I'm trying to clone my 300GB boot hard drive to a 250GB SSD, the hard drive has less than 250 GB of data stored so can I do this? Thank you all for your answers, I ended up using EaseUS Todo Backup Free to clone the drive, and am returning this item, I should have asked this before ordering I'm trying to clone my 300GB boot hard drive to a 250GB SSD, the hard drive has less than 250 GB of data stored so can I do this? Thank you all for your answers, I ended up using EaseUS... » Read More I'm trying to clone my 300GB boot hard drive to a 250GB SSD, the hard drive has less than 250 GB of data stored so can I do this? Thank you all for your answers, I ended up using EaseUS Todo Backup Free to clone the drive, and am returning this item, I should have asked this before ordering « Show Less
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I would think that you could not do this with the device by itself. Since it copies sector to sector, even if you have less than 250GB on the source drive, some sectors near the end may be used. You could, however, use the USB3 connector to attach both drives and copy files from one drive to the other. Not as fast, but doable. HTH, Jeff
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You will not be able to use the direct copy feature to do this as it requires the drives to be the same size. You can connect the device to a computer and copy the data to that first and then to the new drive.
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There may be other methods but i used Acronis to create an image. put the drive in retriever Then restored to the SSD in the new computor.
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The new drive MUST have at least the same capacity as the original drive. In other words, the SSD drive must be equal to 300GB or more for it to wor, regardless of how much data you have on the original drive.
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The new drive size must be at least equal to or greater than the source drive.
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I don't think you can, at least with the hardware clone feature. According to the docs it clones the partition. I have cloned a smaller drive to a larger one and then had to expand the smaller partition to take advantage of the larger drive. The cloned partition was the exact size of the original partition, not the size of the data on the original drive.But you can mount drives in here in addition to cloning them. So, if you use the device to mount the drive you could use a software based cloning solution such as Carbon Copy Cloner on the Mac to do exactly what you are attempting. I've done it many times myself.I hope that helps. I don't think you can, at least with the hardware clone feature. According to the docs it clones the partition. I have cloned a smaller drive to a larger one and then had to expand the smaller partition to take advantage of the larger drive. The cloned partition was the exact size of the original partition, not the size of the data on the original drive.But you can mount drives in here in addition to cloning them. So, if you use the device to mount the drive you could use a software based cloning solution such as Carbon Copy Cloner on the Mac to do exactly what you are... » Read More I don't think you can, at least with the hardware clone feature. According to the docs it clones the partition. I have cloned a smaller drive to a larger one and then had to expand the smaller partition to take advantage of the larger drive. The cloned partition was the exact size of the original partition, not the size of the data on the original drive.But you can mount drives in here in addition to cloning them. So, if you use the device to mount the drive you could use a software based cloning solution such as Carbon Copy Cloner on the Mac to do exactly what you are attempting. I've done it many times myself.I hope that helps. « Show Less
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instructions say no. however I would try something in desperation. change the 300gb drive to allocate less than 250gb, maybe that will work. I hope so because I will be trying the same thing at some point. otherwise use free cloning software (with a recovery disk). btw, this device is the only way I have found to clone a "dynamic" disk easily. Thank you HP for that nightmare.
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There is no maximum but the target HD must be larger than the source HD - Even the same size will not work! You can't clone a 1 TB to a 1 TB!
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cloning process from 500 Gb to 2 Tb drive. From Western digital to Seagate drive (2tb). It does clone the hard drives well, I cloned my 500 gb to 2TB hard drive. Have to click on the RED BUTTON twice though. Turn off and retry the process, if it does not take it the first time. I had to repartition mine after due to larger clone size. Otherwise works well. I used a small external fan to keep the hard drives cool while cloning. Hope this extra info help users out there. The process takes a long time though, I allowed it a full day to do its stuff. The cloning is a stand alone process, does not need any computer. Need to remove your hard drie from the computer to begin with. cloning process from 500 Gb to 2 Tb drive. From Western digital to Seagate drive (2tb). It does clone the hard drives well, I cloned my 500 gb to 2TB hard drive. Have to click on the RED BUTTON twice though. Turn off and retry the process, if it does not take it the first time. I had to repartition mine after due to larger clone size. Otherwise works well. I used a small external fan to keep the hard drives cool while cloning. Hope this extra info help users out there. The process takes a long time though, I allowed it a full day to do its stuff. The cloning is a stand alone process, does... » Read More cloning process from 500 Gb to 2 Tb drive. From Western digital to Seagate drive (2tb). It does clone the hard drives well, I cloned my 500 gb to 2TB hard drive. Have to click on the RED BUTTON twice though. Turn off and retry the process, if it does not take it the first time. I had to repartition mine after due to larger clone size. Otherwise works well. I used a small external fan to keep the hard drives cool while cloning. Hope this extra info help users out there. The process takes a long time though, I allowed it a full day to do its stuff. The cloning is a stand alone process, does not need any computer. Need to remove your hard drie from the computer to begin with. « Show Less
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There is also an msata slot occupied by a 24Gb SSD used as a boost drive. The msata drive can be replaced with a larger one and used as the boot drive. This tool can be used to copy the OS to the msata SSD easily. http://www.paragon-software.com/technologies/components/migrate-OS-to-SSD/
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It would have been helpful if you had described what you intend to do. Clone what, exactly, would be a good start. And do you have any extra hardware available, such as an unused HDD that could be used for temporary storage?
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Yes my friend,it WILL work with ANY hard drive.You just HAVE to purchase a 2.5" hard drive to "clone" yor heard drive to and use it in the case with the connections and cable.After the new hard drive is placed in the case,connect the cap to the hard drive first,then insert into case,plug the single end of the ne cable to it,and the other 2 ends of the "Y" to USB ports.One to connect the 2 units,the other is for powering the new hard drive.Follow the instructions,wait for the "Cloning" to complete,unhook the cable and pull your original hard drive out of your computer.Plug in the new loned hard drive,close up the computer,and reboot.And it's like nothing has been done.It will boot right up with everything the same.Except now you have MORE free space to put stuff on.Now,this extra free space is called "unallocated" space.You don't have to purchase any other software to be able to make use of this open area,but you'd think it's hard.All that is in windows,and is fairly easy to figure out.Have fun with it dear,if you have any problems,and I don't think you will,just ask another question and Amazon will contact me.Good day.
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It did not work for me. My advice is do not take a chance on it. I downloaded the FREE EaseUS ToDo Backup application and cloned my entire hard drive to a smaller solid state drive as easy as copying files in windows. Then I just plugged the new drive and it started the computer just like the old one. I can't imagine it can be easier than this.
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Hi James. the answer is definitely yes. I have done it with Acronis many times both with this version and previous ones. How you do it depends on what you are setting out to do e.g replacing a drive in an existing desktop PC, replacing a drive in a laptop or transferring a drive image to a different desktop or laptop. Recently I swapped the 1tb hard drive in my laptop for a 1tb hybrid drive (i.e. one with a small solid state drive that speeds up boot up by storing frequently used programs in the SSD pat of the drive) Acronis worked a treat to do this. In this case I used a usb docking station to plug the new drive in and used the disk migrate tool in Acronis - i.e. running Acronis from within Windows. This then made an exact copy on to the new drive. Once done I swapped them round and presto thanks to Acronis (and Seagate hybrid drive) I now have a laptop that boots up really fast. The ld drive I put into an external enclose and is now used a an external back up drive for the laptop using Acronis for the drive backups! Some procedures need you to create the disk image and save to an external hard drive then create an Acronis boot disk on CD or memory stick and boot from that and run the restore from the external drive as source and new drive as target. It is very flexible in how you can restore or copy one drive to another. In short I can heartily recommence this- I have been using it for several years now and its worth every penny esp when a drive has gone wrong or a software install has messed things up. If you need advice on a particular scenario Id be glad to help. Hope this helps.
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Check the pictures; I posted one that indicates Source and Target locations. Speed varies widely with the drives. Cloning 60gb SSD drives took less than 10 mins. Cloning 500GB Western Digital 3.5" hard drives takes 30-40 mins. Please note that it doesn't take any shorter/longer based upon the contents of the drive (i.e. An empty HDD will take as long to clone as a full HDD), at least in my experience.
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I use Acronis True Image Home 2011 to clone my boot disk to the ssd drive. I did this with a Kingston HyperX 120 GB SATE III Solid State drive and it worked perfect. Tom
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It depends on your utility. Some will create a partition the size of the smaller drive and leave the rest for you to do as you please. Some will expect you to make a partition the size of the source disk before beginning. Still others will operate differently. You need to look at the details/instructions for the cloning utility. By the way, I recommend Acronis products for this kind of task. (After cloning, it's nice to have the option to resize the partition or make multiples, as you prefer.
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The drive comes with cloning software. This software will copy your entire boot drive (currently C:) onto the SSD and properly align it for the SSD's storage media. Then all you have to do is go into your system's BIOS and change the boot drive to the SSD device instead of the current HDD. When you reboot, your new C: drive will be the SSD and your HDD will be some other drive letter (D: or E: or something like that.) At that point you can reformat the HDD and use it for data, temp files, or whatever you like. Of course before you do any of this make sure you have a complete restorable backup of your current boot drive.
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Backward cloning from 1TB to 360 GB may not work. Try opening Computer Management (desktop>computer>right click>manage), then select Disk Management (found under Storage). Right click on your 1TB drive, and choose option "Shrink". When it is done analyzing, it will tell how much can it shrink. If the new size after shrink is going to be more than 360GB, then for sure, it will not make a true clone in the way you want and will not work. I am thinking that there are unmovable tracks in HD which are supposed to be in particular places, and that placement is not replicated in smaller drives. Backward cloning from 1TB to 360 GB may not work. Try opening Computer Management (desktop>computer>right click>manage), then select Disk Management (found under Storage). Right click on your 1TB drive, and choose option "Shrink". When it is done analyzing, it will tell how much can it shrink. If the new size after shrink is going to be more than 360GB, then for sure, it will not make a true clone in the way you want and will not work. I am thinking that there are unmovable tracks in HD which are supposed to be in particular places, and that placement is not replicated in... » Read More Backward cloning from 1TB to 360 GB may not work. Try opening Computer Management (desktop>computer>right click>manage), then select Disk Management (found under Storage). Right click on your 1TB drive, and choose option "Shrink". When it is done analyzing, it will tell how much can it shrink. If the new size after shrink is going to be more than 360GB, then for sure, it will not make a true clone in the way you want and will not work. I am thinking that there are unmovable tracks in HD which are supposed to be in particular places, and that placement is not replicated in smaller drives. « Show Less
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You cant, the drive is a cheap scam. The chip in it tells your computer it has 256gb of storage but in reality it probably has less than 1gb. This scam is successful because most people wont return this and just figure it a loss.
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Hi Dear Hoang,Yes this device can help you to clone a 80GB Drive to a 500GB Drive.However,This device support SATA Hard Drives ONLY,You will need to ensure yout 80GB Drive is a SATA Drive first.Or it won't work.If you have any further question,You can contact ORICO Customer Care Team for more support such as figure out if your drive a SATA Drive.
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Try Clonezillla. It's always worked for me and is free. It will clone your entire boot drive.
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That shouldn't be a problem. But be aware that WHS will use only 20GB as System partition which cannot be changed! The rest will be added to your storage pool. It's also worth mentioning that the first storage drive has special significance. It is where all the so called tombstones are created. These are pointers to the real files that are somewhere on the physical devices in your storage pool. I personally would recommend against using a SSD as boot drive. A fast SATA drive will work just fine. And does it really matter if your WHS boots in 20 or 30 seconds?