Clone HDD to SSD (MacOS+BootCamp+Windows 10)

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Clone HDD to SSD (MacOS+BootCamp+Windows 10)

Hello,

I would like to make an exact clone of my internal 1TB HDD to a 1TB SSD. I am doing this to replace my internal HDD. Once my HDD is cloned to the new SSD, I want to install the SSD and reboot the computer.

My imac 2012 (late) is running Catalina and Window 10 via Bootcamp.

I did some research and it appears Clonezilla may be able to make a clone of the entire disk in one shot. Does anyone have experience with this?

Does my new SSD need to be formatted before making a clone, or does cloning take care of the formatting in the process?

Any guidance is appreciated. Thanks!

Posted on Oct 13, 2021 10:45 AM

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Answer 1

Jack-19

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Oct 13, 2021 11:01 AM in response to soarch

First, DO NOT replace the internal drive! Rather, use an external SSD as your startup disk, such as a G-Technology G-DRIVE mobile SSD R-Series Storage - Apple.

Assuming your macOS volume is in good shape (NO Cleaners, Anti-Virus, etc.), you can use Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper! to clone to the external SSD. To clone, your external SSD must be formatted with the GUID Partition Map and using APFS.

I am not sure how one would clone a Windows partition with Bootcamp.

Jack

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soarch Author

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Oct 13, 2021 11:14 AM in response to Jack-19

Jack,

Thanks for the feedback. I thought about this option, but Windows will not boot from a USB device. It must be internal.

Sean

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tbirdvet

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Oct 13, 2021 12:02 PM in response to soarch

I had Windows 10 running in Parallels. With that setupI I used CCC and cloned to an external which did everything and it ran great on the external drive.

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