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Can I Clone My Hard Drive to an SSD? What Should I Do?

If I replace the primary hard disk in my laptop with a solid-state drive (SSD), is it possible for me to clone the current operating system onto the SSD, thereby preserving the same OS?

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Roxanne· Answered on Apr 19, 2024

Yes, but there are some things you need to pay attention to. SSDs become popular among users due to their faster writing and reading speeds. Thus, many users decide to upgrade their hard drives to SSDs. However, SSDs are usually built with a smaller capacity than HDDs. Using a secure disk cloner to clone a hard drive to a smaller SSD is advised.

EaseUS Partition Master can provide several reliable technical supports to assist users in cloning their data or system disk. With this useful tool, you can transfer data between two hard drives without losing data. It has high compatibility and allows you to apply this operation on all Windows-based computers. Here is the complete guide in detail:

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Stage 1. Clean the Useless File On Target Hard Drive

You can clone a bigger hard drive to a smaller SSD only if the capacity of this SSD is larger than the used space on the hard drive. If not, you must clean useless large files on the source hard drive. To ensure successful cloning, you'd better use a new SSD or delete all the partitions on this SSD and leave the SSD unallocated space.

Stage 2. Clone the Hard Drive to SSD

Step 1. Select the source hard drive.

  • Click the "Clone" from the left menu. Select the "Clone OS Disk" and click "Next."
  • Confirm the source disk and click "Next."

Step 2. Select the target SSD.

  • Choose the target SSD as your destination and click "Next" to continue.
  • You will receive a warning message. Ensure it by hitting the "Yes" button.

Step 3. View the disk layout and edit the target disk partition size. Then click "Continue," and the program will warn you that this process will wipe out all data on the target disk. (You should back up valuable data in advance.)

Step 4. Click "Start" to finalize the disk cloning process.

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