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Any way to clone OS from GPT hard drive to SSD?

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I picked up DD12 at Fry's on sale because the box said I could clone my current C drive and not have to reinstall windows. After I installed a SSD and ran DD12 it says cloning only works with MBR drives. But my current C drive is GPT.(and 4k) 

Shouldn't the box have given a warning or notification? Then looking around this site it seems True Image can clone a GPT drive. Is that true? It would seem pretty silly if that were the case. Why wouldn't that capability be in DD12?

I'm far from being an expert on these things but I'm not a novice either. Usually I check out the specs online before I buy, but this was an impulse purchase because it was on sale and bragged on the box it would do just what I needed it to do.

So, is there an easy way to get Win 10 and my programs currently on my c drive to the SSD and make it my boot drive? 

BPJ

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I've not used DD12 - I can't see the point in it compared to True Image Home.  DD12 hasn't been updated since December 2015, whereas True Image is continutally updated at least quarterly with minor verions and annually with a major version.  There are much more up-to-date FREE parition tools as well, so for the purpose of backup/recovery and/or clone, ATIH 2017 makes much more sense to me.  

I'm not sure what Fry's software return policy is, but I would try to take it back and grab an Acronis True Image Home 2017 license instead. ATIH 2017 can clone either MBR or GPT (with some restrictions).  Alternatively, you can take a backup and restore that backup with the same results, but with the added benefit of having a backup for safety and fewer limitations as well.  Check out these 2 forums with some of my thoughts on clone vs backup and the limitations of cloning the right way with Acronis

I highly recommend using ATIH for backup/recovery - even before a clone (again, just in case).  That said, if you simply want to clone, there are relatively cheap hardware devices out there that don't care if the disk is MBR or GPT, 4K, or whatever.  As long as the new disk is of the same size or larger, a hardware clone can be very handy (and they also double as an external USB hard drive case and the clone can be done completely without a computer).  If you do go this route, again though, I would still highly recommend a backup program such as ATIH 2017 to take your backup, before attempting any type of clone process (whether through a cloning dock, Acronis, or any other method).  Having a good backup before doing anything like this is your safetynet - trust me, I've seen people clone the blank drive to their data drive, wiping them both (with software and with the hardware docks) and, well, you just never know.  My data is worth the extra step as it would be much more costly to lose it, than to spend s little extra $ or time to protect it. 

 

Thanks for the reply. It turns out it was really easy to with the free version of EaseUS Todo Backup 10.

I guess what got me riled was that Acronis claimed on the box the software would do something then after installation, casually informing me "No, only under certain circumstances".  

Vorrei sapere se su crucial MX300 può essere installato il sistema operativo senza clonazione del disco c.

 

mazmaier wrote:

Vorrei sapere se su crucial MX300 può essere installato il sistema operativo senza clonazione del disco c.

I would like to know if on crucial MX300 can be installed the operating system without cloning the c drive

Sure, you can use your Windows installer disc (and install the OS brand new) to any new disk in the same computer.  However, if you are asking if you can just move the OS and nothing else, no that is not possible.  Acronis is a either a disk, parition or file/folder backup program.  It does not deal with transferring just the OS, or jus a user profile, or just applications as there are references all over the disk and the registry that are not taken into account. If you want to transfer the installed OS, then you must do a full disk or parition backup and restore, or a full disk clone.  Otherwise, you should instal Windows "fresh", reinstall all of your applications, settings and user profiles and then manually transfer your data over or restore that from a file/folder backup.