Clone C drive to SSD in Windows 10: Easy and Quick Guide

I. About disk cloning

Cloning refers to creating a hard disk or partition that is exactly the same as the source hard disk/partition. The target of cloning includes not only files saved on the hard disk, but also system information, folder structure, file system, application programs, and registry information. Therefore, once you perform the operation of cloning the disk, you can directly transfer all the data in the original hard disk to the new hard disk, so that you can immediately use all the data in the original hard disk, which is very fast and convenient. Therefore, in the process of disk replacement, instead of re-installing the system and applications on the new disk, it is better to use the method of disk cloning, which will make the whole process more convenient and faster.

After understanding the definition of disk cloning, let’s learn how to clone the C drive to the solid state drive in Windows 10.

II. Use Renee Becca to clone C drive to SDD in Windows 10

1. What is Renee Becca?

Renee Becca It is a tool specially used for system/hard disk data backup and restoration. It can help you back up and restore important data in your computer, such as programs, system configuration, emails, photos, videos, documents, bookmarks, etc. In addition, you can also use it to clone disk and system data. The software provides three cloning methods, including hard disk cloning/cloning system hard disk; partition cloning and system migration. You can choose the most suitable cloning method according to your different needs.

2. How to clone the C drive to the SSD with the help of Renee Becca?

Preparation:

First, you need to install the solid-state hard disk into the computer.click here Check out the specific installation steps. After the installation, you need to initialize the new solid-state drive to ensure that the Windows system can be started normally after cloning the C drive. Let’s first learn the steps to initialize the disk:

Run the computer, right-click the start menu, and select the (Disk Management) option. After opening the disk management, find the disk that shows “not initialized”, right-click it and select the (initialize) option, and then select the partition type MBR or GPT (click here You can view the difference between the two), when the disk status changes to “Online”, right-click the unallocated space, select (New Simple Volume) and follow the prompts to perform subsequent settings, such as setting partition size, drive letter and file system, etc. wait.

If you still don’t know anything about initializing a solid-state drive, you can check out this article (How to initialize a solid-state drive), which gives a detailed explanation of the entire process of initializing a solid-state drive.

After the above operation of initializing the solid state drive is completed, you can use Renee Becca to clone the C drive to the solid state drive in Windows 10. The operation is very simple, and the specific operation steps are as follows:

Step 1: Download, install and run Renee Becca, select the option (Hard Disk Clone/Clone System Hard Disk) in the main interface (Clone) column.

Step 2: Next, in the (source) and (destination location) of the “Disk Clone” pop-up window, select the C drive and the new solid-state drive that need to clone data respectively. After selection, you can adjust the partition size or create a new partition below according to actual needs, because you need to clone the system partition, so you can check (Make the target disk bootable (only for the system partition)), and then click the (Clone) button to execute the clone Hard disk commands are very fast and convenient.

The above is the detailed operation steps of cloning the C drive to the SSD. Since you are cloning the system disk, in order to ensure that the system can start normally on the new SSD, you need to enter the BIOS or UEFI and set the replaced SSD as the first boot device. The following is the detailed operation method.

3. How to change the startup disk to a newly replaced solid-state disk?

After cloning the system disk, in order to ensure the normal use of the system, you need to enter the BIOS or UEFI settings to perform the following operations:

When you start the computer, observe the shortcut keys to enter the BIOS setting in the black startup screen, generally F2, Del, Esc, or F11. Set as the first boot device. Finally save the settings and restart the computer. (It should be noted that the BIOS shortcut keys vary by device model, click here to view a summary of shortcut keys for different brands of PCs or motherboards.)