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The best SanDisk cloning software - EaseUS Todo Backup makes disk cloning easy and fast. If you want to clone your Windows10/8/7 hard drive or operating system to SanDisk SSD, run EaseUS backup and recovery software.

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Updated by Jean on Feb 22, 2023
Written by Tracy King

If you are going to replace your HDD/SSD with a solid-state drive, this guide will help you with it. It provides simple instructions on how to upgrade your desktop or laptop HDD to a SanDisk SSD. Check the instructions included with your SSD for more details.

Preparations - What You Need Before Start SanDisk Cloning

To make sure that you can have a successful installation of your SSD, you need to get ready before you start. You'll need the following things:

Required Hardware

  1. 1. SATA data cable 
  2. 2. 3.5-inch mounting adapter and screws 
  3. 3. Phillips screwdriver

preparations to SanDisk SSD cloning

Required SanDisk Cloning Software

EaseUS Todo Backup, the renowned disk and partition backup and clone software, is now chosen as the best SanDisk SSD cloning software as well as SanDisk SSD data migration software. It's recommended as the best by regular customers and expertized editors of reliable review websites, like CNET, PCWorld, TopTenReviews...

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The widely used SanDisk SSD products, mainly including SanDisk Extreme Pro SSD (240GB-960GB), SanDisk Extreme 900 Portable SSD (480GB-1.92TB), SanDisk Ultra II SSD (120GB-960GB), SanDisk Ultra II mSATA SSD (128GB-512GB), SanDisk Extreme 510 Portable SSD (480GB) and SanDisk Extreme 500 Portable SSD (120GB-480GB), can apply the software freely, as EaseUS backup software supports hard drive capacity up to 16TB.

1 - Connect Your SanDisk SSD to Your Computer

The very first thing you need to do is connect your SanDisk SSD to your computer in order to clone your data.

Step 1. Use the screwdriver to remove the computer case.

Step 2. Connect the SanDisk SSD to your computer via the SATA cable.

connect your SanDisk SSD to your computer

Step 3. Restart your computer and open "Disk Management", right-click on the new disk and select "Initialize disk". 

You need to initialize your SSD to the same partition style as your current system disk (MBR or GPT). If your SSD isn't a new one, you can convert it to GPT or MBR.

2 - How to Clone HDD/SSD to SanDisk SSD

Next, you need to clone the existing HDD (data, or OS) to your new SanDisk SSD. This process is the same for both desktop and notebook computers. It is typically completed in four steps:

  • Launch the cloning application
  • Follow the steps to begin the cloning process
  • Select the "source" drive/disk (your computer's internal drive)
  • Select your "destination" drive (Your SSD)

We are going to use EaseUS backup and recovery software cloning HDD to SanDisk SSD. Follow the step-by-step guide.

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Step 1. Launch EaseUS Todo Backup and click "Tools" at the top right corner, you can see clone and other utilities.

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Step 2. Choose the source disk or partition as well as the target disk. (Make sure the space of the target disk is larger than that of the source disk or partition.)

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Step 3. The clone would permanently wipe out all data on the target disk/partition. If you have backup your data in advance, just click "Continue."

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Step 4. Click "Proceed" to start cloning.

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3 - How to Uninstall and Replace the HDD with SanDisk SSD

After cloning HDD to SanDisk SSD, you need to replace your old drive with the SSD. To install your SSD on a desktop computer, follow these steps.

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If your computer has a 2.5-inch drive bay, you will not need to install the 3.5-inch mounting adapter.

Step 1. Power off your computer and disconnect the power cable.

Step 2. Open your desktop computer case.

Step 3. Locate your existing HDD. Unplug the SATA data cable and SATA power cable from your existing HDD and remove the drive from the bay.

Step 4. In most desktop computers, before installing your SSD, first, you must install it into the 3.5-inch mounting adapter. 

Step 5. Install your SanDisk SSD into your computer's drive bay and connect the SATA data cable and SATA power cable.

Then, you can start your computer. If you have migrated Windows 10 to SSD, boot from SSD when you start your computer.

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Useful Tips About Using SanDisk Clone Software

  • To accomplish SanDisk SSD clone and Windows OS, data migration successfully, here are some tips that we hope you read carefully. Your SanDisk SSD can be either the source disk or destination disk.
  • If the original hard disk contains the system partition, please tick the "Shut down the computer when the operation completed" option. The software will shut down automatically the computer when the clone completed.
  • To remove either the source disk or destination disk from the computer to make the computer boot normally if the source disk contains a boot partition.
  • If you want to boot from the destination disk, we recommend you replace the source disk with the destination disk.
  • If the computer fails to boot from the destination disk after the clone, we suggest you clone the source disk to another disk with the same HDD interface.
  • If you choose to clone a hidden partition, the cloned one will be unhidden.
  • A large hard drive can be cloned to the small hard drive so long as the capacity of the destination hard drive is equal to or larger than the used space of an original hard drive.

Conclusion

EaseUS Todo Backup is a powerful cloning tool for SanDisk SSD, which supports all Windows editions including Windows 7/8/8.1/10. You can also use it to back up files or systems to wanted places.

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Updated by Jean

Since graduating from university, Jean has been writing tech articles and has been a valuable member of the EaseUS team for over 5 years. Her areas of expertise include data recovery, disk partitioning, data backup, and multimedia world.

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Written by Tracy King

Tracy joined in EaseUS in 2013 and has been working with EaseUS content team for over 10 years. Being enthusiastic in computing and technology, she writes tech how-to articles and share technical solutions to resolve Windows & Mac data recovery, data backup, partition management, data transfer, Windows update issues, etc.

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