cloning a hard drive to an SSD:
- Make sure that you have Windows 11 installed on your computer.
- If you are cloning a Windows 10 HDD to an SSD, you will need to uninstall the old HDD first and then install the new SSD.
- To clone a Windows 11 HDD to an SSD, open the Start Menu and type “cmd” and then press Enter.
- Type “clone” and press Enter again.
- The cloning process will start automatically and will take about 10 minutes to complete.
- When the cloning process is complete, you will see a message saying that the disk has been cloned successfully and that your new SSD is now available in your computer’s drive space.
Steps to clone Windows 11 HDD to SSD
To clone a hard drive:
- Install and launch AOEMI Partition Assistant Standard.
- Follow “All Tools > Disk Clone Wizard”.
- Select the source hard drive to clone and click Next.
- Select the destination hard drive to clone and click Next.
- Enter the required information and click Finish. ..
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Next, select the new HDD disk (target disk) where Windows 10 is and hit “Next”.
Next, you’ll want to optimize the performance of your SSD disk by ticking the option “Optimize the performance of SSD.” Hit “Next.”
When cloning a hard drive to an SSD, you’ll need to choose between cloning without resizing partitions or fitting partitions to the entire disk. The recommended option is Fit partitions to entire disk, which will resize any existing partitions on the destination disk. ..
After returning to the home interface, hit “Apply > Proceed” to commit the pending operation.
Final Words
The Solid-State Drive is a computer storage technology that is without a doubt the future. They are far more compact, quieter, and quicker than their more venerable relative, the mechanical hard disc drives (HDD). Additionally, because they lack any moving parts and instead rely on flash memory to store and access data, they are more dependable than traditional “hard” discs and less susceptible to physical damage.
Clone all sectors to another disk, whether used or not. ..