Make sure both your hard drive and SSD are hooked up to your computer, and then you can run the software and follow the steps to clone your hard drive over to your SSD.

Those with a Samsung SSD, for instance, can use Samsung Magician Software. Alternatively, you can also use third-party utility tools like Macrium Reflect or EaseUS Disk Copy for cloning your SSD.

Open Macrium Reflect and you'll see a detailed list of the disks connected to your computer. You have two main options: you can directly clone one disk to another, or create an image of a disk.

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Macrium Reflect seemed to clone the drive just fine, but now I can't boot to it even after selecting the drive in BIOS as the first boot device. I guess I will remove the HDD and see if it will ...

You can clone a hard drive to make a duplicate that you can use to replace a failed drive or get a new computer up and running quickly.

Open Macrium Reflect and you'll see a detailed list of the disks connected to your computer. You have two main options: you can directly clone one disk to another, or create an image of a disk.