Free cloning software that works (ssd)

[gasolin]

100% free software that works for cloning my ssd to my new ssd

O&O Diskimage 18 professional edition works, it just don't use all of the space on the new ssd which is bigger

What do i do, i don't wanna pay a fortune for a program im only gonne use 1-2 time every 3-5 year

 

[Colddecked]

Macrium reflect worked well for me.

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

Macrium reflect worked well for me.

Free trial only now but it does work well.

EaseUS used to work, but they changed it all up and I can't figure out the new one.

 

[P4-630]

Fresh OS install is the best solution imo.

 

[gasolin]

im getting long balls trying to find something that works, im missing 45ish gb when using O&O Diskimage 18 professional edition since it only clones the same size as my current driv c to the new kingston kc 3000 which is 2048gb compared to samsung 970 evo plus 2000gb

having no problems using my current os the way it is, except ist not using all of my space when using O&O Diskimage 18 professional edition

AND im not unless im having a gun to my head installing a fresh os, having to download all i use and make adjustments and remembering accesscodes bakcup,updates and what ever i need to do, i don't wanna do that

Kingston don't have any software for that and samsung is only samsung to samsung

 

[Regeneration]

Last time that I tried to clone Windows 11 installation from one SSD to another SSD (with Paragon), I was greeted with the following error:

"The external backing provider is not recognized"

So i'd like to know too which disk cloning software works these days.

 

[lexluthermiester]

100% free software that works for cloning my ssd to my new ssd

O&O Diskimage 18 professional edition works, it just don't use all of the space on the new ssd which is bigger

What do i do, i don't wanna pay a fortune for a program im only gonne use 1-2 time every 3-5 year

Any partition manager can resize the partition in question to fill in the remaining size. AOMEI is a good one, EaseUS is another and Minitool is good too.

Download Aomei Partition Assistant - MajorGeeks

Aomei Partition Assistant Standard is a comprehensive disk partition solution, which includes a Partition Manager and a one-click Extend Partition Wizard.

www.majorgeeks.com

Download EaseUS Partition Master Home Edition - MajorGeeks

EASEUS Partition Master Home Edition is a free all-in-one drive partition solution to solve all partition problems under hardware RAID, MBR & GPT disks, and removable devices in Windows systems. It is not only reliable itself but also integrated with the Disk & Partition Copy Wizard and...

www.majorgeeks.com

Download MiniTool Partition Wizard Free Edition - MajorGeeks

MiniTool Partition Wizard Free Edition is a powerful yet free partition manager that can perform complicated partition operations to manage your hard drive partitions.

www.majorgeeks.com

 

[gasolin]

Today it's super expensive getting clonning software (unless it's samsung to samung) with full functionallity, even when you can pay for it a month at a time, when you only gonna use it 1-3 times in 3-5 years

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

AOMEI

Does AEOMI do cloning?

 

[gasolin]

Any partition manager can resize the partition in question to fill in the remaining size. AOMEI is a good one, EaseUS is another and Minitool is good too.

Download Aomei Partition Assistant - MajorGeeks

Aomei Partition Assistant Standard is a comprehensive disk partition solution, which includes a Partition Manager and a one-click Extend Partition Wizard.

www.majorgeeks.com

Download EaseUS Partition Master Home Edition - MajorGeeks

EASEUS Partition Master Home Edition is a free all-in-one drive partition solution to solve all partition problems under hardware RAID, MBR & GPT disks, and removable devices in Windows systems. It is not only reliable itself but also integrated with the Disk & Partition Copy Wizard and...

www.majorgeeks.com

Download MiniTool Partition Wizard Free Edition - MajorGeeks

MiniTool Partition Wizard Free Edition is a powerful yet free partition manager that can perform complicated partition operations to manage your hard drive partitions.

www.majorgeeks.com

first Aomei not free, pay or your can't move your os to a new ssd,diffrent ssd

Same with EaseUS

Minitool i have installed, at first it looked like it was slow, now it's kind of shows some progress, i hope it uses all of the space there are on my slightly bigger new pci e 4.0 x4 ssd

Does AEOMI do cloning?

Yes if you pay for it

 

[gurusmi]

What do i do, i don't wanna pay a fortune for a program im only gonne use 1-2 time every 3-5 year

I would use CloneZilla to copy and afterwars gPartEd to adapt to the new size. But i don't right now know if Clonezilla can also expand drives. For the programs to download just use google.

 

[wNotyarD]

Can't you expand the partition after cloning with Diskimage 18 using Windows' own Disk Management Tool?

 

[lexluthermiester]

Does AEOMI do cloning?

Yup!

Can't you expand the partition after cloning with Diskimage 18 using Windows' own Disk Management Tool?

Not if it's the Boot/OS drive.

first Aomei not free, pay or your can't move your os to a new ssd,diffrent ssd

Same with EaseUS

Minitool i have installed, at first it looked like it was slow, now it's kind of shows some progress, i hope it uses all of the space there are on my slightly bigger new pci e 4.0 x4 ssd


Yes if you pay for it

Ok, try Gparted. 100% free.

GParted -- Live CD/USB/PXE/HD

gparted.org

There's also Hiren's BootPE which contain free partition utilities;

Hiren's BootCD PE

 

[Bill_Bright]

to my new ssd

Check with the maker of your new SSD. Samsung, for example has their Data Migration software designed just for that purpose.

However,

Fresh OS install is the best solution imo.

I prefer a fresh install too. Yes, you have to start all over installing and configuring your apps and the OS, but that's kinda the point. Plus, you are not copying over all sorts of stuff you no longer need - like old Windows Update and other program update files, and old drivers.

At the very least, BEFORE you use any migration tool, uninstall programs you installed but don't use. Run Windows Disk Cleanup or CCleaner to clean out the clutter. And most importantly, make sure you have a good backup of any data you don't want to lose. Typically the source disk is untouched, but things can go bad.

 

[gasolin]

Can't you expand the partition after cloning with Diskimage 18 using Windows' own Disk Management Tool?

no, not possible

Ok, try Gparted. 100% free.

I don't wanna use a cmd based tool

 

[P4-630]

So it's gonna be a paid one or a fresh install probably...

 

[lexluthermiester]

I don't wanna use a cmd based tool

It's not. GParted is very much a GUI LiveDrive. Have you never used it?
(FYI GParted literally stands for "GNOME Partition Editor", GNOME being a Linux Desktop)

Hiren's is WinPE based and is excellent.
EDIT;
Here's the list of features: https://www.hirensbootcd.org/download/

 

[gasolin]

Check with the maker of your new SSD. Samsung, for example has their Data Migration software designed just for that purpose.

only samsung to samsung not samsung to kingston

If i could pay 10 euros for using something that works 100% like 10-15-20 times i would do it

Theres is no clonning software you can get lifetime (you own it), for that price, much more expensive or 6-12 euros every month

Finally it worked

 

[TheLostSwede]

I would use CloneZilla to copy and afterwars gPartEd to adapt to the new size. But i don't right now know if Clonezilla can also expand drives. For the programs to download just use google.

CloneZilla has an option to adjust the partition automagically when cloning, I just did it a couple of days ago and it went smooth, even though it's a pretty awful UI/UX in modern terms.

 

[gurusmi]

I don't now about if or how it adopts a new size. I would use gPartEd if it doesn't. But i'm not keen in cloning partitions. I always make Backups. When changing a drive i would wait till the last one just finished or start a new one. then changing the drive and restore the last backup. Different path same result.

 

[JoeTheDestroyer]

Dunno about Windows 11, but with Windows 10, I just made a backup using the built-in tool... then booted windows install media on the new machine and restored backup. Easy.

Does require you to have an extra storage device for the backup.

 

[cvaldes]

For Windows I've used Macrium Reflect, Acronis True Image (included with one of my m.2 SSDs), Clonezilla, and one other utility whose name escapes me at this time (it wasn't GPartEd though).

On macOS, I know I have used Carbon Copy Cloner (free trial period works fine) and one other utility whose name escapes me again.

On Unix and Linux I always used some sort of native command line utility like dd.

I know that I have uneventfully cloned drives with different sized partitions and different total capacities. As long as the target partition isn't smaller than the data you're trying to copy (duh), it'll be fine.

Whatever their names are, they are all calling out to some low level disk copy commands built into the OS (like dd on Linux). For simple volume cloning, I've used robocopy successfully.

 

[AsRock]

im getting long balls trying to find something that works, im missing 45ish gb when using O&O Diskimage 18 professional edition since it only clones the same size as my current driv c to the new kingston kc 3000 which is 2048gb compared to samsung 970 evo plus 2000gb

having no problems using my current os the way it is, except ist not using all of my space when using O&O Diskimage 18 professional edition

AND im not unless im having a gun to my head installing a fresh os, having to download all i use and make adjustments and remembering accesscodes bakcup,updates and what ever i need to do, i don't wanna do that

Kingston don't have any software for that and samsung is only samsung to samsung

Maybe check disk manager and increase partition size ?.

 

[chrcoluk]

clonezilla, used it for something macrium failed miserably at (macrium seems focused on windows for the most part) and it worked perfect, also has a ton of options, but UI is not user friendly.

 

[LabRat 891]

clonezilla, used it for something macrium failed miserably at (macrium seems focused on windows for the most part) and it worked perfect, also has a ton of options, but UI is not user friendly.

Was about to post this.

It's not as 'friendly' as some options, but I've had the best luck w/ Clonezilla, even @ 'work' in years past.