SSD cloning --> partitions question

[Lophophora]

Hey guys, I'm cloning a 250GB SSD to a new 500GB SSD. I am using Macrium Reflect which is supposed to do that easily for me but I am not sure about partitions: should I use the default "copy selected partitions" action while cloning? What about the unused space on the new SSD? Doesn't it need to be partitioned too before I can use it?

After clicking and dragging the existing partitions to the new drive, the program shows a grey block of unused space but doesn't let me do anything with it. I'd like to make sure I don't mess up the new drive before starting the procedure.

 

[jtjt00]

Why don't you format 500GB SSD to NTFS first before cloning?

 

[terry1]

use easeus todo backup software. it is free and obviously written by some brilliant china man. strange title. the software is fast, reliable and did i say it is free. to clone hard disc/ssd, just copy disk to disk. the last i counted, i needed only three clicks of the mouse to clone my ssd. simple

https://www.easeus.com/backup-software/tb-free.html

https://www.easeus.com/backup-utility/migrate-windows-10-to-ssd.html

 

[Lophophora]

Why don't you format 500GB SSD to NTFS first before cloning?

Probably because I'm a noob and I didn't know I had to

Actually I completed the cloning procedure and it seems to have worked, but Windows sees the drive as a 250GB while Macrium Reflect does see its full 500GB capacity.

So I get this missing step is what I had to do prior to cloning right?

 

[commach]

Click the clone partition properties and select the max. partition size for your 500GB SSD as the destination drive for cloning.

 

[Lophophora]

use easeus todo backup software.

Actually I found the option I was looking for in Macrium Reflect, which looks like a good program too.

 

[Kiwi8]

Probably because I'm a noob and I didn't know I had to

Actually I completed the cloning procedure and it seems to have worked, but Windows sees the drive as a 250GB while Macrium Reflect does see its full 500GB capacity.

So I get this missing step is what I had to do prior to cloning right?

Since now u have already cloned the drive, what remains to do, is to use up the remaining space to create a new partition where u can use the space.

 

[yusoffb01]

boot with new drive, go disk manager, then extend the c partition to remaining size

 

[Lophophora]

Since now u have already cloned the drive, what remains to do, is to use up the remaining space to create a new partition where u can use the space.

But that is what I did with Macrium Reflect when cloning, and indeed when I open Macrium Reflect it shows the correct partitions size:

350MB "system" partition
240GB NTFS partition
230GB NTFS partition

How can I create a partition when it already exists? It just seems that Windows doesn't see it correctly.

 

[Lophophora]

boot with new drive, go disk manager, then extend the c partition to remaining size

What is Disk Manager? I can't find such a program in my Windows 10 system.

 

[kracie17]

What is Disk Manager? I can't find such a program in my Windows 10 system.

open up command prompt and enter "diskmgmt.msc" excluding the commas.

 

[Lophophora]

Thanks. Here's what I see in the disk manager:

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I don't understand why the drive is seen as 250GB capacity when the total of its partitions adds up to 500GB. What should I do from here?

Ok I can't post an image (I probably don't have enough messages or something like that). In the disk manager upper window the drive is said to have a 250GB total capacity and in the bottom window its partitions adds up to 500, that doesn't make any sense.

 

[kracie17]

Thanks. Here's what I see in the disk manager:

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I don't understand why the drive is seen as 250GB capacity when the total of its partitions adds up to 500GB. What should I do from here?

Ok I can't post an image (I probably don't have enough messages or something like that). In the disk manager upper window the drive is said to have a 250GB total capacity and in the bottom window its partitions adds up to 500, that doesn't make any sense.

could you send me a PM of the image? upload to imageshack and then i take a look. or you could try out the guide. do not need to download the program. try using the windows method. otherwise, you can try cloning again but this time use automatic/proportional instead of as is.

 

[Lophophora]

could you send me a PM of the image?

Thanks but I think I figured it out. The partition I extended wasn't name (lettered), I think I just extended the wrong partition. So I begin the whole process again and extended another partition and this time it works fine.

Now all that's left is change the boot order and I should be good to go.