[SOLVED] Need Help Installing Windows 11 on New NVME

[GTP]

Thank you. @GTP just mentioned that one, as well.

I just edited my post, lol
Might wanna re-read?

 

[ThatPlace928]

I just edited my post, lol
Might wanna re-read?

You sure did...... lol

 

[Larry Sabo]

Thank you. @GTP just mentioned that one, as well.

I just edited my post, too. LOL. Although I try my damnedest to use software in accordance with the end user license agreement, I still use an old version (version 6.0) of AOMEI PA Standard on customer PCs because its license agreement says...

The SOFTWARE may be freely distributed, if the distribution package is not modified.
The standard edition is free for private and commercial use. You can use of this edition within any organization, company or for commercial purpose.

Later versions don't allow commercial use, unless you pay a king's ransom.

 

[ThatPlace928]

I just edited my post, too. LOL. Although I try my damnedest to use software in accordance with the end user license agreement, I still use an old version (version 6.0) of AOMEI PA Standard on customer PCs because its license agreement says...


Later versions don't allow commercial use, unless you pay a king's ransom.

lol......... I think you guys are trying to confuse me. As if I wasn't in the first page and a half of this thread already.......

 

[fincoder]

The Windows built-in Disk Management allows expanding partitions into unallocated space (to the right of the current partition).

Almost all cloning software allows automatic resizing of partitions if the destination drive is a different size.

 

[ThatPlace928]

The Windows built-in Disk Management allows expanding partitions into unallocated space (to the right of the current partition).

Almost all cloning software allows automatic resizing of partitions if the destination drive is a different size.

Thank you. I'll check into that a little more. I know it can be done. I just haven't had any success in the past. This cloner, however, doesn't use software to clone. It's a standalone, same as my other one.

 

[fincoder]

This cloner, however, doesn't use software to clone. It's a standalone, same as my other one.

The ability to resize partitions during cloning is the reason why I've always use software-based cloning.

 

[frase]

The ability to resize partitions during cloning is the reason why I've always use software-based cloning.

Macrium does this perfectly, I personally never use those docking bay direct cloning methods.

 

[ThatPlace928]

Macrium does this perfectly, I personally never use those docking bay direct cloning methods.

I downloaded Macrium a year or so ago but really didn't like it. I'll figure all this out. I like to research and I'm into learning different things, when I have time. I'm one of those who likes to figure things out for herself. It's rare when I need help, like I did in this post. But I got some really good feedback here.

I'm really happy you were all here for me. I can't even begin to tell you how much this forum and everyone in it is appreciated.

 

[frase]

I downloaded Macrium a year or so ago but really didn't like it. I'll figure all this out. I like to research and I'm into learning different things, when I have time. I'm one of those who likes to figure things out for herself. It's rare when I need help, like I did in this post. But I got some really good feedback here.

I'm really happy you were all here for me. I can't even begin to tell you how much this forum and everyone in it is appreciated.

Cool same as me frustrating when I do not understand something so I absolute drill myself into self education.
I just realised this thread was marked as SOLVED lol.

"ATTENTIONSPAN_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL"

 

[ThatPlace928]

Cool same as me frustrating when I do not understand something so I absolute drill myself into self education.
I just realised this thread was marked as SOLVED lol.

"ATTENTIONSPAN_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL"

No worries about your attention span. I realized I needed to mark it SOLVED, only after a few of us were still posting.

 

[Sky-Knight]

Cool same as me frustrating when I do not understand something so I absolute drill myself into self education.
I just realised this thread was marked as SOLVED lol.

"ATTENTIONSPAN_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL"

I'm so stealing that! LOL

 

[fincoder]

Macrium does this perfectly

Not in my experience, there are some manual steps making it a bit fiddly. Not to mention a high failure rate (e.g. due to HDDs with a few bad sectors).

I use an old copy of Paragon Drive Copy 15 Pro that automatically resizes without any intervention, and allows the user to ignore read errors. It's much slower than Macrium but always gets the job done.

 

[ThatPlace928]

Not in my experience, there are some manual steps making it a bit fiddly. Not to mention a high failure rate (e.g. due to HDDs with a few bad sectors).

I use an old copy of Paragon Drive Copy 15 Pro that automatically resizes without any intervention, and allows the user to ignore read errors. It's much slower than Macrium but always gets the job done.

I like the "automatically resizes" part. I'll have to check it out. Thanks! I wasn't crazy about Macrium either.

 

[sapphirescales]

@ThatPlace928 The two imaging programs I can vouch for are Active@ Disk Image and HD Clone Professional. I use these on a daily basis and both are very good. They automatically resize the partitions and can clone a larger disk to a smaller one (this is useful if for example the original drive is a 1TB SSD and the new SSD is only 960GB or whatever). I prefer Active@ Disk Image for everyday cloning but if the drive has bad sectors, I use HD Clone because it can handle them better.

 

[ThatPlace928]

@ThatPlace928 The two imaging programs I can vouch for are Active@ Disk Image and HD Clone Professional. I use these on a daily basis and both are very good. They automatically resize the partitions and can clone a larger disk to a smaller one (this is useful if for example the original drive is a 1TB SSD and the new SSD is only 960GB or whatever). I prefer Active@ Disk Image for everyday cloning but if the drive has bad sectors, I use HD Clone because it can handle them better.

Thank you! I'll definitely check it out. I appreciate the info.

 

[frase]

Well never had an issue with Macrium in my years of use.

 

[fincoder]

I like the "automatically resizes" part. I'll have to check it out.

Unfortunately, "Paragon Drive Copy 15 Pro" is no longer available. I've had a quick look at more modern Paragon products but I'm not sure how good they are. My Paragon version is very slow for cloning, so at some point I might look at HD Clone Professional as mentioned by sapphire.

Well never had an issue with Macrium in my years of use.

I've only used the Free version. Maybe the paid version does automatic resizing?
In Macrium Free, the only way to resize that I could figure out was to manually select each partition to copy and resize the main partition manually to fit a smaller destination drive (and to figure out how much space to leave for other partitions to fit after the main one).