Would be nice to see what issues to look forwards as well. Recently did a Windows move from 256gb 860pro to 1tb 970evo using Samsung Data Migration tool, and the move seemed to too smooth just clicking next. No need to expand any partitions as well, just used all the space.
Just clean install. BSODs and driver issues inc otherwise. A windows OS clone is literally asking for trouble, it never worked for me no matter what I tried.
You can add the empty space with Macrium while it is cloning the drive, very handy if there is multiple partitions like a normal windows drive. The only pain is the empty space has to be next to the partition you want to expand, and get out a calculator to add the left over empty space after it calculates for a full clone, remove the partitions after the partition you want to add the empty space to, add the partition size and the left over empty space, then add the remaining partitions again. It is a little more involved but comes in handy when the main partition is in the middle of your drive when cloning it. I ran into this issue when I upgraded my laptop from a HDD to a slightly larger SSD.
I'm gonna be installing an SSD in my dad's laptop in the near future and was thinking of cloning the OS, but still have to do research on it. So, I'd be REALLY greatful if you did a video about this whole cloning business. Thanks!
You can just.. google it. I had to move my OS and all files from a failing HDD to a new one. And it took me like 5 minutes to find a guide n get started with 0 prior experience to cloning drives
Do a Windows clone vid! Also if you could do a speed comparison between a cloned windows boot drive vs a clean windows install, that would be really cool!!
I feel like this is one of your more useful video because you have a ton of gamers that follow you and this applies directly to us. We need more of these kinds of videos
(4:43) When cloning with Macrium, you can clone it without formatting the drive first. You can also click on "Copy selected partitions" and from there you can just drag it so it uses up all the drive's capacity.
Great vid, very helpful! Just 3 short takeaway: 1. I would avoid plugging in both external drives into the same USB-Hub. Most of them use cheap controller-chips, so you bottleneck yourself while copying. I would rather use 2 ports on the I/O-panel. 2. There is no need to format the new drive in advance in disk-manager. Macrium will handle it on its own while cloning (sort of). But anyways, no need for this step. 3. Sometimes, as I found out recently, Steam will not detect the games in the newly addd folder on its own. So you need to "install" the games first to detect them (same procedure as in Origin). And you forgot about UPlay and Blizzard App. They have another cool feature where you can tell the launcher where your games files are, just by clicking "discover existing files" instead of "install game". You don't even need to add a new folder for your games. Even more straightforward.... As I said, still a great vid. And I totally wanna see the OS-cloning.
A shortcut for those interested. Macrium should pick up on the unformatted disk. You just need to drag and drop the partitions from the source disk to the target as mentioned at 4:44. If there's data already on the disk then delete the existing partitions. Extending the partition can be done from that same screen as well (Automatically for the last partition you drag/drop I believe)
please make that windows cloning video Jay, so I can procrastinate my sleep hour in the bed watching that video with no reason to do and with blank mind...
Majority of people who play games don't need Windows now. You can simply install Linux Mint or Manjaro. Install Steam and enable Steam Play/Proton. For Windows software's, just use VirtualBox on Linux. Done, and products from shit company are sandboxed in VirtualBox with no way to spy on you. 👍
No diffence i did it 3 days ago. Just clone the C drive and follow prompts its pretty much like what this video shows. To me litterly a total time of 20mins 4 for the setup and the rest is just letting it do it
2:55 or right click on the start menu button, and choose "Disk Management" :3 Also you don't need to clone your drive to move your Steam Library around, after all they are just files, it's not like they are system files that need to be in an exact position on the drive (like the MBR). Steam it self already allows you to move your library to another folder, or drive. You only need to clone a drive if you're copying a boot drive, and you need EVERY single sector intact. Otherwise you're wasting time copying over other random folders, hidden system folders, and the recycle bin when all you need is your Steam games copied.
You don't need any unnecessary software or even watch this video to do something as simple as copying Steam games. Go to C:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common in file explorer and just copy the folders somewhere else. Problem solved. Want to backup local file saves too? C:\SteamLibrary\userdata. Want to backup current game downloads? C:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\downloading This doesn't need a video to explain this. Same works for Origin and Uplay games too.
I was going to say the same thing. pointless to make a video. quick google search would find all the info needed to backup files/games/OS to be used on a different PC or backup. all drives have directions to format/partition and such as well. LoL
SWTORtv not all people enjoy reading jumbled articles online, yes they’re accessible but not all people can learn through reading. I for one would rather prefer watch a video where I can SEE the process rather than spending a little while longer reading an article by a random writer/journalist
You probably don't even need to read as they most likely provide screenshots. Also, who does not accidentally stumble across the game backup feature on steam, I imagine it is easy enough to use too. Even then, a little research goes a long way...are people really incapable of following instructions "on paper" now? I guess we now need video instructions for everything, because it's gotta be entertaining too for those that can't pay attention past the 3rd word of a sentence. Most articles keep it concise. All I would add is: Sometimes the savefiles are in the game folder (non-issue), but they can also be in the documents folder. In that case, if cloud saves are enabled, that is again a non-issue. But if you have a game that does not support it, you have to backup that folder as well. Unless steam does it automatically via the backup feature (never needed to use it and it's not really an issue that needs googling), though I expect it to strictly work with the game files/folder only.
3:00 you can also do it through explorer, right click on this pc and click manage or use diskpart, list disk, select disk X, clean, create partition primary, format fs=ntfs quick, active, assign
That could work, however some files won't copy over (mainly OS files because windows) so reflect actually helps in taking care of that where *EVERYTHING* gets copied over, and the only thing that changes is the drive partition letter
As long as you can see hidden files, no reason it shouldnt work... I used copy/paste to clone sd cards to a larger capacities for my 3ds before and after jailbreaking them
Hey JayzTwoCents, can you make the video about the cloning OS? but please show us Macrium Reflect and Samsung data migration. I want to upgrade to 970 EVO on black friday and I'm not sure how to clone it right with the OS
+Amir A.A You could just install everything on C drive. But when you clone a disk, it will clone all partitions as well. Same procedure as Jay did in this video.
Slight correction on the steam thing. It defaults a game location where you have Steam installed. Like in my case it's on my 2ndary drive, I therefore do not have a steam library on my C. If you don't reinstall steam, and go to the directory, click on the EXE, everything is already like you copied it. Origin/Uplay makes it difficult, especially if you have lots of games. Steam you can literally just copy the Steam folder and run the exe, set to run at startup.
Correct me if I’m wrong but I’ve seen videos where frame rate is actually affected from using an external drive. USB 3 might be fast enough but I’m just not sure.
If you do a windows clone, do it with a larger drive to a smaller drive (1tb (with more then 250gb allocated to the OS partition) to 250gb). Its way more common, more difficult to do, and would be a lot more educational to most of your viewers.
If you plan on putting a bigger drive in your system but also want to keep the smaller one installed, you can also use a program like Steam Mover to move games to the bigger drive. I believe it only works if the source drive for the games is still installed, but it is a good way to free up space on a smaller SSD. I've used it for years with no problems, and it even retained my settings through a Windows 10 upgrade and a fresh install of Windows.
Your timing is perfect Jay! I'm currently selling my PC & will be using the funds to build a new one. Exactly the Video I needed to transfer files to bigger SSD. * You asked if we needed a Video of a Windows 10 copy video, the answer is YES! You will save me many frustrating hours.
Buy a Samsung Pro or Evo! They're a tiny bit more expensive but they're better drives and come with 1-button software to transfer the data to a new drive. All you need to do is make sure the drive itself is plugged into the motherboard directly so it can read the serial number and the software activates and functions for free with the drive. It saves my company a ton of time, we do these transfers all the time.
This was actually extremely helpful to me. I plan on updating my hard drive to an SSD in the coming months and now I know exactly how to do it. I would also love to see how to appropriately transfer over a windows OS in case I ever have to do it. Thanks!
Jay, I also use Reflect but in the video you gloss over very quickly what it is and what it does. Beginners will be confused as it is not clear in the vid. Also, instead of a clone I would have done an image file for the source drive. Faster that way. When restoring the image to the target drive Macrium automatically extends the partition to use the full drive's capacity. No need to go back to Storage management.
I use reflect too, for work and for backups. I work in IT and build computers for a large corporation. Macrium was great until we moved to nvme drives. Now I use a $350 ryzen 1200 with an extra nvme pcie card and clonezilla to copy all my M.2 drives. I got a 256GB copy done in less than 5 minutes going bit by bit.
This vid was much appreciated. I intend to keep backups of everything once I finish my build. I have had way too many instances where I have lost EVERYTHING I've done over at least 1-4 years time and as a texture and 3D artist is a LOT of GBs if not a TB or more of data lost. That doesn't count all of my steam library either.
Tip on how to format the drive, good tip. Not relevant when cloning as you overwrote all that work during the clone. Reflect also has an option to fit the cloned partition to the target which would save your 3rd step of extending the partition.
It would be awsome if you did a video explaining how to transfer data and or hard drives from your old computer to the new one you just showed us how to build. Thanks Jay keep up the great work!
Yes to the win 10 clone. I have been thinking about setting up one "base" drive with everything I need installed and activated ready to go. Then anytime I want a fresh install or a new computer, all I do is clone it and I'm good to go. Make any changes needed on startup, install any one off programs done.
note that everything you set up around 3:35 will be lost after the clone, but helpful for the case where you have a drive not showing up and not wanting to clone over it but use it directly
I have cloned my games and moved them for FREE a few days ago, here's how I did it: Plug in 1tb external hard drive Open G:\ (drive where the games reside on) Ctrl + A, Ctrl + C Open external drive folder Ctrl + V Take external drive to friend, plug it in. Sign in to Steam on his computer, point the steam library to the external drive, done. (I know that this may not work for certain non-steam games depending on how they were activated due to missing registry entries, I've taken my system drive SSD with me aswell) Now let's see which more complicated way Jay will suggest that would warrant needing a tutorial. :p Edit: Why the hell is he copying the drive on which the windows installation resides, when this was about games? The whole thing with any decent-sized game library is that they don't fit on the system SSD due to usually ending up 400gb + Why need the reflect tool (which I agree to be a useful tool for copying stuff like system drives, which can't just be drag/dropped)?
Yes please do. I’m doing a full system upgrade/change but what I really hate the most is having to configure/setup anything from scratch. Hence why I like iOS and McOS devices. I like having a new device but have the inside the way I had it before. To an OCD level.
Please do that boot drive cloning vid! Your videos have been an AMAZING resource when I built and as I maintain my first gaming rig, and I'm planning on upgrading my boot drive and CPU soon, so a guide on this would be fantastic!
I have a portable SSD and I have my games saved up there. The fun part is I can play those games in any gaming computer without having it to transfer but just opening it from the external folder itself.
It would be AWESOME to have a video about OS cloning and even OS migration, like *move* (not clone) all OS related files from a drive to another and keep the rest of the non-OS related files on the original drive!
this came at a perfect time for me, latest windows update destroyed my win10 boot but i can still access the drive through an external driver reader and i didnt want to have to re-download all my games.
Would absolutely love to see the Windows way of doing this. My old PC got some much needed love and I plan on buy another drive to use all the old hardware as a Kodi player in the family room. So I would love to know how to go about cloning my boot drive
Macrium let's you set the size of the cloned partition before you start it. Also, it's one of the few cloning tools that let's you clone to a partition smaller than the source (that's not full). Saved my ass when I went from a 500GB HDD to a 256GB SSD.
This black Friday I will be getting my first ever SSD to give my AMD FX8320 and new lease on life. So would really really love a video on cloning my Win10 drive so I dont right away have to do a full reinstall on the new drive. Thanks Jay
Yes, please do a Windows 10 clone video. I'm planning on upgrading my PC to an SSD boot, and I trust you more than a random forum and sketchy software install.
Definitely want that windows clone video... I have my os installed on 2 ssd's in raid 0 and would like to change that to have it on one ssd. If that makes a difference it would be nice to have you cover that too!
Great video, ive just bought a 2012 MBP i7 with 750GB hard drive and i want to put an SSD into it with all of my games, this tutorial will be very helpful. Thanks as always
Great vid! Don't need this yet, but good to know when I get to the situation where my steam fills up my drive to the point where I need to put the library on a separate drive.
Yes please do a windows clone video. Sometimes I can get it to work on the first try using acronis and other times it doesn't work. I am planning on moving my games to one drive and windows on another, both SSD's. Thanks!
When you are using macrium before you hit finish hit advanced and you can automatically expand the drive so you don't have to go to disk management and expand. Save you some click and time.
Here's an idea for a future video, show us what bottlenecks actually look like. Like, what effect does a slow memory kit have vs a small size memory kit, an old cpu with newer hardware, and old gpu with newer hardware. What effect does each have? Are the noticeably different effects from each other?
I really wanna see you clone the windows partition. I need to do that myself in the near future, so it would be nice to know what to take into account.
Easier option. Why clone the whole partition over when one can simply copy the Steam folders over to a new drive. When I copied my 700 GB Steam library to a new drive I did just that. Just copied the files over. No need to bother with partitioning the drive. Just set it up like you initially did and copy the library over. Done. Worked for me. Just offering options that might be simpler.
One thing that i think you shouldve mentioned is that this only worked perfectly because u were going from a 250GB to a 500GB. If someone were to go from 250GB to 2TB, disk managment wont let them extend the cloned partition beyond double the size. Other software can do it but Windows disk managment wont
I use Mini-Tool partition Wizard. Found it a few years ago, free for personal. Great for partitions, cloning, and just all around drive management. Recently upgraded to a 10Tb Seagate Exos 7200rpm Game drive, already 45% with just steam. Thank you for still doing tutorial like these at your tech tube size, its how i first found the space. Having a problem and finding a fun And helpful video like this.
Please do show a windows clone, I’m planning on upgrading to NVme so I need to clone my main windows drive and I’m sure there are other tutorials but you’re much better than the average tutorial maker with no mic who who uses notepad to talk
Nope, it would have seen it anyway, he goofed this one and I verified it on my PC, Macrium, Acronis, EaseUS, Paragon, Clonezilla, and likely any other will be the same...these are all pieces of software that have to work with partitions that may not have drive letters like restore, RAID (before being added to a configuration), and utility partitions so it makes sense that they would see them. Basically he partitioned and formatted it once for no reason then did it again. No big deal since it's quick but still, people can safely ignore that part.
He was trying to show people how to have their drive show up in windows. He explained at the start that he was going to cover that for people that don't know how to do it.
I'd love to see a Windows clone video too. I got a good deal on a 500GB 860 Evo recently and plan on using it in the next laptop I buy. I plan on buying a laptop with just some garbage HDD to keep the price down then swap it with the SSD so I'd like to learn how to clone the OS that will come on the HDD to the new SSD before I install it.
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please make the windows 10 clone
i need my key on my new pc
JayzTwoCents plz do the windows clone video.
Already have
with your youtube riches you could totally get a 1 or 2tb ssd for that, have no problems worrying about space after that
Hey Jay! Would def be interested in seeing how to do that windows 10 clone. Thanks for the great vid.
Please do a Windows clone vid. I am getting ready to install a SSD replacement in my Laptop.
get samsung, they have the best cloning software of all the makers with their ssds
Would be nice to see what issues to look forwards as well.
Recently did a Windows move from 256gb 860pro to 1tb 970evo using Samsung Data Migration tool, and the move seemed to too smooth just clicking next. No need to expand any partitions as well, just used all the space.
Just clean install. BSODs and driver issues inc otherwise. A windows OS clone is literally asking for trouble, it never worked for me no matter what I tried.
Samsung software is actually always working for me ... did like 20 at my jobs and all machines are working fine
Try macrium reflect. It has a trail period and has worked wonders for me
I find the lack of Windows 10 cloning videos on this channel disturbing.
Do like JayZ do to clone your Windows partition. If you buy a Samsung drive it comes with Samsung software to clone your drive to your new.
i find the fact that you dont search for videos like that to other tech channels disturbing
It'd be great to see a Windows 10 clone video!
Just use Macrium Reflect like he did. Mind the order of the partitions. It's quite easy, no need to worry.
You can add the empty space with Macrium while it is cloning the drive, very handy if there is multiple partitions like a normal windows drive. The only pain is the empty space has to be next to the partition you want to expand, and get out a calculator to add the left over empty space after it calculates for a full clone, remove the partitions after the partition you want to add the empty space to, add the partition size and the left over empty space, then add the remaining partitions again. It is a little more involved but comes in handy when the main partition is in the middle of your drive when cloning it.
I ran into this issue when I upgraded my laptop from a HDD to a slightly larger SSD.
I'm gonna be installing an SSD in my dad's laptop in the near future and was thinking of cloning the OS, but still have to do research on it. So, I'd be REALLY greatful if you did a video about this whole cloning business. Thanks!
I'm just about to do the same thing. So: x2.
I would just do a fresh install... Imo.
I'm about to do the same thing as well. I want to move windows only though
I'm sure there are plenty other people who have done these kinds of videos.
You can just.. google it. I had to move my OS and all files from a failing HDD to a new one. And it took me like 5 minutes to find a guide n get started with 0 prior experience to cloning drives
Please do the Windows 10 clone video
Do a Windows clone vid! Also if you could do a speed comparison between a cloned windows boot drive vs a clean windows install, that would be really cool!!
Good idea
A normal boot drive and a cloned bootdrive that both have the same type od drive(hdd or ssd), then the speed will be exactly the same.
I feel like this is one of your more useful video because you have a ton of gamers that follow you and this applies directly to us. We need more of these kinds of videos
Please do a windows 10 clone at a later date
Boot to recovery mode. Attach a removable disk. Open CMD in recovery mode. Robocopy windows drive to removable drive. Bam- Free clone
The only thing is that you also need the boot partition to boot to the copy
(4:43) When cloning with Macrium, you can clone it without formatting the drive first. You can also click on "Copy selected partitions" and from there you can just drag it so it uses up all the drive's capacity.
Was gonna post the same thing, yeah he did some redundant things here but none of it took much time so it's not so bad.
Something I've already known, but still happy to see an EXTREMELY useful tutorial. Going to help alot of people. Cheers.
I just used the tutorial from Gamer Poets for Skyrim and it recommended me to JayTwoCents video. I can say It's on the money as well.
Jay you shouldn't just put the external SSD on the table like that you could short circuit the whole system !!!! You need some padding.
/s
I wonder how many people will be on THE VERGE of correcting what you said.
Dylan F AaAaAaAaAaAaAaA
I was on THE VERGE of heart failure after hearing this, especially as I just built my first pc and left my dad on the table
He's not even wearing an ESD wrist band.
yeah espcially cos that wood table is more conductive than copper
Doing a Windows 10 clone would be handy, since I'm planning on moving my main boot drive to an m.2
Windows 10 clone video please.
Great vid, very helpful!
Just 3 short takeaway:
1. I would avoid plugging in both external drives into the same USB-Hub. Most of them use cheap controller-chips, so you bottleneck yourself while copying. I would rather use 2 ports on the I/O-panel.
2. There is no need to format the new drive in advance in disk-manager. Macrium will handle it on its own while cloning (sort of). But anyways, no need for this step.
3. Sometimes, as I found out recently, Steam will not detect the games in the newly addd folder on its own. So you need to "install" the games first to detect them (same procedure as in Origin). And you forgot about UPlay and Blizzard App. They have another cool feature where you can tell the launcher where your games files are, just by clicking "discover existing files" instead of "install game". You don't even need to add a new folder for your games. Even more straightforward....
As I said, still a great vid. And I totally wanna see the OS-cloning.
please do the cloning of windows 10, thank you.
omg please do a windows ten clone video please!
I knew all this, but still enjoyed watching, thanks Jay
A shortcut for those interested. Macrium should pick up on the unformatted disk. You just need to drag and drop the partitions from the source disk to the target as mentioned at 4:44. If there's data already on the disk then delete the existing partitions. Extending the partition can be done from that same screen as well (Automatically for the last partition you drag/drop I believe)
Me when I saw the title: "I NEED TO WATCH THIS, BEFORE IT GETS DELETED...",
"Oh.... It's legal. Good"
please make that windows cloning video Jay, so I can procrastinate my sleep hour in the bed watching that video with no reason to do and with blank mind...
FBI: *FBI OPEN UP*
FBI: nvm thought he was pirating
Hell yeah show my how to get windows 10 again so I don't have to pay this sjhit company anymore money
Come on hes not linus. Just kidding
Majority of people who play games don't need Windows now. You can simply install Linux Mint or Manjaro. Install Steam and enable Steam Play/Proton. For Windows software's, just use VirtualBox on Linux. Done, and products from shit company are sandboxed in VirtualBox with no way to spy on you. 👍
@Alex Morgan nice shiny white armor
Ultra Instinct Xeno Bardock and get beaned if you play ow lmao
I added a second drive to a computer literally yesterday and now you make this video today. Crazy
Please do a windows 10 Clone using NVME drives.
Geo YinYang. Kitty i dont think there is a very big difference between sata and nvme drives when it comes to cloning
No diffence i did it 3 days ago. Just clone the C drive and follow prompts its pretty much like what this video shows. To me litterly a total time of 20mins 4 for the setup and the rest is just letting it do it
2:55 or right click on the start menu button, and choose "Disk Management" :3
Also you don't need to clone your drive to move your Steam Library around, after all they are just files, it's not like they are system files that need to be in an exact position on the drive (like the MBR). Steam it self already allows you to move your library to another folder, or drive. You only need to clone a drive if you're copying a boot drive, and you need EVERY single sector intact. Otherwise you're wasting time copying over other random folders, hidden system folders, and the recycle bin when all you need is your Steam games copied.
Hey,
Can you do a video on (necessary evil) network cards and USB wifi adapters? There are some cases where ethernet isn't a viable option
Thomas Nhu Necessary evil? I’ve only ever used WiFi... 😳
Great video Jay. Learned some things I did not know.
You don't need any unnecessary software or even watch this video to do something as simple as copying Steam games. Go to C:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common in file explorer and just copy the folders somewhere else. Problem solved. Want to backup local file saves too? C:\SteamLibrary\userdata. Want to backup current game downloads? C:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\downloading This doesn't need a video to explain this. Same works for Origin and Uplay games too.
Excalibur not all games are downloaded through these.
I was going to say the same thing. pointless to make a video. quick google search would find all the info needed to backup files/games/OS to be used on a different PC or backup. all drives have directions to format/partition and such as well. LoL
SWTORtv not all people enjoy reading jumbled articles online, yes they’re accessible but not all people can learn through reading.
I for one would rather prefer watch a video where I can SEE the process rather than spending a little while longer reading an article by a random writer/journalist
And yet thousands of people have said thank you.
Maybe just carry on to your next video.
You probably don't even need to read as they most likely provide screenshots.
Also, who does not accidentally stumble across the game backup feature on steam, I imagine it is easy enough to use too. Even then, a little research goes a long way...are people really incapable of following instructions "on paper" now? I guess we now need video instructions for everything, because it's gotta be entertaining too for those that can't pay attention past the 3rd word of a sentence. Most articles keep it concise.
All I would add is: Sometimes the savefiles are in the game folder (non-issue), but they can also be in the documents folder. In that case, if cloud saves are enabled, that is again a non-issue. But if you have a game that does not support it, you have to backup that folder as well. Unless steam does it automatically via the backup feature (never needed to use it and it's not really an issue that needs googling), though I expect it to strictly work with the game files/folder only.
3:00 you can also do it through explorer, right click on this pc and click manage
or use diskpart, list disk, select disk X, clean, create partition primary, format fs=ntfs quick, active, assign
I can already hear people complaining about Jayz not ejecting his drive before unplugging it
BUT IDIOTS AT HIGH SCHOOL DO IT ALL THE TIME! THEN LOSE THERE DATA!
I think it dates me a great deal that the expansion-portion of the disk-tool is my most appreciated addition. That used to be SUCH a hassle.
What about ctrl+C ctrl+V?
That could work, however some files won't copy over (mainly OS files because windows) so reflect actually helps in taking care of that where *EVERYTHING* gets copied over, and the only thing that changes is the drive partition letter
@@N1sm0NIC i think he was joking
GhostAdder still a good answer
As long as you can see hidden files, no reason it shouldnt work...
I used copy/paste to clone sd cards to a larger capacities for my 3ds before and after jailbreaking them
That would have actually work in this use case, unless you wanted to keep the files in the recycle bin... Cloning is more usefull for moving an OS
I would love a cloning tutorial one thing your channel needs!
The Verge taught me how to clone my thrashcan. Your move, Jay?
Already knew how to do all of this stuff but I'm glad you made a video about it to spread the info!!
I learn something every time I watch one of your videos. Pretty sweet! 👍👍👍
Your merch ad never gets boring lmao, i love it!
Hey JayzTwoCents, can you make the video about the cloning OS? but please show us Macrium Reflect and Samsung data migration. I want to upgrade to 970 EVO on black friday and I'm not sure how to clone it right with the OS
samsung has the best software included with the drive, just used that youll be fine
Yesh, but what if I split the drive?
I mean I have 1TB but I split it into a C and D drive
@@Mr1Makaveli why did you partition the drive there is very little need nor benefit in doing so.
Because I wanted drive C to be for the system
and drive D for the games
I didn't have enough money to buy another drive when I bought the PC
+Amir A.A You could just install everything on C drive. But when you clone a disk, it will clone all partitions as well. Same procedure as Jay did in this video.
Slight correction on the steam thing. It defaults a game location where you have Steam installed. Like in my case it's on my 2ndary drive, I therefore do not have a steam library on my C. If you don't reinstall steam, and go to the directory, click on the EXE, everything is already like you copied it. Origin/Uplay makes it difficult, especially if you have lots of games. Steam you can literally just copy the Steam folder and run the exe, set to run at startup.
Correct me if I’m wrong but I’ve seen videos where frame rate is actually affected from using an external drive. USB 3 might be fast enough but I’m just not sure.
Depends on the game and SSD but if it's a hard drive
Access time might be the only difference
I really wish I would’ve seen this sooner, you never fail to save the day!
I digress™
This is now my favorite thing to use.
:D
I already knew how to do this but I still like watching these tutorial videos. Thanks for making them!
Better make a video "How to get the most out of your FX8350!"
If you do a windows clone, do it with a larger drive to a smaller drive (1tb (with more then 250gb allocated to the OS partition) to 250gb). Its way more common, more difficult to do, and would be a lot more educational to most of your viewers.
Uhhhhhhhhh rtx on
That was mint. You clarified where I’ve been going wrong for ages. Thank you so much!!
An alternative to getting to Disk Management is right-clicking Start Menu > Disk Management. Bunch of other handy utilities there too
If you plan on putting a bigger drive in your system but also want to keep the smaller one installed, you can also use a program like Steam Mover to move games to the bigger drive. I believe it only works if the source drive for the games is still installed, but it is a good way to free up space on a smaller SSD. I've used it for years with no problems, and it even retained my settings through a Windows 10 upgrade and a fresh install of Windows.
Your timing is perfect Jay!
I'm currently selling my PC & will be using the funds to build a new one. Exactly the Video I needed to transfer files to bigger SSD.
* You asked if we needed a Video of a Windows 10 copy video, the answer is YES! You will save me many frustrating hours.
Buy a Samsung Pro or Evo! They're a tiny bit more expensive but they're better drives and come with 1-button software to transfer the data to a new drive. All you need to do is make sure the drive itself is plugged into the motherboard directly so it can read the serial number and the software activates and functions for free with the drive. It saves my company a ton of time, we do these transfers all the time.
I remember when we used to be just 600 subscribers, now we are 1.6 M great work. Keep it up!!!!
This was actually extremely helpful to me. I plan on updating my hard drive to an SSD in the coming months and now I know exactly how to do it. I would also love to see how to appropriately transfer over a windows OS in case I ever have to do it. Thanks!
Jay, I also use Reflect but in the video you gloss over very quickly what it is and what it does. Beginners will be confused as it is not clear in the vid. Also, instead of a clone I would have done an image file for the source drive. Faster that way. When restoring the image to the target drive Macrium automatically extends the partition to use the full drive's capacity. No need to go back to Storage management.
I use reflect too, for work and for backups. I work in IT and build computers for a large corporation. Macrium was great until we moved to nvme drives. Now I use a $350 ryzen 1200 with an extra nvme pcie card and clonezilla to copy all my M.2 drives. I got a 256GB copy done in less than 5 minutes going bit by bit.
This vid was much appreciated. I intend to keep backups of everything once I finish my build. I have had way too many instances where I have lost EVERYTHING I've done over at least 1-4 years time and as a texture and 3D artist is a LOT of GBs if not a TB or more of data lost. That doesn't count all of my steam library either.
Please more tutorials, after some time of not doing these tasks is real treat as a refresher on how and what programs to use...
Tip on how to format the drive, good tip. Not relevant when cloning as you overwrote all that work during the clone. Reflect also has an option to fit the cloned partition to the target which would save your 3rd step of extending the partition.
It would be awsome if you did a video explaining how to transfer data and or hard drives from your old computer to the new one you just showed us how to build. Thanks Jay keep up the great work!
Yes to the win 10 clone. I have been thinking about setting up one "base" drive with everything I need installed and activated ready to go. Then anytime I want a fresh install or a new computer, all I do is clone it and I'm good to go. Make any changes needed on startup, install any one off programs done.
note that everything you set up around 3:35 will be lost after the clone, but helpful for the case where you have a drive not showing up and not wanting to clone over it but use it directly
I have cloned my games and moved them for FREE a few days ago, here's how I did it:
Plug in 1tb external hard drive
Open G:\ (drive where the games reside on)
Ctrl + A, Ctrl + C
Open external drive folder
Ctrl + V
Take external drive to friend, plug it in.
Sign in to Steam on his computer, point the steam library to the external drive, done.
(I know that this may not work for certain non-steam games depending on how they were activated due to missing registry entries, I've taken my system drive SSD with me aswell)
Now let's see which more complicated way Jay will suggest that would warrant needing a tutorial. :p
Edit: Why the hell is he copying the drive on which the windows installation resides, when this was about games?
The whole thing with any decent-sized game library is that they don't fit on the system SSD due to usually ending up 400gb +
Why need the reflect tool (which I agree to be a useful tool for copying stuff like system drives, which can't just be drag/dropped)?
Noticed the corsair spec case on the top shelf behind you still love that case
Yes please do.
I’m doing a full system upgrade/change but what I really hate the most is having to configure/setup anything from scratch. Hence why I like iOS and McOS devices. I like having a new device but have the inside the way I had it before. To an OCD level.
Nice I did not need this video but u solved the problem that my updates were being installed on my second drive. Thank you
Please do that boot drive cloning vid! Your videos have been an AMAZING resource when I built and as I maintain my first gaming rig, and I'm planning on upgrading my boot drive and CPU soon, so a guide on this would be fantastic!
6:07. You're not actually using usb 3.0. You're using a SATA drive with an adapter. So the max speed will be around 550MB/s which is what SATA can do.
Well, your content Jay is getting more and more interesting!
I have a portable SSD and I have my games saved up there. The fun part is I can play those games in any gaming computer without having it to transfer but just opening it from the external folder itself.
It would be AWESOME to have a video about OS cloning and even OS migration, like *move* (not clone) all OS related files from a drive to another and keep the rest of the non-OS related files on the original drive!
this came at a perfect time for me, latest windows update destroyed my win10 boot but i can still access the drive through an external driver reader and i didnt want to have to re-download all my games.
We use this at work for imaging computers. Works great!
That intro man. It’s okay Jay, words are hard.
Would absolutely love to see the Windows way of doing this. My old PC got some much needed love and I plan on buy another drive to use all the old hardware as a Kodi player in the family room. So I would love to know how to go about cloning my boot drive
Macrium let's you set the size of the cloned partition before you start it.
Also, it's one of the few cloning tools that let's you clone to a partition smaller than the source (that's not full). Saved my ass when I went from a 500GB HDD to a 256GB SSD.
This black Friday I will be getting my first ever SSD to give my AMD FX8320 and new lease on life. So would really really love a video on cloning my Win10 drive so I dont right away have to do a full reinstall on the new drive. Thanks Jay
Yes, please do a Windows 10 clone video. I'm planning on upgrading my PC to an SSD boot, and I trust you more than a random forum and sketchy software install.
I've cloned my Win10 drive with Macrium Reflect. It worked for me.
Love to see cloning window drive but also conversion of MBR partition to gpt without data loss.
LOVE THE SPONGEBOB INTERMISSION keep it up
Definitely want that windows clone video... I have my os installed on 2 ssd's in raid 0 and would like to change that to have it on one ssd. If that makes a difference it would be nice to have you cover that too!
Would love to see a Windows clone video. Been wanting to switch my boot drive from an SSD to an M.2.
Great video, ive just bought a 2012 MBP i7 with 750GB hard drive and i want to put an SSD into it with all of my games, this tutorial will be very helpful. Thanks as always
Great vid! Don't need this yet, but good to know when I get to the situation where my steam fills up my drive to the point where I need to put the library on a separate drive.
Yes please do a windows clone video. Sometimes I can get it to work on the first try using acronis and other times it doesn't work. I am planning on moving my games to one drive and windows on another, both SSD's. Thanks!
When you are using macrium before you hit finish hit advanced and you can automatically expand the drive so you don't have to go to disk management and expand. Save you some click and time.
reflect.macrium.com/help/v5/how_to/restore/restore_partitions_with_resize_and_reorder.htm
Love that youtubes choice of next video is The Verges iPhone xs clip :P
you can extend the partition from macrium reflect on the destination options
I just used that reflect last night...love it would live see the windows clone
Here's an idea for a future video, show us what bottlenecks actually look like. Like, what effect does a slow memory kit have vs a small size memory kit, an old cpu with newer hardware, and old gpu with newer hardware. What effect does each have? Are the noticeably different effects from each other?
I really wanna see you clone the windows partition. I need to do that myself in the near future, so it would be nice to know what to take into account.
Easier option. Why clone the whole partition over when one can simply copy the Steam folders over to a new drive. When I copied my 700 GB Steam library to a new drive I did just that. Just copied the files over. No need to bother with partitioning the drive. Just set it up like you initially did and copy the library over. Done. Worked for me. Just offering options that might be simpler.
This is super helpful for once I upgrade my SSD, least I know I don't have to redownload anything
I love these tutorials. Please do more!
One thing that i think you shouldve mentioned is that this only worked perfectly because u were going from a 250GB to a 500GB. If someone were to go from 250GB to 2TB, disk managment wont let them extend the cloned partition beyond double the size. Other software can do it but Windows disk managment wont
I use Mini-Tool partition Wizard. Found it a few years ago, free for personal. Great for partitions, cloning, and just all around drive management.
Recently upgraded to a 10Tb Seagate Exos 7200rpm Game drive, already 45% with just steam.
Thank you for still doing tutorial like these at your tech tube size, its how i first found the space. Having a problem and finding a fun And helpful video like this.
Please do show a windows clone, I’m planning on upgrading to NVme so I need to clone my main windows drive and I’m sure there are other tutorials but you’re much better than the average tutorial maker with no mic who who uses notepad to talk
Why format the drive and give it a letter if you are going to overwrite it anyway?
Probably so the cloning program can see it?
Nope, it would have seen it anyway, he goofed this one and I verified it on my PC, Macrium, Acronis, EaseUS, Paragon, Clonezilla, and likely any other will be the same...these are all pieces of software that have to work with partitions that may not have drive letters like restore, RAID (before being added to a configuration), and utility partitions so it makes sense that they would see them. Basically he
partitioned and formatted it once for no reason then did it again. No big deal since it's quick but still, people can safely ignore that part.
@@agentstepp exactly!
He was trying to show people how to have their drive show up in windows. He explained at the start that he was going to cover that for people that don't know how to do it.
I'd love to see a Windows clone video too. I got a good deal on a 500GB 860 Evo recently and plan on using it in the next laptop I buy. I plan on buying a laptop with just some garbage HDD to keep the price down then swap it with the SSD so I'd like to learn how to clone the OS that will come on the HDD to the new SSD before I install it.
Almost nailed that intro!