Unable to clone Windows 10 image from 1TB HDD to 500 GB SSD
I am replacing 1TB HDD on my laptop with 500GB SSD. The C drive (with Windows 10 OS) on HDD is of 119GB. The image of the OS - with all customizations, software and files - that I have created on an external HDD is of 76GB. I have tried restoring the image on to the SSD:
- As one single partition or creating a new partition of 120 GB.
- Restore image using Windows 10 bootable USB as well as CD.
- Restore image using Windows 10 recovery USB as well as CD.
- Restore image from bare Windows 10 OS freshly installed on SSD.
In all the cases, the error message displayd is:
Error: The disk that is set as active in BIOS is too small to recover
the original system disk......
I thought if cloning the image by inserting the SSD in an external casing (I've tried two different ones from a local market) using software available for the purpose. But the laptop or the OS are not able to detect SSD from the casing. Not even in Disk Management. They are detecting HDD only.
Is there any workaround or hack to clone the image on the SSD?
Regards
windows-10 restore clone
asked Dec 25 '18 at 7:01
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I am replacing 1TB HDD on my laptop with 500GB SSD. The C drive (with Windows 10 OS) on HDD is of 119GB. The image of the OS - with all customizations, software and files - that I have created on an external HDD is of 76GB. I have tried restoring the image on to the SSD:
- As one single partition or creating a new partition of 120 GB.
- Restore image using Windows 10 bootable USB as well as CD.
- Restore image using Windows 10 recovery USB as well as CD.
- Restore image from bare Windows 10 OS freshly installed on SSD.
In all the cases, the error message displayd is:
Error: The disk that is set as active in BIOS is too small to recover
the original system disk......
I thought if cloning the image by inserting the SSD in an external casing (I've tried two different ones from a local market) using software available for the purpose. But the laptop or the OS are not able to detect SSD from the casing. Not even in Disk Management. They are detecting HDD only.
Is there any workaround or hack to clone the image on the SSD?
Regards
windows-10 restore clone
asked Dec 25 '18 at 7:01
kush.impetuskush.impetus
1621111
Please help us help you by providing more info. Run diskpart after opening a Command Prompt window as Administrator (Start | Windows System | right-click on Command Prompt | More | Run as administrator). In diskpart do list disk , sel disk 0, then list part. Copy the result into Notepad, then do sel disk 1 then list part again. Copy that result and save it to Notepad as well. Close w/ exit twice, come back here, click on edit and paste what you found into your question. More details on diskpart at ss64.com/nt/diskpart.html and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diskpart
– K7AAY
Dec 27 '18 at 21:22
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I am replacing 1TB HDD on my laptop with 500GB SSD. The C drive (with Windows 10 OS) on HDD is of 119GB. The image of the OS - with all customizations, software and files - that I have created on an external HDD is of 76GB. I have tried restoring the image on to the SSD:
- As one single partition or creating a new partition of 120 GB.
- Restore image using Windows 10 bootable USB as well as CD.
- Restore image using Windows 10 recovery USB as well as CD.
- Restore image from bare Windows 10 OS freshly installed on SSD.
In all the cases, the error message displayd is:
Error: The disk that is set as active in BIOS is too small to recover
the original system disk......
I thought if cloning the image by inserting the SSD in an external casing (I've tried two different ones from a local market) using software available for the purpose. But the laptop or the OS are not able to detect SSD from the casing. Not even in Disk Management. They are detecting HDD only.
Is there any workaround or hack to clone the image on the SSD?
Regards
windows-10 restore clone
asked Dec 25 '18 at 7:01
kush.impetuskush.impetus
1621111
I am replacing 1TB HDD on my laptop with 500GB SSD. The C drive (with Windows 10 OS) on HDD is of 119GB. The image of the OS - with all customizations, software and files - that I have created on an external HDD is of 76GB. I have tried restoring the image on to the SSD:
- As one single partition or creating a new partition of 120 GB.
- Restore image using Windows 10 bootable USB as well as CD.
- Restore image using Windows 10 recovery USB as well as CD.
- Restore image from bare Windows 10 OS freshly installed on SSD.
In all the cases, the error message displayd is:
Error: The disk that is set as active in BIOS is too small to recover
the original system disk......
I thought if cloning the image by inserting the SSD in an external casing (I've tried two different ones from a local market) using software available for the purpose. But the laptop or the OS are not able to detect SSD from the casing. Not even in Disk Management. They are detecting HDD only.
Is there any workaround or hack to clone the image on the SSD?
Regards
windows-10 restore clone
windows-10 restore clone
asked Dec 25 '18 at 7:01
kush.impetuskush.impetus
1621111
asked Dec 25 '18 at 7:01
kush.impetuskush.impetus
1621111
edited Dec 25 '18 at 12:16
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asked Dec 25 '18 at 7:01
kush.impetuskush.impetus
1621111
asked Dec 25 '18 at 7:01
kush.impetuskush.impetus
1621111
asked Dec 25 '18 at 7:01
kush.impetuskush.impetus
1621111
1621111
Please help us help you by providing more info. Run diskpart after opening a Command Prompt window as Administrator (Start | Windows System | right-click on Command Prompt | More | Run as administrator). In diskpart do list disk , sel disk 0, then list part. Copy the result into Notepad, then do sel disk 1 then list part again. Copy that result and save it to Notepad as well. Close w/ exit twice, come back here, click on edit and paste what you found into your question. More details on diskpart at ss64.com/nt/diskpart.html and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diskpart
– K7AAY
Dec 27 '18 at 21:22
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Please help us help you by providing more info. Run diskpart after opening a Command Prompt window as Administrator (Start | Windows System | right-click on Command Prompt | More | Run as administrator). In diskpart do list disk , sel disk 0, then list part. Copy the result into Notepad, then do sel disk 1 then list part again. Copy that result and save it to Notepad as well. Close w/ exit twice, come back here, click on edit and paste what you found into your question. More details on diskpart at ss64.com/nt/diskpart.html and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diskpart
– K7AAY
Dec 27 '18 at 21:22
Please help us help you by providing more info. Run diskpart after opening a Command Prompt window as Administrator (Start | Windows System | right-click on Command Prompt | More | Run as administrator). In diskpart do list disk , sel disk 0, then list part. Copy the result into Notepad, then do sel disk 1 then list part again. Copy that result and save it to Notepad as well. Close w/ exit twice, come back here, click on edit and paste what you found into your question. More details on diskpart at ss64.com/nt/diskpart.html and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diskpart
– K7AAY
Dec 27 '18 at 21:22
Please help us help you by providing more info. Run diskpart after opening a Command Prompt window as Administrator (Start | Windows System | right-click on Command Prompt | More | Run as administrator). In diskpart do list disk , sel disk 0, then list part. Copy the result into Notepad, then do sel disk 1 then list part again. Copy that result and save it to Notepad as well. Close w/ exit twice, come back here, click on edit and paste what you found into your question. More details on diskpart at ss64.com/nt/diskpart.html and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diskpart
– K7AAY
Dec 27 '18 at 21:22
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After trying several software and work arounds, Mini Tools Partition Wizard Free Edition did the job.
Here's the link. It has easy to follow instructions.
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After trying several software and work arounds, Mini Tools Partition Wizard Free Edition did the job.
Here's the link. It has easy to follow instructions.
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After trying several software and work arounds, Mini Tools Partition Wizard Free Edition did the job.
Here's the link. It has easy to follow instructions.
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After trying several software and work arounds, Mini Tools Partition Wizard Free Edition did the job.
Here's the link. It has easy to follow instructions.
answered Jan 9 at 2:13
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1621111
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Here's the link. It has easy to follow instructions.
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Please help us help you by providing more info. Run diskpart after opening a Command Prompt window as Administrator (Start | Windows System | right-click on Command Prompt | More | Run as administrator). In diskpart do list disk , sel disk 0, then list part. Copy the result into Notepad, then do sel disk 1 then list part again. Copy that result and save it to Notepad as well. Close w/ exit twice, come back here, click on edit and paste what you found into your question. More details on diskpart at ss64.com/nt/diskpart.html and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diskpart
– K7AAY
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