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Gilgamesh21

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    Cloning SSHD to SSD?
    « on: July 21, 2016, 11:28:19 AM »
    Hi,

    I bought a new OCZ Trion 150 480 GB that I want to use instead of my SSHD that I am currently using (Lenovo Y50 70, GTX 860m, i5, windows 10 Home). I have two partitions on the SSHD: one is 423 GB HDD and the other is 24 GB SSD.

     Is it possible to clone it as one partition only (since the whole new hard  disk is SSD). Also, is it possible to shrink the size of the SSHD so I would get more space on the SSD.

    Thanks

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    Re: Cloning SSHD to SSD?
    « Reply #1 on: July 21, 2016, 11:29:19 AM »
    Sorry about your original Post...can you post a screenshot of the SSHD in Disk Management ? ?
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    Re: Cloning SSHD to SSD?
    « Reply #2 on: July 21, 2016, 11:38:29 AM »
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      Re: Cloning SSHD to SSD?
      « Reply #3 on: July 21, 2016, 11:46:49 AM »
      Quote from: patio on July 21, 2016, 11:29:19 AM
      Sorry about your original Post...can you post a screenshot of the SSHD in Disk Management ? ?

      Don't worry about it. I have posted a screenshot up there and I see you posted a link to Acronis True Image. Will it be able to copy my system on the SSD? and is it free?
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      Re: Cloning SSHD to SSD?
      « Reply #4 on: July 21, 2016, 11:58:51 AM »
      No...Acronis is a paid appp...but one of the best out there which is why i sent you there for answers...
      Personally i would research your issue 1st as i've never done it with an SSHD...
      It's impossible to determine from Disk Management how the drive is setup exactly.

      For example i've never seen 2 1G boot partitions and a UEFI together...no telling how the manuf. set it all up.

      As far as a Free cloning app i use and suggest Easus ToDo ...which has a Free Home version.
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      Gilgamesh21

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        Re: Cloning SSHD to SSD?
        « Reply #5 on: July 21, 2016, 03:04:07 PM »
        Yea I will be looking more for how to do it exactly and it is confusing with all the partitions I have as you said but this could be due to updating to windows 10 I believe...not sure though. I will check acronis and Easuus free home...thanks for help.
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        Re: Cloning SSHD to SSD?
        « Reply #6 on: July 21, 2016, 03:21:48 PM »
        Anytime...Welcome Aboard.
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        Re: Cloning SSHD to SSD?
        « Reply #7 on: July 21, 2016, 03:29:57 PM »
        My Thinkpad is setup similarly (Excepting D: which I deleted). It's currently on a 480GB SSD that I cloned from the original 500GB HDD using Macrium Reflect.

        I did a drive to drive partition copy. I believe if cloning from a larger drive one of the v olumes with free space will be smaller than the source.
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        Re: Cloning SSHD to SSD?
        « Reply #8 on: July 21, 2016, 04:35:06 PM »
        Just curious BC...was is an SSHD laptop drive ? ?

        As i said i've never cloned one...
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          Re: Cloning SSHD to SSD?
          « Reply #9 on: July 22, 2016, 01:20:42 AM »
          Quote from: BC_Programmer on July 21, 2016, 03:29:57 PM
          My Thinkpad is setup similarly (Excepting D: which I deleted). It's currently on a 480GB SSD that I cloned from the original 500GB HDD using Macrium Reflect.

          I did a drive to drive partition copy. I believe if cloning from a larger drive one of the v olumes with free space will be smaller than the source.

          I actually found a free program called AOMEI Backupper Standard that has a System Clone feature. I put it up yesterday all night but it only cloned three of the five partitions you saw in the picture. It left out the D partition unallocated. I think I will give it a try.
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          Gilgamesh21

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            Re: Cloning SSHD to SSD?
            « Reply #10 on: July 23, 2016, 01:54:44 AM »
            So it seems that things are ok. I replaced the SSHD and the laptop booted up normally. There is only three partitions that were copied from the original SSHD as you can see in the attachment. I did not need to do a whole disk clone using AOMEI, only System clone as I mentioned. Pretty good I say.

            By the way, the System clone feature in AOMEI is locked when you first open it, but it can become available if you share a link on social media.

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              Re: Cloning SSHD to SSD?
              « Reply #11 on: February 09, 2017, 12:36:31 AM »
              Hi, I just download AOMEI Backupper free version but i can't use the system clone feature. It seems like a paid feature now. :(
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