Note that, if done correctly, disk cloning can be done easily without have to mess around with the ‘/etc/fstab’ file in order to fix the UUID of the disk. The beauty of this tool is that it can run on both the Windows OS as well as the Debian Linux OS – Mac OS X users may have to resort to using the ‘dd’ command from a terminal in order to create the USB boot drive. The main cloning tool used in this article is GParted (Gnome Partition Editor), and an auxiliary tool (called ‘tuxboot’) is only use at the beginning to create a GParted USB boot drive. The best part of the tools that was used in cloning the disks is that they are absolutely free – well, maybe the ISP charges are not, because you have to download them from websites. If you can afford it, you can also use this guide to clone to a larger SSD. You have to decide whether this trade-off is a worthwhile effort in cloning disks. The less-costlier mechanical HDD has more space, but is much slower than a SSD. The simple reason for doing this is ‘space’ – a smaller SSD (which currently is costly), although much faster than a mechanical HDD, has a space limitation. I do most of my experiments on a small capacity SSD after which, when I complete my experiments and I wish to preserve the result, I normally clone the SSD to a much larger HDD, then wipe the SSD clean and start a new experiment on it.īasically this document is all about cloning a smaller disk to a larger one. I agreed with my colleague – the resulting document is what you are reading now. A colleague of mine observed this cloning process and suggested that I document this on the Web so that other users may follow it if they want to carry out a similar move. Recently, during a series of experiments which involved a 500 GB SSD (Solid State Drives) and Debian Linux, I had to physically clone the SSD to a larger mechanical 1 TB HDD. If you are not that good with computers, then a more novice-friendly tool like EaseUS Disk Copy might be a better choice.I am a ‘dyed-in-the-wool’ computer enthusiast and love to experiment with computers – both hardware and software. It requires some knowledge of partitions and files systems, and the whole cloning process is not that easy. It is a bit complicated and not beginner friendly. Of course, as you should have discovered from the 7 steps I have provided, GParted has some drawbacks. Now click the Apply button on the main GParted page. Right-click on the SSD again and choose Resize/Move. Choose the Manage Flags option and ensure that the Boot flag is checked. Select it in GParted, right-click it, and select the Paste option. Connect the new SSD you prepared to the PC. Right-click on the source disk and hit the Copy option. Select the HDD you plan to clone as the source disk. Run GParted while the GParted Live environment loads. Create a bootable USB and boot your PC from it. Download the GParted Live ISO image from its official website. □You can follow the steps I provided to complete the whole cloning process easily: GParted is really a good choice for you if you want to accomplish the goal of cloning Windows 10 to your new SSD. Indeed, as your friend said, GParted is a free and useful tool for managing hard drives, resizing partitions, copying partitions, freeing up disk space, and other tasks.
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