Good free cloning software? hdd to m.2 ssd

[Beowulff83]

I am getting a m.2 ssd in the mail tomorrow.  I want to clone my windows 10 system from my wd hdd to my new m.2 ssd.  Anyone have good recommendations for a free cloning software that will do this?  Also anything i should do first before i start the process?

[karsnoordhuis]

I used aomei backupper. Worked well

[NoobCase]

Clonezilla, aomei backupper (i Think Its called) and you May be lucky enough that your new disk comes with one. The samsung Sdds comes with a software suite

[Beowulff83]

6 hours ago, karsnoordhuis said:

I used aomei backupper. Worked well

 

6 hours ago, NoobCase said:

aomei backupper (i Think Its called)

Thank you!

I will be trying the Aomei backupper.  appreciate the help

[TAHIRMIA]

Aomei backupper works really well I used it last week for a similar job.

[Beowulff83]

Yes, it was easy to use and worked well.  I did a real format on my hdd last night and fell asleep lol, i will probably do a quick format the next time i need to do it.

[stellarshy]

32 minutes ago, Beowulff83 said:

Yes, it was easy to use and worked well.  I did a real format on my hdd last night and fell asleep lol, i will probably do a quick format the next time i need to do it.

I don't have experience with Aomei, but I used the free version of Macrium Reflect to clone a 250GB HDD from a Dell computer, including the weird Dell restore partition, to a new Samsung 850 Evo SSD and it worked perfectly.  

 

https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree

 

I can't find the YT video I watched on the subject, but here is a different one that looks decent:

 

 

Exciting that you are getting an M.2 SSD. Best of luck!

[Zangashtu]

One up for Macrium reflect 

[greenandcruciferous]

Live boot any linux distro and use dd command to copy your HDD.

[Willowwizard]

On 6/20/2018 at 9:43 AM, Beowulff83 said:

 

Thank you!

I will be trying the Aomei backupper.  appreciate the help

If that doesn't work out for you, Clonezilla works very well but is a bit more complicated, you can ask if you need help

 

10 hours ago, greenandcruciferous said:

Live boot any linux distro and use dd command to copy your HDD.

While I would recommend this to more experienced users, chances are the poster doesn't know how to do that;

not to mention a direct image will probably not work unless his hard drive is smaller than his SSD.
 

[Beowulff83]

1 hour ago, TakataruMC said:

12 hours ago, greenandcruciferous said:

Live boot any linux distro and use dd command to copy your HDD.

While I would recommend this to more experienced users, chances are the poster doesn't know how to do that;

not to mention a direct image will probably not work unless his hard drive is smaller than his SSD.

Yes, I haven't messed around with linux in years. . . I would have probably messed something up lol.

[greenandcruciferous]

Just shrink the partition of the homefolder down to the size of the SSD (and make it 10 gig smaller to be sure).

 

if you are sure the output file/drive is correctly defined, there are no risk in using it.