Thank you so much Dale. All went GREAT! Note that in my case, my Flex5 (mfg 07/28/2020) the case screws were T5, not T6! I also bought a cheaper SSD adapter that worked fine (AMZ SSK M.2 NVMe SSD adapter) just for others reference. Also note that Macrium current download version is 7.3.5854. I did NOT try that version and instead searched & downloaded the older V7 DLHF version (which is what I used successfully! Thank you again
Thank you so much. I fought this for 2 hours because I was using the PAID EaseUS Partition Magic to clone the SSD and the Lenovo refused to boot from the new drive. I had never heard of Macrium before this video and it worked instantly. Had I used it from the beginning this would have been a 20minute upgrade.
Many thanks for this great instructive video I've just used Macrium Reflect 7 to clone my HDD onto a new SSD :) You're videos are awesome. Best wishes from the UK
Long time Macrium user myself ;-) using it for weekly partition backups. The WD Blues are really nice and solid SSDs, not the fastest, but very THIN (one sided) and they dont get hot, really recommended for laptops.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I have a Lenovo with recovery partitions and could not get any of the WD(acronis), aomei, samsung software to copy any or all of the partitions. It looked like some trial versions might work but they would not complete the clone until you bought the software - some trial! I was about to give up when I found your video. This was a lifesaver and I'm now typing this review on my old computer with a faster, resized hard drive. New subscriber!
Thank you for the video. The software was so good; it worked w/o any issues. It was easy to use also. I am looking forward to reading the manual and learn all the other things I can do with it.
That carpet on the desk where you deal with electronics... priceless. you know right away that this guy is a pro. Using old USB A instead of the faster USB 3.x for data transfer. Well, everyone is into computers these days.
Thanks for the video it was great. This is my mode I got for $729.99 at Staples on sale. Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15IIL05 81YK 15.6" Notebook, Intel i7, 16GB Memory, 512GB SSD, Windows 10 (81YK000LUS). I want to remove the 512 GB drive and replace it with a 1TB or 2TB drive. My internal drive is a M.2 2242 SSD / PCIe NVMe, PCIe 3.0 X 2, can I replace that with a M.2 2280 SSD / PCIe NVMe, PCIe 3.0 X 4 drive? So, I want to go from a 2242 to a 2280 drive.
Hi Dale. Thanks so much for this video. I've ordered a Flex 5 with a 512 GB but I may want to upgrade to a 1 TB so this is very helpful. The Flex 5 comes with 802.11 Wireless-AC (2x2) + Bluetooth 4.2, Realtek I think. Would it be possible to do a video on how to upgrade to WiFi 6?
RAM IS UPGRADABLE You can add more RAM to this PC. I have the very same model and now I have 20GB RAM. It is confusing at first because Lenovo says the ram is soldered. Well, They have 2 channels. Only 1 RAM channel is soldered. 1 is removable. Lenovo soldered the 4GB stick to the motherboard, dedicated to the tiny graphics card (I believe) or dedicated to something. There is a 12 GB stick that is removable. I took out the 12GB stick and replaced it with Crucial 16GB stick. So... Now I technically have 20GB RAM in my Lenovo Flex 5 14in.
Thanks for this video. Gives me enough confidence to go ahead with upgrading the SSD. Question about ChromeOS Lenovo Flex 5 13.3" 2-in-1 Touchscreen Chromebook - 11th Gen Intel i3-1115G4 - 1080p Processor & Memory: 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-1115G4 Processor 8GB LPDDR4x 3733MHz RAM 128GB NVMe™ TLC Solid State Drive Would the Software Macrium Reflect also clone Chrome OS? How do I check the maximum capacity SSD this would support? Thanks a Lot.
I hope this works when I pick up my ssd enclosure from Best buy and follow your steps cause I tried to it before without the cloning and before I knew what a cloning was it took me to boot manager and it stayed there and I hope this method works for me
I just followed this video to the T, with the same laptop and same size nvme drive and using the same software, but it doesn't work?? It gives me an error code of 0xc0000225. It also does not show the new drive in the file explorer before or after the cloning process.
Dale, thanks for the instruction. I have the same system and ordered the same products and performed the same clone. With the new SSD installed the system boots up fine, but after a few minutes the system freezes and gives a flash of a blue error screen and announces the system has to reboot. It then goes to the Windows recovery page upon start up. Any ideas what went wrong or how to troubleshoot? Note that when I put the old SSD drive in the system works fine again. Regards, Mike
Hi there. Well, you can try a couple things. First, type memory diagnostics in the Cortana search box, then click memory diagnostics to reboot and run 2 passes. Possible you got a buggy stick of ram, try that first to rule it out.
I have the exact same issue. When Windows boots, I can login but then it flashes the blue screen and then reboots into the Windows recovery. I've used MiniTool Partition Wizard (the last free version) and the Macrium to clone the disk. Same result. The drive works fine when it is in the USB adapter reading and writing. I'm lost.
@@CadillacComputerCenter Dale, you were right on. I ordered a similar 1TB SSD (Crucial this time) and every thing worked just fine. I think I got a "buggy stick of ram" as you suggested.
@@wdblackman see my reply to Dale above. It was just a bad drive I think. My first drive appeared to work fine too when it was just plugged in as a USB drive. I got a Crucial 1TB SSD the second time around, btw.
Can I install my drive right in the m2 slot and do the entire clone process from there? Have a hp 17 inch with a spinner hd and have a m2 drive on the way. Both 1 tb Thank you.
It's not "necessary", I mean it's not gonna blow up or anything, but it's good practice to do it. In any case, you don't need to physically unplug it, you can go to the BIOS and disable it there before upgrading the SSD. It'll be automatically re-enabled the next time you plug the charger.
Is that 2.5in SSD bay under the battery? I've seen the battery removed on other videos and it looks like it is. I've got several 2.5in SSD's I'd like to use for additional storage and don't really want to go w/ a USB caddy.
Hey! I tried several times to do a fresh Windows 10 install on a WD blue SN550 NVMe 512gb but it fails the first time Windows 10 try to boot. It shows the winLoad.efi 0xc0000225, try lot of things... Disable uefi and secure boot and nothing, tried to fix mbr with bootrec and nothing, any clue? I thought the Flex 5 is not fully compatible but then I saw your video...
I'm taking my old ssd in my current laptop and putting it into the new lenovo laptop since my old ssd is 1 TB. Will I have to do any cloning process since the old one already has all my files and windows 10 on it? Or can I just take the ssd out and replace them? Ive already found out that my current ssd is compatible with the new laptop
This might be difficult or maybe impossible to do. I would just recommend for you to buy a color accurate monitor and output the display through the HDMI port. Hopefully this answer helps you, although you may not want to do that. Cheers!
Hey dale, quick question. Macrium doesnt seem to identify my usb plugged ssd for cloning. Windows identifies theres something connected but immediately disconnects
I know this is a late reply, but I had the same issue (this is meant for people who stumble upon this with the same issue). What I did is go to disk management (just search for it), and when you open it up a popup will appear on your screen. It will say "initialize disk", and you'll see two options: MBR or GPT. Select GPT (unless you have an old Windows laptop, like older than XP). You can format then format the drive and continue on like in the video
@@davidprice8371 I appreciate the response, it actually ended up being both yours and Dale's troubleshoot fixes that did the trick. Unfortunately I forgot to head back here and thank him but now I can also thank you!
600 dollar for 4500u +16gb+ssd+ips touchscreen+ lightweight. that is why lenovo's maginal profit is only 1%, poor company. dell is 5%, hp is 10%, apple is 30%. lenovo sold most but earn least. if they dont sell thinkpad to cover the cost, they are losing money for selling these regular laptops.
@@sinannn000 I'm afraid not, I've found several laptop modifying stores that can replace RAMs, but it's very risky to do so and might break the laptop permanently. I think I'll stick with 8gb of RAMs :)
The 8GB is, and I won't say yes to the 4GB but I will say it should be. Of course I'm talking about the SSD and not the RAM. The ram isn't upgradable on any of them.
I tried the same as above with the same laptop and SSD but am getting the same error as some other people here. If I try a fresh install, it won't let me select the drive to install and if I clone, it crashes upon booting. Has anyone who had this problem been able to resolve it? Thanks
So I tested this all the way up to opening the laptop. I am currently waiting on the torx 6 to arrive in the mail. I went to the bios to boot from the ssd I copied to and it failed to boot. Does this mean it didn't copy correctly or would it work better if I waited for the torx to come in to replace the storage already in the computer? The adapter was also extremely hot to the touch after I attempted to boot twice (both times failed.), is it supposed to be that hot? I unplugged it and took out the ssd that was in the adapter to cool faster.
Hi. It's normal for the controller on the ssd to get hot, but you should just wait to install it in the laptop. As long as the clone completed successfully, you should be good once you install it. Dale
@@CadillacComputerCenter well you quote torx 6 screwdriver and got it in the mail today. it's too big for the laptop so I still cannot open it. Thanks so much for that bs.
Just what I needed! I did a lot with the SSD butnothing worked, until I followed this video and now I'm enjoying my 1TB SSD!
Thank you so much Dale. All went GREAT! Note that in my case, my Flex5 (mfg 07/28/2020) the case screws were T5, not T6! I also bought a cheaper SSD adapter that worked fine (AMZ SSK M.2 NVMe SSD adapter) just for others reference. Also note that Macrium current download version is 7.3.5854. I did NOT try that version and instead searched & downloaded the older V7 DLHF version (which is what I used successfully!
Thank you again
Thank you so much. I fought this for 2 hours because I was using the PAID EaseUS Partition Magic to clone the SSD and the Lenovo refused to boot from the new drive. I had never heard of Macrium before this video and it worked instantly. Had I used it from the beginning this would have been a 20minute upgrade.
Many thanks for this great instructive video I've just used Macrium Reflect 7 to clone my HDD onto a new SSD :) You're videos are awesome. Best wishes from the UK
You give a straight forward explanation and very clear, thank you.
Thanks man! Just what I needed as a guide to do this job. Regards from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Long time Macrium user myself ;-) using it for weekly partition backups. The WD Blues are really nice and solid SSDs, not the fastest, but very THIN (one sided) and they dont get hot, really recommended for laptops.
this is awesome i had no storage because of my games now i have plenty
Haven't even bought this yet! i guess better to be prepared right :D
Would enjoy hanging out and building pc's with him. He reminds me of my mentor who passed away.
This worked like a charm on my IdeaPad flex 5 14abr8 😊
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I have a Lenovo with recovery partitions and could not get any of the WD(acronis), aomei, samsung software to copy any or all of the partitions. It looked like some trial versions might work but they would not complete the clone until you bought the software - some trial! I was about to give up when I found your video. This was a lifesaver and I'm now typing this review on my old computer with a faster, resized hard drive. New subscriber!
Thank you for the video. The software was so good; it worked w/o any issues. It was easy to use also. I am looking forward to reading the manual and learn all the other things I can do with it.
That carpet on the desk where you deal with electronics... priceless.
you know right away that this guy is a pro.
Using old USB A instead of the faster USB 3.x for data transfer.
Well, everyone is into computers these days.
Thanks for the video it was great. This is my mode I got for $729.99 at Staples on sale. Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15IIL05 81YK 15.6" Notebook, Intel i7, 16GB Memory, 512GB SSD, Windows 10 (81YK000LUS). I want to remove the 512 GB drive and replace it with a 1TB or 2TB drive. My internal drive is a M.2 2242 SSD / PCIe NVMe, PCIe 3.0 X 2, can I replace that with a M.2 2280 SSD / PCIe NVMe, PCIe 3.0 X 4 drive? So, I want to go from a 2242 to a 2280 drive.
Hi Dale. Thanks so much for this video. I've ordered a Flex 5 with a 512 GB but I may want to upgrade to a 1 TB so this is very helpful. The Flex 5 comes with 802.11 Wireless-AC (2x2) + Bluetooth 4.2, Realtek I think. Would it be possible to do a video on how to upgrade to WiFi 6?
How much did 512GB variant cost ?
@@aakashmahato7572 Right now on Amazon, close 800$
@@dr.j7542 do I need to pay extra tax after 800$ ?
@@aakashmahato7572 No i think
@@aakashmahato7572 but its price was abt 600$ in july.
Its increased but i don't know why
RAM IS UPGRADABLE You can add more RAM to this PC. I have the very same model and now I have 20GB RAM. It is confusing at first because Lenovo says the ram is soldered. Well, They have 2 channels. Only 1 RAM channel is soldered. 1 is removable. Lenovo soldered the 4GB stick to the motherboard, dedicated to the tiny graphics card (I believe) or dedicated to something. There is a 12 GB stick that is removable. I took out the 12GB stick and replaced it with Crucial 16GB stick. So... Now I technically have 20GB RAM in my Lenovo Flex 5 14in.
Good video!
thank you very much for the video where did you buy the charger? Regards, and thank you very much
About rams Are they DDR4 3200mhz ?. I did not know there is a 2400mhz model
Excellent video!! i have an 4GB RAM ver. can i upgrade the ram?
No
Great video
Hey like the video but i have a Lenovo 5g Verizon with a snapdragon cpu on window 11 pro can i do it on my laptop?
Thanks for this video. Gives me enough confidence to go ahead with upgrading the SSD. Question about ChromeOS
Lenovo Flex 5 13.3" 2-in-1 Touchscreen Chromebook - 11th Gen Intel i3-1115G4 - 1080p
Processor & Memory:
11th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-1115G4 Processor
8GB LPDDR4x 3733MHz RAM
128GB NVMe™ TLC Solid State Drive
Would the Software Macrium Reflect also clone Chrome OS? How do I check the maximum capacity SSD this would support?
Thanks a Lot.
Can I clone in external HD and just install the NVMe and just copy from that ?? I don’t have the 50 bucks for the adapter
I hope this works when I pick up my ssd enclosure from Best buy and follow your steps cause I tried to it before without the cloning and before I knew what a cloning was it took me to boot manager and it stayed there and I hope this method works for me
For the following specification, can I upgrade my RAM to 16 or 32 GB ????? Flex 5-14ITL05 Laptop (ideapad) - Type 82HS
Machine Type Model 82HS008YIN
If it's beeping giving a ram code is there anyway to fix it?
Followed your steps mine takes to me the boot menu :(
I just followed this video to the T, with the same laptop and same size nvme drive and using the same software, but it doesn't work?? It gives me an error code of 0xc0000225.
It also does not show the new drive in the file explorer before or after the cloning process.
My guess is the clone process failed. The bios can't find the boot files. www.drivereasy.com/knowledge/0xc0000225-error-code-on-windows-10-fixed/
Hi again,Would you mind creating a new video for MIniTool partition wizard full version?
Is it bad if I insert 2 tb ssd in this laptop
Please answer me as soon as possible🙏
I'm about to buy it
can i drain the battery instead of pulling the battery connector ??
Dale, thanks for the instruction. I have the same system and ordered the same products and performed the same clone. With the new SSD installed the system boots up fine, but after a few minutes the system freezes and gives a flash of a blue error screen and announces the system has to reboot. It then goes to the Windows recovery page upon start up. Any ideas what went wrong or how to troubleshoot? Note that when I put the old SSD drive in the system works fine again. Regards, Mike
Hi there. Well, you can try a couple things. First, type memory diagnostics in the Cortana search box, then click memory diagnostics to reboot and run 2 passes. Possible you got a buggy stick of ram, try that first to rule it out.
I have the exact same issue. When Windows boots, I can login but then it flashes the blue screen and then reboots into the Windows recovery. I've used MiniTool Partition Wizard (the last free version) and the Macrium to clone the disk. Same result. The drive works fine when it is in the USB adapter reading and writing. I'm lost.
@@CadillacComputerCenter Dale, you were right on. I ordered a similar 1TB SSD (Crucial this time) and every thing worked just fine. I think I got a "buggy stick of ram" as you suggested.
@@wdblackman see my reply to Dale above. It was just a bad drive I think. My first drive appeared to work fine too when it was just plugged in as a USB drive. I got a Crucial 1TB SSD the second time around, btw.
tysm.
If I have a 4gb ram Can I upgrade it from 4 gb to 16 gb in this laptop
Can I install my drive right in the m2 slot and do the entire clone process from there? Have a hp 17 inch with a spinner hd and have a m2 drive on the way. Both 1 tb
Thank you.
not unless you have 2 slots of storage
is it nessasary to unplug battery for swapping ssd? just curious
It's not "necessary", I mean it's not gonna blow up or anything, but it's good practice to do it. In any case, you don't need to physically unplug it, you can go to the BIOS and disable it there before upgrading the SSD. It'll be automatically re-enabled the next time you plug the charger.
Is that 2.5in SSD bay under the battery? I've seen the battery removed on other videos and it looks like it is. I've got several 2.5in SSD's I'd like to use for additional storage and don't really want to go w/ a USB caddy.
Hi. This model has no 2.5 drive bay. Nothing under battery. No room. Dale
@@CadillacComputerCenter Thanks!
Hey! I tried several times to do a fresh Windows 10 install on a WD blue SN550 NVMe 512gb but it fails the first time Windows 10 try to boot. It shows the winLoad.efi 0xc0000225, try lot of things... Disable uefi and secure boot and nothing, tried to fix mbr with bootrec and nothing, any clue? I thought the Flex 5 is not fully compatible but then I saw your video...
www.drivereasy.com/knowledge/0xc0000225-error-code-on-windows-10-fixed/
I'm taking my old ssd in my current laptop and putting it into the new lenovo laptop since my old ssd is 1 TB. Will I have to do any cloning process since the old one already has all my files and windows 10 on it? Or can I just take the ssd out and replace them? Ive already found out that my current ssd is compatible with the new laptop
Hi. It's very possible it will boot up and work. May need to get some new drivers. Just run with windows update. Dale
Hi Dale! is there any way to replace the Flex 5 screen to one that is brighter and with higher color gamut?
This might be difficult or maybe impossible to do. I would just recommend for you to buy a color accurate monitor and output the display through the HDMI port. Hopefully this answer helps you, although you may not want to do that. Cheers!
@@alex-ci1vg Thanks Dale, appreciate it! More power! Stay healthy and safe!
Hey dale, quick question. Macrium doesnt seem to identify my usb plugged ssd for cloning. Windows identifies theres something connected but immediately disconnects
Hi. Seen this before. Try a different usb port. Hate to say it, but maybe a different adapter.
I know this is a late reply, but I had the same issue (this is meant for people who stumble upon this with the same issue). What I did is go to disk management (just search for it), and when you open it up a popup will appear on your screen. It will say "initialize disk", and you'll see two options: MBR or GPT. Select GPT (unless you have an old Windows laptop, like older than XP). You can format then format the drive and continue on like in the video
@@davidprice8371 I appreciate the response, it actually ended up being both yours and Dale's troubleshoot fixes that did the trick. Unfortunately I forgot to head back here and thank him but now I can also thank you!
600 dollar for 4500u +16gb+ssd+ips touchscreen+ lightweight. that is why lenovo's maginal profit is only 1%, poor company. dell is 5%, hp is 10%, apple is 30%. lenovo sold most but earn least. if they dont sell thinkpad to cover the cost, they are losing money for selling these regular laptops.
Hi, are there anyway we can modify the RAM ? I have 8gb and feeling regret now
I am curious about the same question. Did you find a way to do that?
@@sinannn000 I'm afraid not, I've found several laptop modifying stores that can replace RAMs, but it's very risky to do so and might break the laptop permanently. I think I'll stick with 8gb of RAMs :)
Is the 4GB and 8GB version of this laptop upgradeable?
The 8GB is, and I won't say yes to the 4GB but I will say it should be. Of course I'm talking about the SSD and not the RAM. The ram isn't upgradable on any of them.
I tried the same as above with the same laptop and SSD but am getting the same error as some other people here. If I try a fresh install, it won't let me select the drive to install and if I clone, it crashes upon booting. Has anyone who had this problem been able to resolve it? Thanks
Hi. For the clean install. Are you using a windows 10 usb drive you created with Media Creation Tool? And booting from that flash drive?
So I tested this all the way up to opening the laptop. I am currently waiting on the torx 6 to arrive in the mail. I went to the bios to boot from the ssd I copied to and it failed to boot. Does this mean it didn't copy correctly or would it work better if I waited for the torx to come in to replace the storage already in the computer? The adapter was also extremely hot to the touch after I attempted to boot twice (both times failed.), is it supposed to be that hot? I unplugged it and took out the ssd that was in the adapter to cool faster.
Hi. It's normal for the controller on the ssd to get hot, but you should just wait to install it in the laptop. As long as the clone completed successfully, you should be good once you install it. Dale
@@CadillacComputerCenter alright thanks! My torx screwdriver doesn't arrive until after the 10th so I'll update when I can replace the drive.
Yes, let me know. Thx, Dale
@@CadillacComputerCenter well you quote torx 6 screwdriver and got it in the mail today. it's too big for the laptop so I still cannot open it. Thanks so much for that bs.
@@charlesjames3400 Hi. if you have the exact model laptop i have in video, yes, it is T6 torx driver. maybe they sent wrong size.
Will it affect the files in the drives while upgrading ssd.. please help me out..as I just brought a Lenovo flex 5 and thought of seeking your help
Hi. When you clone you keep everything as it is now. Thx
ram its 3200mhz speed
Great video