Macrium Reflect How Long to Clone a Hard Drive?

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Larissa· Answered on Dec 20, 2023

It will take about 1.5-2 hours if you use Macrium Reflect to clone 500-600 GB of a hard drive at the speed of 100MB/s. But Macrium Reflect can't ensure such speed in every condition, and the actual cloning time will be affected by many other factors, including connecting cable, cable interface, hardware condition, hardware types, etc.

If you don't want this process to be time-consuming, you can try the following tips to ensure a relatively fast speed:

• Cloning your hard drive to an SSD, which is much faster than cloning to an HDD.
• Check and make sure that your computer is free from viruses and malware.
• Make sure the cable you use to connect the two drives is in good condition, such as the SATA cable.
• Use a high-end drive interface like USB 3.0 or Thunderbolt for faster data transmission speed.
• Check if there are bad sectors in source and target disks.
• Update your Macrium Reflect to its latest version.
• It's also important to ensure enough space on both the source and destination drives. This will ensure that all data can be safely cloned to the new drive without errors.

With the above tips, you can speed up the cloning process and save some time.

If you decide to use Macrium Reflect to clone your hard drive, be sure to back up all important data before starting. This will ensure that your data is safe even in the event of a cloning failure. 

EaseUS Disk Copy is an alternative to Macrium Reflect, which has fast and reliable disk cloning performance. It allows you to clone HDD to SSD, HDD to larger HDD, or HDD to M.2 SSD, etc. It will only take you a few clicks to clone your hard drive.

Before using Macrium Reflect to clone your hard drive, Make sure you have plenty of time. You can take a break in the process, read a book or prepare a cup of coffee. Hope this answer is helpful.