If you want to clone smaller SSD to larger SSD like cloning 128GB SSD to 256GB SSD, and boot from it successfully, try powerful SSD cloning software - AOMEI Backupper Professional.
"Hey, guys. I just bought a 256GB SSD drive to upgrade my old 128GB SSD, to transfer everything including programs and OS on it, I want to do a disk clone. Is there any good SSD cloning software? And I have to keep the 128GB SSD drive in the laptop while cloning, but where do I put the 25GB SSD drive? Do I have to buy an external case, and if so, what kind?"
Honestly, cloning is the easiest way to clone smaller SSD to larger SSD of all sizes, not only clone128GB SSD to 256SSD, but also clone 256GB SSD to 500 SSD, clone 256GB SSD to 1TB SSD, clone 500GB SSD to 1TB SSD, and more. But there are things you need to pay more attention to:
Don't worry about them much and I'll introduce you to these things below. Please continue to read this article and clone 128GB SSD to 256 SSD with a safe boot.
SSD as a high-speed hard drive is used to install OS to gain a faster speed and shorter boot time. And many manufacturers do so, to save cost, the computer usually comes with a 128GB SSD drive, but as time goes by, you will find that it can't meet your demands anymore due to the lower free space, slow response, application corruption, and other problems.
So it is an urgent task at this point to clone SSD to larger SSD, from 128GB to 256 GB, 500 GB, 1 TB SSD, etc. Here we summarize some common reasons:
✍ Keep your computer in high performance. Except for SSD performance itself, you still need to be sure there is enough space on it, then your computer can run very smoothly, just like getting a new one.
✍ Avoid reinstalling Windows and applications. The cloning method will transfer everything on the 128GB SSD to a new SSD including the OS, installed programs, drivers, settings, personal data, etc. So you don't need to do a reinstallation and have more time to do some valuable things.
✍ Replace outdated SSD disk. The speed of hardware updates like SSD is so rapid nowadays. So if your computer's built-in SSD drive is coming to an end, you may want to replace it with a new one.
If you are looking for software to clone a smaller SSD to a larger SSD with a secure boot, AOMEI Backupper Professional is worth trying. It supports all the editions of Windows 11, 10, 8, 8.1, 7, XP, and Vista (32-bit, and 64-bit) and can handle the entire cloning process very well. To be specific:
To get started, please download and install the reliable and powerful SSD cloning software - AOMEI Backupper Professional.
Note the Clone features in this free trial can only be demonstrated, please upgrade to enjoy. If you are not sure, you can do it yourself and check the preview effect.
Before cloning clone 128GB SSD to 256GB SSD in Windows 10 or 11, you need to be sure of the following things:
Then follow the detailed steps to clone 128GB SSD to 256GB SSD in Windows 10 easily and safely.
Step 1. Launch AOMEI Backupper after installing. On the main interface, click the Clone tab, and then select Disk Clone.
Step 2. Select the 128GB SSD drive as the source disk, then hit Next.
Step 3. Choose the 256GB SSD drive as the target disk to save all content from the 128GB SSD drive. Please press Next to go on.
Step 4. Tick SSD Alignment to optimize disk performance for new SSD. To enjoy full capacity after cloning, click Edit Partitions and select Add unused space to all partitions or Manually adjust partition size. Then, confirm the preview effect and click Start Clone to clone 128GB SSD to 256GB SSD in Windows 10 or 11.
Tips: ✍As the destination disk is larger than the source disk, you can also tick Sector by sector Clone to clone all sectors from the 128GB SSD drive. Note it will include bad sectors and empty sectors. ✍ SSD Alignment makes use of 4k alignment technology to improve the reading and writing speed of the SSD disk. And it also helps prolong the SSD disk lifespan.
How long the cloning process will take? About 30 minutes or so. And It depends on the data size on your source 128GB SSD drive, the larger the data size, the longer the time costs.
Once finished, shut down your computer, take out the original 128GB SSD drive then replace it with the 256GB SSD as your system boot drive, then boot your computer as normal.
★ Other ways to clone 128GB SSD to 256GB SSD:
It’s easy to clone 128GB to 256GB SSD and boot from the cloned SSD successfully with the help of AOMEI Backupper Professional. It supports all brands of SSDs and clones SSD disks of different sizes, for example, clone Samsung 256GB SSD to 500GB SSD. And it takes care of the disk space and performance issue.
Besides, you could only migrate OS to SSD if the destination SSD is smaller than your source SSD. If your computer has a built-in HDD, you can also replace HDD with SSD using the above steps. And you could use it to create a system or disk backup in a full backup, incremental or differential backup mode, and perform a system or disk restore, even dissimilar hardware restore.