I want to replace my hard drive, containing about 100GB of data, with a new SSD. Do you know what is the fastest way to clone a hard drive? How long does it take to clone a 100GB hard drive to SSD?
The fastest way to clone your hard drive is to use professional and reliable disk cloning software.
To be honest, the cloning speed ultimately depends on your data volume and the read-write capabilities of both your source and target disks. Specifically, for a 100GB hard drive, at a cloning speed of 100MB/s, it would take approximately 17 minutes to get it done.
Windows computers do not come with native cloning tools. Therefore, if you want to clone a hard drive quickly, numerous third-party solutions are readily available. AOMEI Backupper Standard, for instance, is a free hard drive cloning software that ensures a seamless and expeditious cloning experience.
Clone HDD to smaller/larger SSD, clone an entire disk or a specific partition without interrupting your work.
This tool boasts a clear and user-friendly interface, providing a range of clone options, including Disk Clone, Partition Clone, and System Clone (the last one is available in the Pro version).
By default, this utility employs Intelligent Clone to copy only used sectors, which allows you to clone a larger disk to a smaller disk, provided the old disk's used space doesn't exceed the new disk's capacity. Also, it supports Sector by Sector Clone to clone all sectors of the source disk.
♦Note: Before cloning, you should make sure that you have backed up data on the destination disk since all data on it will be erased when the cloning process is finished.
1Open AOMEI Backupper. Click Clone and then Disk Clone subsequently.
2Pick the source hard drive you intend to clone, and click Next.
3Select a new hard drive or SSD as the destination, and click Next.
4If the target disk is an SSD, enable SSD Alignment to enhance its read-write performance. Finally, click Start Clone.