Cloning Laptop HDD To Another Laptop With Different Hardware ?
My current laptop is unusable due to the power supply intake socket failing.
I want to clone my existing laptop (Samsung NP305V5A) HDD to another laptop (Lenovo T470) HDD which has different hardware. I need to be able to recover everything from the old laptop to the new one.
Is it possible to do this using Acronis True Image 2018? If so, is there a procedure / tutorial available that explains how to do this?
This is an urgent request, and any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
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Welcome to the forum.
Please check the following KB's:
- https://kb.acronis.com/content/60870 ( please check the pre-requisites ).
- https://kb.acronis.com/ati2018/aur
Thanks in advance!
IanL-S wrote:Am I correct in assuming that the "new" laptop is rather old. Online review go backup 5 years.
To be of assistance more information is needed. It is possible that ATI 2018 may have problems with M.2 devices. It is best to use Windows RE recovery media created on the "new" laptop.
What sort of storage do the two Laptops have:
SATA HDD
SATA SSD
mSATA SSD
M.2 (SATA, NVMe ...
What operating system is currently on the "old" and "replacement" laptop? To minimize problems, they should the same (to avoid Microsoft licensing problems). The Windows installation on the "new" laptop should be activated.
Ian
Hi Ian, Thank you for your prompt and detailed response.
The Samsung laptop is 11 years old. but still working perfectly apart from the power intake problem. However, we have decided to retire it before it dies completely. Hence the decision to migrate it to a replacement laptop.
The Samsung Spec is:
Model: NP305V5A-A05DX
Motherboard: 305V4A 04QN
Processor: AMD A8-3530MX APU with Radeon HD Graphics
RAM: 2 x 4096 MB DIMM
HDD: Hitachi HTS5547575A9E384-750 GB
Graphics: AMD Radeon 6620G (Display Adapter)
O/S: Windows 10 Pro (64 Bit) Fully updated.
The Lenovo Spec is: (Limited info, as I don't have the laptop yet)
Model: ThinkPad T470
Processor: Intel Core i5 6300U
RAM:16 GB
SSD: 512 GB
O/S: Widows 10 Pro
It's a refurbished 'A-Grade' laptop from a reputable seller and probably 4 - 5 years old. It has a 12 month warrant though.
I hope this is of some help.
Kevin
Thanks for the additional information.
There is a possibility that moving from AMD to Intel CPU could throw a spanner in the works.
Processor: AMD A8-3530MX APU with Radeon HD Graphics
Processor: Intel Core i5 6300U
Fortunately, Windows 10 has excellent hardware support, and if you use Acronis Windows RE recovery media created on the Intel system, chances of success are good.
- Create recovery media on Intel PC
- Create a backup of the Intel PC (in case something goes pear-shaped)
- Test the recovery media to make sure loads.
- Backup the disk from the old PC (if something goes pear-shaped with the cloning you have the backup to work with).
- Clone or recover to the Intel PC using the recovery media. I prefer recovery from a backup rather than cloning as it is less likely to for things to go wrong.
I think this should work; there is a possibility that you may need to resort to the Univeral restore tool described in section 11.11 of the user guide - if so, you will be prompted to do so or so I understand. As suggested in the user guide install Univeral restore on the Intel PC before creating the Windows RE recovery media and include it in the recovery media (you will then have to select either True Image or Universal restore when you boot the recovery media). You do the recovery with ATI 2018 first! Use Univeral restore ONLY if you need to do so!