Clone with macrium reflect without cloning all folders

[kir13y]

A just got a new SSD for my laptop and I would like to clone all of my stuff from my HDD to the SSD.  The HDD is 1TB and the SSD is only 500GB.  The problem is that the SSD is not big enough to copy everything.  I am about 20GB over and my steam library takes up wayyy more than that.  How do I clone the HDD without the steam folder?

[ARikozuM]

Move the Steam folder to another drive in the mean time.

[kir13y]

20 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

Move the Steam folder to another drive in the mean time.

Unfortunately, I do not have enough extra storage to move it to another drive.  Is there any other way to do this?

[ARikozuM]

27 minutes ago, kir13y said:

Unfortunately, I do not have enough extra storage to move it to another drive.  Is there any other way to do this?

If you want to do extra work now and later, there is.

[kir13y]

28 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

If you want to do extra work now and later, there is.

So there is no option in macrium reflect to do this? (I couldn't find anything)

[kir13y]

I have deleted some games so that the 1TB drive is about 400GB.  I am still getting an error that there is insufficient space even though there is an extra 60GB.  How do I fix this?

[ARikozuM]

1 minute ago, kir13y said:

I have deleted some games so that the 1TB drive is about 400GB.  I am still getting an error that there is insufficient space even though there is an extra 60GB.  How do I fix this?

You need to shrink the partition. This can be done from the Disk Management window.

[kir13y]

1 minute ago, ARikozuM said:

You need to shrink the partition. This can be done from the Disk Management window.

Which partition needs shrinking?  The main OS from the old drive?

[ARikozuM]

Just now, kir13y said:

Which partition needs shrinking?  The main OS from the old drive?

All partitions need to be shrunk for the cloned "from" drive.

[kir13y]

Just now, ARikozuM said:

All partitions need to be shrunk for the cloned "from" drive.

Ohhhh So I shrink it so the volume is at 100% full then I can expand it later gotcha.

[ARikozuM]

1 minute ago, kir13y said:

Ohhhh So I shrink it so the volume is at 100% full then I can expand it later gotcha.

Pretty much. The long way would have been to shrink, create, move folders to the new partition, clone, and then delete the OS partition and then extend again. It's more of a hassle than it's worth.

[kir13y]

16 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

Pretty much. The long way would have been to shrink, create, move folders to the new partition, clone, and then delete the OS partition and then extend again. It's more of a hassle than it's worth.

 

I just deleted 20GB more of games but it won't let me shrink it any further.  Did I do something wrong?

[ARikozuM]

1 minute ago, kir13y said:

I just deleted 20GB more of games but it won't let me shrink it any further.  Did I do something wrong?

I would search for MiniTool Partition Wizard. It'll help you do it much faster than I would through diskpart.

[ARikozuM]

Did it work out for you?