Once selected, select the Clone this disk option below it. Once installed, run the software and make sure that the checkbox next to the disk containing your system partition (C:) is selected. To begin, download and install the Home Use version of Macrium Reflect Free from the Macrium Reflect website.You can also use this to clone Windows to a larger driver if you’d prefer.īefore you follow these steps, make sure that both your existing hard drive and new hard drive are connected to your PC and are detectable in Windows. The free version of Macrium Reflect allows you to clone your Windows installation from a larger to a smaller drive, resizing the partition table in the process. Various tools exist for this method, but one good (and free) option is to use Macrium Reflect Free. Unfortunately, as this process doesn’t work if you’re moving from a larger to smaller drive, you’ll need to use third-party software to copy Windows instead. Using a new system image to clone your hard drive is still the best way to migrate Windows 10 to a new hard drive. Transfer Windows 10 to a Different Sized Hard Drive Using Third-Party Software Start Reflect, take the ‘Other Tasks’ menu option and select ‘Create a bootable Rescue CD’ The wizard opens and In the wizard window, select ‘ Windows PE 2.0' and click ‘Next’.After a few moments, your system partition will be expanded to include the additional space on your drive, ensuring that all available drive space is usable.We need to create an image of the bootable CD so we can transfer the contents to the USB stick. Use DiskPart to set the partition on the USB drive 'Active'.To enable this, Reflect can be run as a portable application from USB Rescue Media. Note: If you receive a message saying ‘Windows was unable to complete the format’ then in some cases the format has actually finished and this message can safely be ignored. The Macrium Reflect Technician's License allows a single user to image multiple PCs up to a number specified in the license. It’s best to leave the ‘Quick Format’ option un-checked. Make sure that FAT32 or NTFS is selected as the file system.Open ‘My Computer’, right click on your USB drive and select properties.Make sure your USB stick is formatted as FAT32 or NTFS. In this tutorial I'll show you the simple steps required to create a USB stick that boots into the Macrium Reflect Windows PE Rescue Environment. The partition boot sector is created when the file system is formatted. The BCD is used to boot Windows PE and all flavours of Windows with the Vista kernel and later. Windows Vista/7 creates different partition boot sector code that's compatible with the Boot Configuration Data ( BCD). The partition must be formatted using Windows Vista/7.
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