I bought a new SSD, and I want to replace my computer's hard drive with the SSD. My question is - how long will it take to clone the drive? Will it take days?
Generally speaking, the time it takes to clone a hard drive depends on the data size and cloning speed. It is also affected by some other factors, such as the type of hard drive and the cloning method you use. The usual wait time would be between 10 minutes and 1 hour.
Assuming that you want to copy a disk containing 500GB of data and the cloning speed is 100 Mb/s, the cloning process may take about 90 minutes to complete. Further to say, if your hard disk has more data, the network speed is slower, or the cloning program does not overlook the empty space, it will take longer.
Considering so many factors, how to clone a hard drive quickly? The best disk cloning software, AOMEI Backupper Standard is an excellent option. It offers Disk Clone to migrate all data from the old disk to a larger disk or SSD easily, as well as Partition Clone. In the Professional version of AOMEI Backupper, you are even allowed to clone system drive, or clone entire Windows system to another disk with one click.
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1Run AOMEI Backupper Standard, select Clone, and then Disk Clone.
2Choose the source disk that you want to clone, and hit Next. Then, select another disk/SSD as the destination disk, and click Next.
3Tap on Start Clone to initiate the disk clone process.