Clone

I have win7 64Bit and a SATA2. Hard Drive and it is 1. GB.

I know th Drive is about to go because it is Humming very very Loud and it is 2. Years old..

I have EaseUS Todo Backup Free 8.0 and I was going to Clone it to a Drive I have here just to be ready.

But my Other SATA drive is 2. GB.

I know you can Clone a 1. GB to a 2. GB Drive with EaseUS Todo Backup Free 8.0 I watched a video before.

There is a Step to do this.

But I can not find this video anymore on youtube.

Can anybody help me?
Thanks.

 

That information doesn't sound right.
Confirm exactly what the SIZE in storage terms is each of those 2 SATA drives. They simply cannot be ONE gigabyte, or even TWO gigabytes. Win 7 64 bit alone would need much more space.

 

There are no special steps required to clone a smaller drive to a larger one, it's just that after the cloning has completed you will have a lot of unused space on the receiving drive. You can use a tool like Partition Wizard to expand the partition to fill the disk.

 

I am sorry.
The SATA 2. Drive in my computer now is 1. GB in size.
And I know I can Clone it to a Larger Drive.

So I was going to Clone it to a SATA 2. Drive that is 2. GB in size.
And yes I know when all is doen the Drive will have the Partition of just 1. GB just has the old Drive did.

But I remember in the Video for EaseUS Todo Backup Free 8.0 you will get to a Screen that has a Slider on it.
And it asks you to set the size of the new Drive so you do not need Partition Magic.

But I can not finde this video.

 

Well if it's just a case of setting the size with a slider why do you need a video? It should be self evident.

 

Are you sure the drives are 1 GB and 2 GB and not 1 TB and 2 TB? As Max said, Win 7 will require much more than 1 GB (typically 15 — 20 GB just for the OS).

 

Well this is what it did say.
I found an Audio File I made.

If the Drive I am going to Clone is 1. GB but 110 GB is used then it will only Clone the 110 GB.
And the new Drive has a Capacity of 914 GB I do this.

After I Clone the Drive if I go and check the new Drives Capacity it will just show 110 GB because this is the Data Size it Cloned.

So my Audio Recording I made says.
After the Clone go into Control Panel then Administrative Tools then Computer Management then Disc Management.

Then the Drive you Cloned and Right click it.
Then Click Expand Volume.

And I set it to 914 GB to get the Full 2. GB size.

Will this work did anyone try it?

 

Follow these directions:
https://www.howtogeek.com/284677/how-to-upgrade-to-a-larger-hard-drive-without-reinstalling-windows/
Do it that way and it will be done without the need to manually resize the partition afterward.

 

Yes, it does work, but usually fails to fill the free space available, and by a substantial amount. You could try it though as there is nothing to lose and you could then use Partition Wizard if necessary to finish the job. Better though to use Just Playin's suggested method as that should work first time.

 

Thank you but one thing?
Will this let me use the whole 2. GB of the new Drive?

What I mean is this will let me have acess to the 2. GB of the new Drive not Shrink it to the size of the old one?

 

I don't know how I can be more explicit. It is unlikely that it will expand the partition so that it fills the entire disk, whatever size the disk may actually be. (It is certainly NOT 2GB though might be 2TB). It is more likely that it will enlarge the partition to some extent, but not to fill the drive completely.

 

I am sorry I mean my new Drive is 2. TB big and my old one is 1. TGB big.

And I thought when I clone the old 1. TB Partitionb to my new 2. TB Drive it would let me see the Full 2. TB of the new Drive.

Is there a way I can attach my Audio file for you to Listen to and you can tell me what they are doing??

 

If you follow the directions in the link I supplied, you will get get use of the whole replacement drive's available storage space. However, because Windows and the drive manufacturers calculate the space on HDDs/SSDs differently, it will not show up as a full 2TB. I've included a pic of My PC with the drives labeled with their manufacturer reported capacity and and the actual Windows reported capacity as a reference. Your 2TB drive will show up as 1.81TB. It's the way the system works, not anything you might do.