The Best Way to Clone Windows 10 to Smaller SSD  

The Best Way to Clone Windows 10 to Smaller SSD

Updated on Jun 10, 2024 | by Oaklynn

Table of Contents
  1. Why should you clone Windows 10 to smaller SSD?
  2. How to move Windows 10 to smaller SSD?
  3. Detailed steps of migrating OS to smaller SSD in Windows 10
  4. Conclusion

Why should you clone Windows 10 to smaller SSD?

You may find that your computer which contains a hard disk drive become slower and slower after a long time usage. You need to spend much time on opening a software or even a file. So, how to get a better performance for your computer?

For professional users, reinstallation is an option. However, if you are not good at computers, reinstallation might be a difficulty for you. Thus, transfer Windows 10 to smaller SSD can be a good choice. Why should you do this? Three main reasons are responsible for this action.

How to move Windows 10 to smaller SSD?

A good system cloning software is the first step for the clone process. By comparison with other software, Qiling Disk Master Professional can complete this task efficiently with its simple interface and easy operation steps. This software is totally safe. When you install it, your computers will not bundled with other programs. Except for system clone, disk clone and partition clone are also available.

By default, this utility performs an Intelligent Clone, which allows you to copy only used part to the target drive as long as the used part fits the drive. That's why you can clone your system to a smaller SSD. By using it, the reading and writting speed of your SSD can also be accelerated.

What's more, this powerful software allows you to clone your system drive from MBR partition style to MBR or GPT partition style, from GPT partition style to GPT or MBR partition style. This program works for Windows11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1/8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP(all editions, 32/64-bit).

Detailed steps of migrating OS to smaller SSD in Windows 10

✍ Tips:
◉ Considering that the storage space of your SSD may be small, you'd better clean out unnecessary files/folders to free up storage space before cloning. Also, the time required for cloning will also be shorter.
◉ After cloning, the target drive will be overwritten. If you have some important files on it, you'd better backup files to external hard drive.

  1. Download and install this software to open it. You can click the “Clone” from the left column. After do that, choose the “System Clone” option.

System Clone

  1. The required system partitions are selected by default. Select your smaller SSD as a new location for Windows 10 and then click "Next" (take the Disk 2 for example).

Select New SSD

  1. You must confirm the destination disk whether it is right or not. You also can optimize the SSD by choosing the “SSD Alignment” option. Then you can click "Proceed" to move Windows 10 to smaller SSD.

Clone Windows 10 to Smaller SSD

  1. After cloning you can set your smaller SSD as the first boot device in BIOS.

Tips:

Conclusion

With Qiling Disk Master Professional, you are allowed to clone Windows 10 to smaller SSD with such easy and simple steps. After cloning, your system will run smoothly so that you don’t need to wait for a long time for system response. By the way, this utility also provides other practical functions: clone Windows 7 to new hard drive and migrate C drive to SSD in Windows 10. If you are a Windows Server user, you can turn to Qiling Disk Master Server.

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