Cloning a non-removable SSD in a laptop

Mel_P

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Not strictly non-removable but a major strip down to get it out - never attempted on one Lenovo laptop and only attempted once on an Asus Eee to change original hard drive for an SSD.

I have 2 PCs, and 2 portables.

The PCs are easy - every now and then I clone the OS SSD using an SSD of identical size. This means if I have a disaster and the OS drive fails or is messed up in and upgrade I can just swap the SSD and away I go - only need to do updates etc since the last clone. me programmes are all intact (office/ photoshop etc) So I keep 2 SSD clones (laste 2 in date order) just in case one doesn't work.

With the laptop and Asus Eee the situation is different. I can make a clone of the OS disc / apps etc. BUT i cannot swap this with the built in disc in the potential situation the OS on the built in drive gets corrupted in say a windows update? I know it is possible to use the media creation tool but the question is - can I use the clone (external) to re-clone the built in SSD / drive?

Thanks, Mel
 
SimonC said:
All you need to do is plug in an external drive, use macrium and make an image.
Watch this he explains how to create a bootable drive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaavGMjTfgM
Click to expand...

Thanks - followed the video and used Macrium Free and AOMEI partition tool Free and all seems the work!

The Windows 7 image tool doesn't seem to work on latest windows 10 - lots of people (including me) report it hanging at 97%.

I have Acronis 2016 but when I try to make a clone in my latest Windows 10 on the Lenovo, when it reboots to make the clone it doesn't reboot into Acronis loader (Windows PE?) but into normal Windows. Perhaps Windows has "broken" this version of Acronis?

Mel
 
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