How to Clone your old HDD into a new SSD Before you dive into cloning your hard drive, ensure you have both the SSD and the hard drive plugged into your system.

How to Connect/Install A Hard Drive to Your Computer After deciding on a proper disk cloning tool, the next step is to connect the new SSD or HDD to your computer, which may vary based on your device.

In addition, make sure the drive you are cloning to has enough storage space to take all the cloned data. For instance, you wouldn't want to try and clone a 2TB HDD on to a 256GB SSD now would you?

SSD drive cloning software does way more than just copy files. It duplicates your entire drive—operating system, partition setup, drive letters, custom settings, installed apps, and personal files.

Make sure both your hard drive and SSD are hooked up to your computer, and then you can run the software and follow the steps to clone your hard drive over to your SSD.

SSD drive cloning software does way more than just copy files. It duplicates your entire drive—operating system, partition setup, drive letters, custom settings, installed apps, and personal files.

If you're thinking of upgrading your Windows hard drive and moving to a faster SSD or NVMe SSD then you need to read our guide on cloning Windows.

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Let's take a quick look at a step-by-step guide detailing how to turn an SSD into a boot drive for your new or existing computer.