While not the optimal option, cloning is NOT a bad thing, as long as you take the nessecary steps.