Windows 10: Upgrading my SSD drive Using EaseUs 11 Free Cloning Utility ???....

Hi Everyone,


I'm about ready to install a Bigger SSD M.2 drive in my year old Alienware 17 R-4 Laptop with a Toshiba NVMe 256G PCIe SSD M.2 fast drive already installed from the factory. I read online that the "Migration software" that Samsung 970EVO 500G SSD m.2 drive supports does Not Clone over any of the Factory OEM partitions that has the restore to factory defaults in them unless your OS Drive is a Samsung drive. My plan is to Clone my original C: drive to the New Samsung 970EVO 500G SSD drive and when done remove the factory drive. (saving it as a complete Back-up just incase) so my question is


Will EaseUs Free 11 Clone my entire SSD Toshiba drive to my New Samsung SSD 970EVO 500G NVMe M.2 drive including all OEM Partitions?... And will it boot from the new drive after cloning?


Has anyone used this free trial EaseUs 11 To Clone there SSD To SSD drive?


PS... I'm running Win 10 October 1809 and I'm sorry if I didn't post this to the right topic.



Thank-You in advance for your HELP!...

:)

 

Moving to SSD. Clone or not to clone?

Part of how I keep my SSD fast is to clone it to a platter drive, then clone back. You just want to make sure that you are only cloning teh used space, and not the empty space.


So, again, I isntall Windows to the ssd. Clone to platter drive, then clone back.

I am not sure why, but if I do not do the clone step, the drive's speed, and windows booting, decreases substantially within a week or so.

I am using a Corsair F60 SSD and a Western Digital 500AAKS as drives, and using the free version of Acronis that WD provides, if any of that matters. I am not sure, at this point.

 

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

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.

 

Cloned Upgrade SSD does not boot in Windows 10

Few days ago I decided to upgrade my laptop and replace the HDD with a SSD.

I have cloned my Toshiba Equium U400 HDD to Samsung EVO 860 SSD twice: Once with AOMEI Backupper Pro cloning solution and a second time with Macrium Reflect. In both cases, the computer when trying to boot after I replace the HDD with the SDD cannot find
the operating system. I noticed in the Disk Management utility that the C drive clone on the SSD is not bootable as the original C drive.

Anyone knows what is the trick to make the SSD C drive clone bootable?

Info: HDD 160GB Hitachi

OS: Windows 10 Pro 32

SSD: Samsung EVO 860 250GB