Genius! After spending HOURS of time watching MANY confusing videos, I was finally able to clone my SSD to a new NVME M.2 in minutes! Thank you very much! My C:\ drive was 98% full and I was running out of time!

@mikesunboxing

6 ай бұрын

Glad it helped! and thank you so much for the donation, very much appreciated

@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy

6 ай бұрын

@@mikesunboxing *Well deserved!* _Enjoining the channel... Cheers!_

@mikesunboxing

4 ай бұрын

Thanks appreciate that

@provaogiocaregiochi8245

3 ай бұрын

same i have 99% full

@lenny108

3 ай бұрын

The problem seems that the free versions of cloning software are cloning your hard drive but it is not actually booting.

Thanks Mike, really easy to follow and just the right level of detail given the amount of options that the tool gives. Its a shame that the companies that make these keep dropping the clone option from the free option but I cant blame them, I cant remember ever upgrading to a paid version except maybe 15 years ago on a data recovery product. My own clone on an old PC took about 4 hours as I was copying about 500gb sata ssd to 2tb sata ssd via USB using the hot option.

Thanks for posting this. After cloning with two other programs...free and paid...I still couldn't get my laptop to boot. Then I found this video last night and tried this and within an hour or so, I'm up and running. Thanks again.

@mikesunboxing

5 ай бұрын

Glad I could help

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What a great piece of software! Having recently manually moved all my games from 2x drives onto new 2Tb m.2 and then swapped drive letters around so steam / epic etc werent aware of any changes then this software would made it so much quicker and easier to achieve. Thanks for sharing Mike & Kath, have a great weekend 🐈👍

@mikesunboxing

8 ай бұрын

data swapping and cloning is a laborious chore it hate it, this makes it easy, i like easy

After struggling with some other free software, I came across this video. Simple and easy to follow and I successfully cloned my HDD to my NVMe! Thanks so much!

@mikesunboxing

6 ай бұрын

Glad it helped!

Thanks Mike this really saved me. You made it so easy. AND finding free software that is "really" free is amazing. Great video, great job.

@mikesunboxing

7 ай бұрын

Glad it helped!

Thanks for this video Mike. I've wasted a lot of time recently trying free versions of software only to find that the clone feature has been disabled. So this program will help, might download it before they change it. Keep up the good work 👍

@mikesunboxing

8 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏

Great how-to. I forgot that I downloaded this and installed it awhile back. Thanks for sharing Mike and Lady Kath. Take care everyone. Cheers

@mikesunboxing

8 ай бұрын

cheers Rick

Thanks Mike! I was able to migrate from a SanDisk SSD to a Crucial P3 Plus NVMe. This video is very helpful with a very detailed explanation. Great job!

@mikesunboxing

6 ай бұрын

Glad it helped!

just did this using this app and its worked absolutely perfectly. Thank you for making such an easy to follow video. Moved Windows from a very old intel 60GB SSD to a samsung Evo 970 2TB

@raunaq002

4 ай бұрын

Yes, I did this just now and it worked like a breeze. Very easy.

@mikesunboxing

4 ай бұрын

Glad it helped!

Great video, thanks for the info! Took about 4 hours to transfer 1.2 TB off my HDD to the new SSD, a lot quicker than I honestly anticipated.

@mikesunboxing

7 ай бұрын

Glad it helped! i did another disk clone yesterday NVME to USB NVME and it was about 5 minutes and when the drive was swapped it booted first time

The best tutorial i've seen on internet. Thanks, keep the good work man.

@mikesunboxing

4 ай бұрын

Wow, thanks!

It was about time to find a free program that offers system migration without compromises. Thanks a lot!

Thanks for this! My neighbour has asked me to look at his 12 yr old machine and I'll be using this to migrate a knackered HDD to a SSD to prolong its life!

@mikesunboxing

7 ай бұрын

hope it helps you in the process

Great video ! Id noticed that Macrium had done the update to put their services behind a paywall so Ive been looking for an alternative. Not heard of DiskGenius before so I'll be getting that bad boy installed. Thanks Lady Kath and Furry Face Mike !

@mikesunboxing

9 ай бұрын

lol thanks bob! used this a few times now, and seems to do everything macrium was known for, and no need for registration

I Want to say thanks Mike. this honestly saved me when I was stuck installing a brand-new SSD in place of my old SSD. I followed the instructions and cloned my old SSD onto already installed HDD and from there onto the new SSD as my pc only had room for one NVME M2 slot. no joke I was stressing out trying to fix it on my own with other guides till I tried this.

@mikesunboxing

6 ай бұрын

Glad it helped

I gave it a try and it worked well. I had to clone the drive I had in the small itx I had near the tv because I put uograded it. Good find!

@mikesunboxing

8 ай бұрын

yeah this will be the new macrium for a while

Quality video, ive been looking to do this recently and you've answered my questions! Cheers for the help

@mikesunboxing

8 ай бұрын

glad it helped

that was awesome, my new SSD drive is suppose to arrive tmrw and I've been looking for a easy/reliable cloning software -- thanks again for posting I will definately watch again lol

@mikesunboxing

3 ай бұрын

Glad I could help

Thank yo so much for your tutorial!! I did as instructed and everything worked great, now I have a better and perfect functioning SSD with all my previous windows programs and set ups. Awesome, five stars.

@mikesunboxing

6 ай бұрын

Glad it helped! thanks for commenting

Macrium gave me errors! This video saved my life. My new m.2 boots windows perfectly since following ur videos

Disk Genius worked perfectly. 1 tb ssd to 1 tb m.2 nvme (in an external USB 3.1 enclosure). 800 gigs took 30 mins. Did the hot method, surprised it worked as this is usually a problem when cloning.

@mikesunboxing

7 ай бұрын

Good to hear

This is the best tutorial on the internet period! You saved me an entire day of stress thank you!

@mikesunboxing

3 ай бұрын

haha glad to help my friend

I came across Disk genius recently when researching an M.2 migration from 500GB to a gen 4 1TB. I have been using Macrium for some time to do backups but as support is ending soon I was looking for an alternative. Being retired I needed a cheap option 😂. I can't believe how quickly DG did the clone and changed the boot sequence. WIN 11 and several games and all my programs done in under 10 minutes. Highly recommended. Thanks for the video it's covered some of the options I haven't explored yet.

@mikesunboxing

7 ай бұрын

thanks for the comment, have a great day

Just so you know, if you have Macrium v7.3 free edition, it still works. Just disable auto-update. Although, you can still update it to version 8 before disabling updates.

@Wythaneye

4 ай бұрын

If you had the foresight to export the bootable ISO image, Macrium 7 free still works just fine (Feb 2024).

Mike - many thanks mate, this program was the only one that worked and my laptop booted up instantly !! Brilliant 🤩

@mikesunboxing

Ай бұрын

Glad it helped

Thanks! This video was exactly what I needed. Working on upgrade for my Surface Pro 7+

@mikesunboxing

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, that is very kind of you

you’ve helped me in the past before with ram i knew your video would be the right choice🙏

@mikesunboxing

7 ай бұрын

thank you, so kind of you to say. Hope to be able to help you out again sometime

I use the older free Macrium Reflect rescue USB thumb drive to create images from all my machines as a backup. That drive still supports a lot of hardware, including my new Lenovo Ideapad Slim 14” laptop.

@mikesunboxing

7 ай бұрын

such a shame they stopped the free version

Thanks man....took me a while to find a channel I trusted, and I found you. In appreciation.

@mikesunboxing

Ай бұрын

I appreciate that!

Thank you for a trouble free system migration tutorial. It was nice and easy to follow.

@mikesunboxing

7 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Followed this procedure - worked perfectly the very first time. Thank you!

@mikesunboxing

2 ай бұрын

Great to hear!

Thanks Mike ,downloaded and cloned my samsung ssd to a nvme kingston and it worked perfect .

@mikesunboxing

8 ай бұрын

glad it helped. have a great weekend

I did install this last week - nice tool to have - thanks for the video - I'm sure I will refer back to it at sometime.

@mikesunboxing

8 ай бұрын

sad that macrium is not free anymore, but this seems to be a viable alternative

Thanks mike, like you i started noticing the options for free drive ghosting have become more and more limited everytime i do a drive swap, this will be handy.

@mikesunboxing

7 ай бұрын

No problem 👍

Good video great job easy to follow and did the trick asap now if i hit a brick wall just load the other copy great stuff saves a lot of time thanks

@mikesunboxing

7 ай бұрын

Glad to help

Hi mate thanks for the info and advice , just about to do my change over to a bigger m.2 and i think i will resize my partition .All the best till next time

@mikesunboxing

5 ай бұрын

No problem 👍

Disk Genius Free works very well and has a ton of partition tools built in. Now that Macrium and MiniTool no longer support free transfers (cloning) it's a great program to have. PLUS it will transfer to a smaller drive as long as there is enough space on the target drive to accept the transfer. No more equal or larger drive size required message blocking the transfer, even the Aomei Partition Assistant I bought would do that. So Disk Genius Free will be my GoTo for cloning and monthly Incremental System Backups, cause it's easy to do. Thanks for the very informative video.

@mikesunboxing

6 ай бұрын

great piece of software

@dugannash9109

6 ай бұрын

As far as I can tell, you can still use macrium to clone, and they offer a 30 day free trial. I haven't tried using it yet so I'm not sure if they make you input a credit card or something.

@mikesunboxing

6 ай бұрын

@@dugannash9109interesting

Mike Thank You. I just get new M.2's and your video will be very helpful.

@mikesunboxing

6 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Very well evaluated with notable caveats. Appreciate your work. 👍

@mikesunboxing

6 ай бұрын

Many thanks!

Thank you so much for your help! Your the first one I found after looking for ever that works and didn't have to pay for

@mikesunboxing

19 сағат бұрын

Glad I could help!

Ty, the software did everything perfectly!

thankyou it works spot on my comp started up straight away

@mikesunboxing

7 ай бұрын

glad to hear it

been looking for a replacment to Macrium Mike it was brilliant !!! thanks for this !!!

@mikesunboxing

7 ай бұрын

Happy to help!

@GhostRider247

7 ай бұрын

@@mikesunboxing took me a little while to figure how to do a full backup Mike , but got there in the end with the built in help 👌👌👌 Cheers Mike ....Shaun.

@mikesunboxing

7 ай бұрын

@@GhostRider247 Glad it helped you 🙂

thanks for the tip having a basic feature locked behind a paywall is a pain for someone who will just use the software once but can be a way for the developer to attract attention of pottential paying users

absolutely best video out there for transitioning you SSD to new drive.

@mikesunboxing

3 ай бұрын

Glad you think so!

Update Mike... I used this software to go from a 250GB nvme boot drive to a 1TB boot drive. Worked perfectly. 👍 Thanks for walking me through this. Take care guys. Cheers

@mikesunboxing

5 ай бұрын

Great to hear! i really like the software, does the job and free, sounds like a deal to me, as long as they aren't data scraping

@rickh8380

5 ай бұрын

@@mikesunboxing You Mike...that's seems to be the norm these days. Cheers

Ive been looking for something like this to migrate my Gen 3.0 NVME to a new Gen 4.0. Thanks for this.

@mikesunboxing

8 ай бұрын

if you use it let us know how you get on

was so easy thank you for the great tips!

@mikesunboxing

6 ай бұрын

You're so welcome!

Thank you so much, i did step by step with your video. It worked like magic. In the process of codying hdd i got error about the disk bunch of time but it worked regardless

@mikesunboxing

11 күн бұрын

Glad it helped

Very glad that you review this Disk Genius Free - Always bought Samsung drives (with Samsung software limited to target Samsung drives) - - - Great Review Mike thanks

@mikesunboxing

8 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Hasleo has a PE partition option for a recovery boot menu, tad annoying having a boot menu every boot however there is a BCDedit work around EDIT(1) there is a checkbox work around in Advanced System settings also I was too lazy to look 😫. EDIT(2) hasleo does clone & backup too tbf I have never used it to recover but cloning works

FANTASTIC, SIMPLE and IT FINALLY WORKS

@mikesunboxing

Ай бұрын

Glad it helped

Cloning drives is why I use Samsung drives with their 1 click cloning software. Unfortunately, they are on a higher end for cost. This looks like great alternative for a cheaper drive. Good video.

@TheRobJarvis

4 ай бұрын

for real? I just bout a samsung 500 gig evo ssd, it comes with free cloning software? that would be excellent! It arrives in the mail monday it says.

I use that Mini tool partition/shadowmaker software, it's really good bit of kit, always does a good job of backing up, cloning etc :)

@mikesunboxing

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip!

@muskerp

8 ай бұрын

I think that minitool has dropped the clone from the free version

Thanks❤ I clone my hard disk to NVME m.2 SSD by using this Software and all steps on this video. It’s very effective tool. Thanks again ❤❤

@mikesunboxing

6 ай бұрын

Glad it helped

Nice!! I just purchased a new laptop, be here this week. It has Win 11, I dont like 11 and all the bloatware. Going to clone my Win10 (desktop) then install in new laptop. This software should work great for this job!

@mikesunboxing

7 ай бұрын

Good luck!

Tip for other Americans: Set speed to .75 -- Easy to understand :)

@mikesunboxing

4 ай бұрын

haha thanks for the tip

worked like a charm my friend. thanks

@mikesunboxing

14 күн бұрын

You're welcome!

Nice and easy to undestand even its not my language. Bravo 🎹 thank you

@mikesunboxing

4 ай бұрын

Thank you too!

Thanks, for the information provided, it’s nice knowing there’s people like you out there that cares, excellent application. I would like to know what type of computer case and hardware and Windows setup are you using on this video, looks simple but stunning nonetheless, not a lot of clutter or annoying led lights. I bet is as powerful as it looks. Oh, by the way, please processor type as well. Thank you! V.V.

@mikesunboxing

7 ай бұрын

thermaltake ceres 500 case, MSI B650 edge wifi motherboard and Ryzen 7 7700x processor. Glad you liked the video

Great video thanks Mike

@mikesunboxing

8 ай бұрын

You bet

Thanks! This was very helpful.

@mikesunboxing

5 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you!It works perfect!👍

@mikesunboxing

7 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

awesome stuff worked great! super simple. thanks M

@mikesunboxing

5 ай бұрын

glad it helped

Looks like I'll be using this now, as I failed to catch a giveaway of one of the others this time... Free version still on and still covers what's needed

@mikesunboxing

3 ай бұрын

i quite like it and it seems to be less of a resource hog than Macrium was

quick tip, if your old mobo doesn't have an m.2 slot, you may have an extra pcie slot available and can get an m.2 adapter for it. Even the 4x slot is capable of 3000/mbs. much faster than sata!

Thank you for this video. My question is...After using this procedure to clone my SSD, does all of the software that was installed on the source SSD remain functional on the target SSD? Or, does the software need to be reinstalled? Thank you!

@mikesunboxing

6 ай бұрын

it will produce an exact copy of the drive without moving or deleting so when finished you have two identical drives both working as they did before you started

Thank you bro for took me all information and spent your time

@mikesunboxing

6 ай бұрын

thanks so much

Thank you so much, this video helped me a lot !

@mikesunboxing

3 ай бұрын

Glad it helped!

That works a treat, thank you.

@mikesunboxing

7 ай бұрын

Great to hear!

Thank you Mike! And thank you to diskgenius

@mikesunboxing

7 ай бұрын

thanks for watching

thank you, after watching a lot of useless videos on yt finally i found a useful one

@mikesunboxing

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words

thanks a lot men, i look for hours difference softwares and and just this one works perfectly, FREE and very fast.

@mikesunboxing

Ай бұрын

You're welcome!

Free and easy to use software, super helpful, thanks Mike

@mikesunboxing

3 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

Hello Sir, I am from Tamil Nadu, India. Really very very helpful this video. Thank you very much Sir.

@mikesunboxing

Ай бұрын

You are most welcome

The new paradigm is clone to better drives on schedules from more finite failure estimates. A victory in consumer computing.

Nice find Mike... worked really well, even resetting the boot drive automatically. Pleased to find this now that MiniTool and EaseUS charge (more than the cost of a 1TB drive) for the cloning function.

@mikesunboxing

3 ай бұрын

thanks, and glad you found it useful, i use this pretty much all the time now

Cheers - I haven't heard of this one before. The big disadvantage most of these type of programs have is it will copy over the windows partition (great for backup only) and make it bootable, but forgets about (or won't allow) the other system recovery partitions to be copied as well. This seems to copy everything over. I'm keen to give it a try as I have a few PCs I'll be upgrading soon.

@mikesunboxing

6 ай бұрын

hope you enjoy using it, i really enjoy the simplicity

I would have liked to have seen this performed using the WindowsPE option. I’m wondering if you choose that option is it best to install the software on a different hard drive than the one you’re cloning?

@mikesunboxing

19 күн бұрын

it uses the Windows shadow volume copy so it isn't a problem

i use for years Samsung Data Migration. Free to use software that only work with Samsung SSD. I have 3 Samsung M.2 SSD'S and this software works perfect. It creates a snapshot "clone" of the current situation. 2 time's i needed the clone for repair. I make a clone every week, sometimes an extra clone in high-risk situations.

@mikesunboxing

7 ай бұрын

always a good idea to make a backup

Can you clarify the difference between "System Migration" and "Clone Drive" in this software? If you (or I) use the Clone Disc option, won't the newly cloned drive be bootable?

@mikesunboxing

5 ай бұрын

system migration is the primary partitions and c: drive. cloning is a direct one for one copy of the source drive

Hi, Mike. What I have for cloning is a Sabrent USB C Docking Station. It clones M.2, 2.5" SSD's, and 3.5" HDD. So, no software needed.

@jamesmiscellaneous

8 ай бұрын

Only drawbacks is you must remove the m.2 drives for this method. And it's not free. Did you water cool it!? *runs away*

@mikesunboxing

8 ай бұрын

i have a number of cloning stations but as with anything that is automated there are limitations. the bigger to smaller issue is often a deal breaker and the slow time to transfer empty bits

Just like Macrium Reflect used to be! Thanks!!!

@mikesunboxing

3 ай бұрын

yes it is. Sad that macrium went the way it did, but that is corporate life for you

Thank you for this. I believe Macrium is free for the first month. I'm trying to clone a dual boot NVME to a bigger NVME. It is Windows 10/Ubuntu dual boot. Any thoughts? Latest I heard is a offer of US$200 to do it.

Is there a reason you chose to manually choose your boot drive

Thanks Mike. The video and info are excellent. I started migrating my 250 gig disk last night and it is not even half done today. I think something is wrong. Do you recommend I stop and start over?

@mikesunboxing

3 ай бұрын

yes something sounds very wrong there, what was the data transfer rate?

@howardrapaport2143

3 ай бұрын

@@mikesunboxing Thanks for responding. It looks to be 28 MBs/minute

brilliant saved me a lot of time thanks

@mikesunboxing

4 ай бұрын

happy to help

Hi Mike, will this software clone other drives other than the C drive, like if i wanted to clone a drive with personal data, say from one external usb drive to another, thanks Mike...👍

@mikesunboxing

8 ай бұрын

yes it will

Thank you ❤

@mikesunboxing

8 ай бұрын

no problem

Thanks for this, I have the new NVME, an external enclosure, DiskGenius installed and almost ready to do this on my laptop. So to confirm - no need to run Disk Management first on the new NVME to 'initialize' it? Disk Genius will handle the raw NVME right out of the box?

@mikesunboxing

4 ай бұрын

correct

@outermarker5801

4 ай бұрын

@@mikesunboxing Thanks!👍

@outermarker5801

4 ай бұрын

@@mikesunboxing Thank you so much again for the heads up about this program and clear concise instructions. Just completed a quick and successful migration to a larger, faster drive with no issues whatsoever!

@mikesunboxing

4 ай бұрын

@@outermarker5801 Glad it helped you 🙂

Thank you so much!

@mikesunboxing

4 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

worked great thanks for the Video

@mikesunboxing

17 күн бұрын

You're welcome!

Hi Mike, many thanks for that. Would you happen to know if DIsk Genius will clone to a SATA SSD target, connected and powered via USB cable? I handle a lot of laptops so there is rarely an opportunity to connect the target drive to the mobo. Keep up the good work! 🙂

@mikesunboxing

7 ай бұрын

Yes it should do can’t see why not as long as the drive is visible

@armelumguillemunsen3663

7 ай бұрын

Sans aucun problème. Testé plusieurs fois et approuvé.

@waynejones2492

7 ай бұрын

@@armelumguillemunsen3663 Merci d'avoir répondu 😃

@waynejones2492

7 ай бұрын

@@mikesunboxing cheers muchly!

thank you very much for this tutorial and info.

@mikesunboxing

6 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

So, a bit more explanation about where the DiskGenius Program is to be installed in the "Select Destination Location" would be appreciated. My laptop only has "Drive C" to select as a destination to send it. If I select any location in my old Drive C, will the "Warning" regarding the destruction of all files actually happen? I ended up choosing the default folder in Drive C anyway and the program successfully migrated all data and programs on my old Samsung HDD to my new Crucial SSD. Your video had me take on this task with complete success. Thank you.

@mikesunboxing

6 ай бұрын

thanks for the feedback and comment

I did the system migration but it only cloned the partition with the Windows in it so i have to clone the other partition again. Hope it works!

Thank you for sharing your time and experience with us. The GTRacing Ace Series M1 link EUR link that you provided appears to be invalid.

@mikesunboxing

7 ай бұрын

okay thanks i'll check that out. To be honest there are probably better options available now, like the new corsair one

Both in your video, and in the comments, it is not clear to me if you are cloning, copying, transferring, or moving. Just answer this one question. After you were done, are both ssd's bootable ?

@mikesunboxing

3 ай бұрын

yes both drives are bootable and are clones of each other. It is copying the entire drive to the new one