Hi I am in process of cloning My SSD 250 to a SSD 500 I get the following Error "Since a different sector size on the source disk and the destination disk cannot continue any Ideas how to remidy

Hi,
You received this error message because the target drive and the original drive use different sector size. To be specific, one drive uses 512B sector, while the other uses 4K sector, and MiniTool Partition Wizard can't change sector size of a disk. If you have other hard disks available, please try cloning to these disks.

Hi, I am trying to migrate my older laptops OS from a 750gb HDD to 240gb SSD (it does not have EUFI).
Unfortunately my Laptop only has space for one HDD/SSD at a time, therefore i have connected both HDD and SSD to my Desktop and tried copying partitions (i copied all recovery, c: and the other 3rd partitions to the SSD) but seem to be struggling - laptop detects the SSD but wont boot.

Ive made a windows recovery USB which detects that windows 10 is installed, however i am unable to perform a startup repair, nor will it fix after running command prompt's "bootrec /rebuildbcd", "bootrec /fixmbr" (those two run sucessfully) or "bootrec /fixboot" (doesnt work)

any help or suggestions on what to do?

Hi,
First of all we want to make out which feature you used? Copy Parititon or Migrate OS to SSD/HD or Copy Disk?(the latter two are suitable for system disk cloning)
Regards.

Hello
I have a new PC with 2TB Windows disk I want to migrate this to a 525GB SSD. The migration completes with no issues, but I have a Recovery Image partition of 120GB on the SSD. On the original 2TB disk the Recovery is only 13GB. I tried to resize the partition during the Migration wizard but it creates a 107GB partition after the Recovery Partition and there is no way to make this part of the OS partition, since its after the Recovery Partition.

Question, why is the software creating a bigger Recovery Partition on a small disk? Is there a way to work around this issue?

Hi,
Please send us a picture in partition wizard to show us the partition layout and the issue.
Regards.

Hello

As per the picture, the 489.05GB disk is the hard drive I'm copying windows to. The partition highlighted in yellow is 104.5GB when the original partition on is only 12.3.GB. Is there a way in your software to make this partition the same size as the 12.3GB partition?

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Hi,
Here, you can adopt move/resize partition feature in partition wizard to fulfill the task.
https://www.partitionwizard...
Regards.

Hello. I have an ssd that is 110 gb. It says the os is too big to move. Is there anyway I could shrink down the os size?

Hi, it seems files saved in the OS partition are larger than 110 GB. Please delete useless files or transfer a part of files out from the partition until the SSD can hold. If this is not the cause, please take a screenshot of Partition Wizard to show us partition layout as well as the exact error message to help us analyze the issue. Thanks.

Hello I was wondering I have 230 GB SSD i want to migrate my OS to the ssd but it tells me that the specified destination is too small.... isn't Microfsoft only around 20 GB?

Hi, the Migrate OS to SSD/HD function will migrate all partitions required to boot Windows to SSD so that you can use Windows and programs without reinstalling.

Hello, I bought a samsung ssd evo 850 and I'm triying to migrate my hdd hard disk to new ssd one using Mini partition wizard. I follow all the instructions as in tutorial but each time I click on apply migration process program tells me : "Operation "copy partition" cannot be completed because drive C:is being used now"
Restart your Pc and mini partition wizard will automaticaly finish rest of the pending jobs"

Until here everything is ok, but when I click on "restart now" it gives me an error as "Failed to modify registry, please contact support@minitool.ca"
What should I do now?

thank you very much

Hi,
Please try again the operation with MiniTool partition wizard bootable edition. And this may help you out.
https://www.partitionwizard...
Regards.

My disk had some issues, I used chkdsk to correct them and retried migration. It worked like a charm..
Thank you Mini tool software!

Hi,
It is our pleasure to help you out.
Regards.

Will all my files migrate as well? I only have so many storage devices, and no working disk drive; and I don't want to lose my 158GB of music, documents and photos.

Hi,
Migrate OS only migrate the system partition. If you want to migrate the rest data partitions, you'd better use Copy Disk feature.
Regards.

Due to impatience, I ran the migration before your reply and you are incorrect: yes, if your files are on the same disk letter as the OS being migrated, they DO transfer as well; the program does NOT isolate the system files, it copies the whole partition. Just figured this information would be useful for you to know for future users.

Hi,
Thanks for your feedback and warm heart. It is true that the system related data will also be migrated in the process of migrating OS to SSD.
Sincerely.

I have an Acer Aspire X1430 desktop with Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, and want to migrate the OS to an SSD that is now fitted and recognised by Partition Wizard. Not migrated by PW from the HD to the SSD is a partition called PQSERVICE that appears to be by Acer. Is it necessary (or even possible) to migrate this partition?

Hello,
Migrate OS of Partition Wizard only migrate the OS partition, that's why PQSERVICE partition is not migrated. As far as we know, that is a recovery partition found on Acer computers. You can use Copy Partition feature to clone that partition to SSD.
Regards.

[Deleted a repeat of my pending post].

Thank you. I'll ignore this Acer partition for the time being. But I am finding that the PW OS Migration info doesn't explain what to do to finish the job. Via BIOS settings and/or boot device options, I can now boot from the SSD (E:\) but it appears that much activity is still on the HDD (C:\). Should the drive letters be swapped, and if so how?

Hi,
To your questions:
1.Partition Wizard tells how to set the target SSD to boot via BIOS.
2. What activity is still on the HDD, is that system related?
3. Are you saying you want to exchange drive letters between C and E? This is not allowed by Partition Wizard, and is not recommended by Windows because it may cause the system to run incorrectly.
Regards.

To your answers:
1. No problem booting from the new SSD and its migrated OS partition.
2. The migrated Registry still has many pointers to HDD C:\. Can these be changed to E:\ either automatically or manually?
3. Not if it is not necessary and not advised!
So 2. is still a concern before I can re-partition HDD C:\ for other uses. Thank you for any further advice you can offer.

Hi,
If they are system related, you can manually export them (by running the old system -> save to another location) and import to the new registry (by running the new OS). If NOT, they will not affect the new system.
Regards.

I find now that, despite the relevant OS partitions having been cloned to the new SSD and the BIOS set to boot first from the SSD, still all the rest of the OS loading accesses the old HDD. This must be because during boot the SSD is not allocated the drive letter C:

To try and force it to do so, I disconnected the HDD, but then Boot Manager errors with "The boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible". That sounds like it can't find the HDD, but why is the SSD boot looking for it?

This follow-up part of the Migrate OS to SSD function is not dealt with anywhere I can find. Can you suggest a next step?

Hi Bernard did you ever solve this problem I am getting exactly the same thing. Because both disks are still in the PC after the copy it is still booting from the original HDD instead of the SSD even though changing the boot order in the BIOS to choose the SSD first

Hi,
Would you please tell us how did you connect SSD to computer? Does that through USB? And would you please tell us what Windows OS did you migrate?
Sincerely.

Thanks for your reply. The SSD is connected directly into slot on the motherboard and I was migrating Win10. After much time trying I managed to fix the problem by booting to a Windows rescue image on a USB stick and then ran the Fix Boot problems option. This scanned both the new SSD and old HDD, found the Windows installations on each and then let me choose which one to boot from. It then updated the information to the Windows Boot manager and on rebooting the machine it allowed the choice of the new Windows installation. Problem solved! It looks like the Windows Boot Manager did not automatically scan the new disk for Windows installations and I needed to manually make it do this using the option on the rescue disk.

Hi,
We are glad to know your problem has been solved. Thank you for your solution, and we believe it will help many other users out of the similar circumstance.
Sincerely.

Hi,
We understand your issue, it's weird. Please email to support@minitool.com and state your question for our senior tech support.
Regards.

I'm confused, where do you select the drive with the target OS to move? It seems to just pick the OS of the machine it's running on and I don't want to clone my workshop OS to an SSD, I want to select the SATA drive with the OS I have connected to it, to the SSD drive I also have connected to it!

Hi,
When migrating OS, MiniTool Partition Wizard will choose the current operating system you are running by default. If you want to migrate other OS you are expected to boot computer with that OS.
Regards.

my target ssd is docked in a usb dock. Instead of making the usb bootable, can I just swap the drives and boot from the new one?

Hi,
Sorry we do not get your words. Are you saying you want to migrate OS to the ssd and then boot from that ssd? By the way, how is your ssd connected with ypu PC? If you want to boot from it, that ssd should be internally connected with computer.
Regards.

I was not sure how it would copy files being used. Ssd connected via usb. Selected it as target disk, then I was prompted to reboot. It rebooted at command line mode and started copying. When asked if to restart or shut down, I selected to shut down, then put the ssd in the laptop removing the old disk and restarted. It booted up immediately with no issues. Fantastic tool, many thanks, happy customer. This was recommended to me to repartition the disk and as a bonus I found the migration tool. I was looking for a cloning software and struggling, when I realised it was all there for me in the one tool. Will certainly be recommending this. Thank you thank you thank you!

Hi,
Thanks for your feedback and we can also feel your excitement. We are so glad that Partition Wizard solved your issue. And we also thank you for your recommendation. Nice day.
Sincerely.

the wizard dont work for me. I go thru all the steps , it says cannt do it at moment as c drive is in use .need to reboot. I do that and get the windows 8.1 logo then the words to effect if u dont click the wizard will do its stuff after 5 secs, after a few secs the note book returns to windows 8.1 on the hd nothing haveing been done. I am trying to move to a Sandisk SSD plus ssd

Hi,
Please send us the screenshot of your disk layout both in Disk Management and in Partition Wizard (With your SSD connected) for further assistance.
Regards.

Hello there, I'm having the exact same problem.

Was a solution ever found?

does this migrate the program files too, or just the main Windows files required for a new installation. does this also keep your settings for windows on the old one. or still only the new installation files only ?

Hi, the Migrate OS to SSD/HD function will migrate all partitions required to boot Windows, including system reserved partition (if there is) and boot partition (always the C drive). And all files saved in these partitions are included, and old settings will be kept.

I've tried moving my os to my new Kingston SSD using the Migrate OS to SSD/HD Wizard and I've been having trouble. Every time I attempt to move the System Reserve (OS) to the SSD, the wizard says "The specified disk is too small." It's clear this is not the case because from the screenshot you can see the system reserve takes up 75MB and my SSD is capable of storing 111GB.

Hi, the Migrate OS to SSD/HD Wizard will move all partitions required to start Windows, including the system reserved partition (if there is) and C drive. If this is not the cause, can you please send us a screenshot of Partition Wizard again? We didn't receive your screenshot.

Here's the screenshots.

Hi, the Migrate OS to SSD/HD Wizard will migrate both system reserved partition and C drive to your SSD since they are required to boot Windows, including all contents in these 2 partitions. However, the drive C stores 725.16GB data, and the your SSD does not have enough space to hold all these data. That's the case. If you want to migrate system successfully, you need to transfer about 620GB data out from drive C at least.

Is there option to choose folders and files for cloning

Thanks for your comment, sorry, MiniTool Partition Wizard support manage disk, partition, volume only. Do not support manage single folder or file.