Cloned to larger SSD, now can't expand partitions

[Curious Pineapple]

So I've just finished my 3rd attempt at cloning my old SSD onto a new one. Gone from a 240 to a 480, and been left with 240GB of unused space at the end of the drive. With Windows being Windows it can't just expand as it sticks 2 partitions right at the end. Any recommended tools to merge the 2 spaces together?

 

I cloned using Clonezilla on default settings, probably a mistake as I could have expanded the partition from there.

[Master Disaster]

4 minutes ago, yaboistar said:

you can get around this issue with macrium reflect. drag the partitions of the old drive, minus the main C partition, onto the new drive, then add the C partition, use the "cloned partition properties" menu and expand it to take up the rest of the 480gb

I recently used Reflects cloning wizard to clone a 240 onto a 1TB and I didn't have to do anything else. I clicked Clone Drives, selected to 240 as the source, the 1TB as the destination and hit Clone. After it finished the transfer it automatically expanded the partition for me. The only other thing I had to do was run the Startup Repair wizard (in Reflect) to update the BCD store with the new drives UUID and everything just worked after that.

[homeap5]

Clonezilla is a little mindless tool.

But don't worry - there is really easy solution to fix everything.

Install MiniTool Partition Wizard, move that small partitions to the end and expand main partition.

Built-in Windows tool is not the best tool. It's just built-in. There is a reason why other companies releases their own, better tools.

 

 

[Curious Pineapple]

I've decided just to leave it and create another partition in the free space. Had enough trouble with Win store apps playing up and if I end up breaking it I'll have to reinstall over 100GB again.