Disc drive partition: 1. My C drive which has the OS and program files is almost full. I have more unused space in the same disc (a 1 TB SSD) but I cannot allocate those free space to...

trinhqthuan Loc: gaithersburg

1. My C drive which has the OS and program files is almost full. I have more unused space in the same disc (a 1 TB SSD) but I cannot allocate those free space to the C drive.
2. I bought another 1 TB SSD. But I cannot clone only the OS plus all the programs in the C drive to my new SSD. It cannot boot
I know a software called AOMEI that can do this with ease, but it costs $50 or so.
I tried Disk Management... from MS window...but just cannot do it.
Anyhow I can do the work w/o spending $50 (use just for one time)
Thanks for your help

KillroyII Loc: Middle Georgia

trinhqthuan wrote:

1. My C drive which has the OS and program files i... (show quote)

For help, you might state what cloning software you used. Some hoggers may be familiar with the software and provide hints… also other hoggers have mentioned other/free clone software.

When you tried to boot from new SSD, was the old boot SSD still installed? That will often prevent booting from a 2nd/new bootable drive… even if you try to change boot drive designation in BIOS.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

trinhqthuan wrote:

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1) how much unused space do you have on the original C: drive? You might post a screen shot of disk manager - that would be helpful.

2) most SSDs come with cloning SW. Lacking that, download the free version of Macrium reflect. Clone the drive, then unplug the old C: drive, and it should boot. If it won’t then, go into your BIOS and look at the boot order and make sure the new drive is selected.

3) BTW how do you have the new C: drive connected while cloning?

BebuLamar

If your current 1TB is almost full and you clone it to another 1TB it won't give you any extra space. If the current drive is full not because you have too much data but because it has some partition that is unused you can't fix that by cloning. Cloning make the new drive identical to your existing drive. Perhaps you can show us what Disk Management show you about the partition on the current drive.

trinhqthuan Loc: gaithersburg

KillroyII wrote:

For help, you might state what cloning software you used. Some hoggers may be familiar with the software and provide hints… also other hoggers have mentioned other/free clone software.

When you tried to boot from new SSD, was the old boot SSD still installed? That will often prevent booting from a 2nd/new bootable drive… even if you try to change boot drive designation in BIOS.

Thank you all . Instead of just cloning only the C drive. I allow Crucial cloning software to do disc cloning. It did a pretty good job, All the free space that I could not use nor allocate now allocated to C drive and others.
The old disc is a Samsung evo 980 (I may use Samsung Magician wrongly) . New disc is a Crucial. I re-use Samsung in the same desktop after format.
Thanks
TQT

kymarto Loc: Portland OR and Milan Italy

TriX wrote:

1) how much unused space do you have on the original C: drive? You might post a screen shot of disk manager - that would be helpful.

2) most SSDs come with cloning SW. Lacking that, download the free version of Macrium reflect. Clone the drive, then unplug the old C: drive, and it should boot. If it won’t then, go into your BIOS and look at the boot order and make sure the new drive is selected.

3) BTW how do you have the new C: drive connected while cloning?

It might be wise to create a separate partition, unless you need more space for the OS or programs. Never bad to have data storage on a separate partition.

trinhqthuan Loc: gaithersburg

kymarto wrote:

It might be wise to create a separate partition, unless you need more space for the OS or programs. Never bad to have data storage on a separate partition.

Thanks, do that.

Thuan

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

kymarto wrote:

It might be wise to create a separate partition, unless you need more space for the OS or programs. Never bad to have data storage on a separate partition.

Agreed.

bwana Loc: Bergen, Alberta, Canada

trinhqthuan wrote:

1. My C drive which has the OS and program files i... (show quote)

I use the free version of MiniTool Partition Wizard (https://www.partitionwizard.com/). I does everything I require for partition management.

bwa