Luckily, these are very similar processes so the following steps should match up.Īgain, let's imagine we're cloning the C: drive that you have Windows installed on. If you're just looking to backup or transfer a secondary drive, the cloning option should do the trick. If you want to transfer your PC's C: drive, hit "System Migration". Up at the very top of the screen, we'll head up to the "Tools" drop-down menu where you'll see the options "Clone Disk" and "System Migration".
Now that we know which drive is which, we'll look to the menu on the left-hand side of the application window, and click "Local Disk (C:)" or whichever SSD partition you're hoping to clone. (Image credit: Future / Duncan Robertson) Up at the top, you'll see a list of functions that DiskGenius can perform(B), and below that, a bar that shows you how full your C: drive is (C). On the left-hand side, you'll see their various drives and partitions (A). Whichever you need to do, connect things up, and open DiskGenius.Īs you'll see from the image below, you'll find a summarized list of the connected drives that DiskGenius detects in your PC. For me, this meant putting the Crucial T700 Pro inside UGREEN's M.2 enclosure, but for most people, it will mean either plugging in a USB or USB-C external drive into their PC or installing another NVMe drive into an empty slot on their motherboard. How to clone your SSD Step 1: Preparing to cloneĪlright, so now that you have what you need, you need to connect both drives to your gaming PC and open the DiskGenius app.
A new SSD you're looking to upgrade or backup to (we'll call this the target drive).An existing SSD that you already use (C: drive, game drive, etc).The example I'll be using in the steps below is exactly what I had to do with my PC, but this process with DiskGenius will work regardless of whether you're trying to back data up to one of the best external hard drives for gaming, or whether you're looking to clone a SATA to an NVMe SSD, or the other way around.