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How do I clone MBR disk to GPT SSD?
"My current 2TB computer hard drive was dying, so I bought a replacement 3TB SSD which requires GPT partitioning. Now, I want to move the entire contents of my old drive to this new drive keep it bootable. Is there any way that allows me to clone the MBR partitioned drive to a GPT partitioned SSD?"
Three Steps to Clone MBR to GPT Without Boot Issue
When your old hard drive is full, you may want to upgrade system disk or replace it with a newer or larger HDD or SSD to get better performance. You Only need three steps to clone MBR to GPT without boot issue.
1 - Convert the GPT to MBR
Many users want to clone disk from MBR to GPT, for the advantages of GPT disks. Nowadays, hard disk drives are getting more capacity, and disks beyond 2 TB are often used in building computers, so many large hard drives or SSDs are initialized as GPT disk by default for making full use of the free disk space on a large drive.
However, you cannot clone MBR to GPT because the cloned disk cannot boot. If you want to clone the MBR disk to the GPT disk you must convert the GPT to MBR first.
2 - Clone the MBR to the "GPT" Disk
After you have converted the GPT disk to MBR, you are able to clone the old MBR to the new "GPT"(It has become MBR) disk. A third-party disk clone software - EaseUS Todo Backup can help you do it by cloning HDD to SSD or new HDD.
But in some special situations, for example, your old hard drive is an MBR partitioned boot disk and your new HDD or SSD is GPT partitioned disk, in this case, you will be required to clone MBR disk to GPT disk or SSD. It is a little bit difficult to manage the job as a bootable issue will happen in high chances if you simply clone MBR HDD to HDD or SSD with GPT partition table. Do remember to convert the GPT to MBR first and start the cloning process.
Step 1. Connect the HDD and the SSD to your PC, launch EaseUS cloning software and click "Clone".
Step 2. It will pop up the below window and choose the source disk partition (here the MBR ) you want to clone. And then click "Next" to continue.
Step 3. Choose the destination disk.
Step 4. You are allowed to preview the disk layout in advance, then click "Proceed" to start the clone.
3 - Convert the "GPT" Disk to GPT Again
After you have successfully cloned the old MBR disk to the "GPT" disk, restart your PC and boot from the "GPT" disk.
Very Important:
To make sure that you don't have any booting problem before you convert the MBR to GPT, you must know the following things:
- Your operating system is 64-bit.
- Your computer allows UEFI mode.
- Change boot mode to UEFI before booting from GPT disk.
After you have known the notices, you can then convert the MBR disk to GPT. Before you can boot from this GPT disk, you need to boot into BIOS and change legacy to UEFI boot mode.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Why choose EaseUS Todo Backup?
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"The easiest way to protect your data and system files." —techradar
"EaseUS Todo Backup Free is one of the most popular free data backup applications available. This software offers a myriad of features and is extremely user-friendly. It provides a full system backup, meaning you can back up your entire operating system." —TopTenReviews
"EaseUS ToDo Backup Home is a great backup program, well suited to the home and SMB space." —PCWorld
- What is the difference between Clone and Backup? In what cases should I use Clone?
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Clone will copy one disk to another or one partition to another (unallocated space is also supported). Usually, this option is used to upgrade the current disk by creating an identical copy. Backup will generate a .PBD image file containing the selected files or system that can be restored from the .PBD image if needed.
- What is the difference between System Backup and Disk Backup?
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System Backup will auto-select the system boot related partition(s) as the backup source to make sure the system image can be restored properly. Disk/Partition Backup will allow you to manually select a whole disk or speficy a certain partition as the backup source. You will get the same backup result as System Backup if you manually select the system and boot partitions with the Disk/Partition Backup option.
- As a computer newbie, what features should I use to protect my computer?
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You can use System Backup to back up the system and boot partitions, use Disk/Partition backup to back up the data partition and add plans to run an automatic backup. If you use the computer frequently or have software that may cause boot failure of the computer, we would suggest you back up the computer every 1 to 2 days. For other situations, you can backup the computer once a week. In addition, you can schedule File Backup to back up the files which are changed frequently.
- What kind of storage service should I use to save my backup images?
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EaseUS Todo Backup can save backup images to internal disks, external disks, network drives, or free cloud(Google Drive, Dropbox, and OneDrive) and CD/DVD. It is suggested to save the images to the internal/external/network drives to save time as those kinds of disks have a better read-write speed. It is suggested NOT to save the image on the source disk, because once the disk is damaged, all the files on the disk will become unavailable and you will be unable to restore the image.
- As a company network administrator, what features should I use to protect our internal computers?
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It is recommended that you use the SQL Backup feature to back up your company's SQL server and Exchange Backup feature to back up the Exchange server. In addition, you can execute System Backup to back up the system and boot partitions on every computer and set a plan to execute the backup once a day or twice a week to ensure that the computer can be restored timely when it has boot issues. File Backup feature can be used to back up important user data. If there are a large quantity of computers, you can purchase EaseUS Backup Center to manage the backups on the client computers centrally.
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