HD Cloning Help

[exar333]

OK, so this may be a stupid question, but this issue is causing me a lot of trouble.

I am trying to clone my 80GB Intel SSD drive (with Win7 OS) to my newer 120GB HyperX SSD. I used HDClone4.2, and it did clone everything over successfully, but decreased the 120GB drive capacity.

Observations:
-Immediately after the cloning, everything looked good (111GB partitian with ~50GB free)
-When I booted to Windows using the 120GB drive, it then showed only 17GB free (not ~50)
-Booted back to windows using the Intel SSD, and now the 120GB showed only 80gb
-Extended the partition on the drive to incorporate the unused partition area and re-booted. No change.

I must be doing something wrong here...It shouldn't be that hard to clone existing OS drive info from an older (smaller) drive to a newer (faster/bigger) drive.

Suggestions?

 

[SKORPI0]

Shouldn't there be a SSD/HDD cloning software included with the HyperX. I used Acronis that came with the Kingston 128GB SSD I bought. Copied my Win7 to the SSD and was able to specify the partition size I wanted to use.

 

[WilliamM2]

Just clone the drive with Win 7's built in imaging tool. Then boot with the new drive and extend the partition.

 

[blastingcap]

Clonezilla?

 

[corkyg]

To clone an 80GB drive to a 120GB or larhger drive, you need to do what is called "proportional" cloning. Your direct clone made your 120GB drive another 80 GB drive. As was mentioned above, you could then extend that drive.

This is why I always use Acronis TrueImage (now version 2013) on bootable media. Proportional cloning is simply a checkbox.

 

[tweakboy]

Just clone the drive with Win 7's built in imaging tool. Then boot with the new drive and extend the partition.

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