Windows 10: Macrium Reflect error while cloning disks

I cloned disks for years and it usually works well.
Today I am getting this error:

This restore must be completed in the Windows PE rescue environment.

I don't want to do a restore, I just want to clone Disk C to another disk.

:)

 

Cloning an external HDD

Doing a clean Install while switching hard drive is always recommend due to the fact that the hardware configuration of each PC is different.

What I suggest is to Clone the other data partitions except C:

Use Macrium reflect a freeware for this.

Cloning a disk - KnowledgeBase - Macrium Reflect Knowledgebase

 

CLONE with Macrium Reflect (6.3 full) ERROR 12348






I am getting a new hard drive WD1003FZEX this Friday to replace a 4 year old Seagate in my Dell XPS8700.
I backup every day using Macrium Reflect 6.3 (paid). I always look at the Log and get NO errors, none !!
In preparation I thought I try the CLONE method several times and each time got ERROR 12348.
I searched the internet for hours, tried several "fixes" but I still get the error. Any suggestions ????

Happy New Year,

 

Cloning from a bigger hard drive to a smaller SSD with Macrium Reflect

I am working an HP computer with Win 10 x64 Premium with all the latest updates and Macrium Reflect 7.1.3317 Free Edition.

I would like to clone my C drive, the only internal hard drive, to a small external SSD (then I will swap them physically):





I click "Clone this disk", choose the SSD as the destination, click "Next" and get "Not all copied. Insufficient space."





I then chose the last partition above on the destination disk, clicked "Cloned Partition Properties", and resized it to make 19GB of free space (my reasoning: 19 > 0.98+17.70):





Then, whether I clicked "Copy selected partitions" or "Next", the same "Not all copied. Insufficient space." error pops up. How do I proceed please?