Google “Macrium Reflect Free” and download the free home version. If Acronis is not cloning we recommend using Macrium. That should bring up instructions on how to get in BIOS and where to find “Secure Boot” option. Google your model name and “how to disable secure boot in BIOS”. You can have mouse and keyboard and the SSD attached to the computer via USB but no other peripherals.Ģ. Check there are no USB or micro card attached. If the computer does not reboot or reboots into Windows here are a list of solutions:ġ. The hard drive can be reused, Upgradeable sells cases that can turn the old hard drive into an external hard drive for extra storage or as a back up device. We recommend customers keep the old hard drive in a safe place for a few weeks to make sure everything is ok with the newly cloned SSD. Once installed, the cloned SSD will start up as normal, just a lot faster!

Please consult your computer’s user manual on how to replace the old hard drive with your newly cloned SSD. If it does not, safety shut down the computer. Once the cloning has finished, the computer will shut down. If the computer boots into Windows and no cloning starts, please see “Troubleshooting Section”

This can take a while, please be patient. There will be a progress bar that will appear and show the progress. Your computer will lock and/or restart and the clone will begin. If the SSD is blank and you get this warning, please check to make sure you have selected the right drive for destination.Īcronis gives you a chance to double check your clone. You may get a warning if the SSD is already formatted or has data on the drive. Select the drive you are erasing and cloning onto. In the example, my SSD is attached via the USB port.

In the example, my source is the Serial ATA (my internal drive) What are you cloning? Select the source, which is your old drive you are copying. Make sure “Automatic” is selected then click on Next How to clone your Crucial SSD with Acronisįound on the Tools page (click on the 4 white squares in the left blue menu).Ī Crucial SSD must be attached for the clone software to work.How To Upgrade Your Mac Mini with an SSD.How To Upgrade Your Macbook Air with an SSD.How To Upgrade Your Macbook Pro with an SSD.

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