I am trying to clone my disk which is 476gb in size. Does the clone disk have to be that size or bigger? Because I'm trying to use my spare 238gb ssd to clone it but it says insufficient space and only copied 3 of the 4 partitions and won't go any further, it just keeps saying insufficient space.

muppet_slayer - 2021-05-08 15:46:00

I thought it would have just resized the unused space which would then make it big enough.

muppet_slayer - 2021-05-08 15:47:00

I think I have done it. I copied the partitions over to the clone disk and then resized the C: partition with enough space to fit the 4th partition and then dragged it down onto the free space and it copied it over. I then was able to continue with the cloning. It is doing it now.

muppet_slayer - 2021-05-08 16:11:00

yep that's it, i usually do it as an image file first then restore the image... that way you have a backup as well.

king1 - 2021-05-08 16:14:00

king1 wrote:

yep that's it, i usually do it as an image file first then restore the image... that way you have a backup as well.

So I now have a cloned ssd which I tried to boot off the usb port because that is how it is connected. I brought up the boot order and directed it to the ssd usb and got a BSOD. Will it not boot the cloned disk from a usb? Thanks for your help by the way :)

I also have made a disk image and don't know how it is used. Some help to help me understand would be greatly appreciated. I have the clone on a disk and a disk image as a file but I don't know how they translate into a workable OS.

I figure the cloned ssd has to actually be fitted into the laptop sata interface to work? I am a bit confused.

muppet_slayer - 2021-05-08 16:36:00

Usually with the standard compression the clone will be about half the size of the data you are wishing to clone. You can choose a higher compression.

nice_lady - 2021-05-08 16:38:00

muppet_slayer wrote:

So I now have a cloned ssd which I tried to boot off the usb port because that is how it is connected. I brought up the boot order and directed it to the ssd usb and got a BSOD. Will it not boot the cloned disk from a usb? Thanks for your help by the way :)

I also have made a disk image and don't know how it is used. Some help to help me understand would be greatly appreciated. I have the clone on a disk and a disk image as a file but I don't know how they translate into a workable OS.

I figure the cloned ssd has to actually be fitted into the laptop sata interface to work? I am a bit confused.

There is a restore tab towards the top left of macrium, this way you can point it at a backup image, choose a drive to overwrite, and it will transfer the backup image to the selected drive.

Generally speaking windows needs to be booted off an internal drive via a sata or m.2 port... There is/was a windows to go version that can plug in via USB but that s not what you have...

king1 - 2021-05-08 17:11:00

Arrrgh I've given up. I never back up anything anyway because nothing is important enough to me, I don't have photos on it, just music and movies which are all replaceable. Thanks guys for your help.

muppet_slayer - 2021-05-08 17:13:00

king1 wrote:

There is a restore tab towards the top left of macrium, this way you can point it at a backup image, choose a drive to overwrite, and it will transfer the backup image to the selected drive.

Generally speaking windows needs to be booted off an internal drive via a sata or m.2 port... There is/was a windows to go version that can plug in via USB but that s not what you have...

Ok thanks for the info king1. So I did actually clone my drive but it wouldn't run via usb. Good to know. So If I ever replace my ssd for say a larger capacity one I can just clone it the way I did and plug it up and it will boot. Truth be known though I will probably just fresh install it because like I say I don't do any business on my laptop, I don't do anything important except play around with it LOL

muppet_slayer - 2021-05-08 18:04:00