How to clone a dynamic volume

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Sherly 

Written by

Linda 

Last updated on April 22, 2024

AOMEI Partition Assistant supports copying dynamic volume, including simple volume, mirrored volume, striped volume, spanned volume, and RAID-5 volume.

Download the Partition Master tool and install it. Then, launch Partition Master.

Step 1: Locate the dynamic volume

Click the “Clone” tab, select “Clone Partition,” and then click “Next.”

Select the source volume

Step 2: Select the target volume

Scroll down to select your destination, then tap “Next.”

Step 3: Review the warnings and apply your changes.

Click “Yes” to continue cloning and hit the “Start” button.

After the operation completes, the hard disk partition tool Partition Master will shut down your computer automatically. Replace the source dynamic disk containing the system volume with the target basic disk, and then start your computer. (You may see that the C: partition has been extended.)

Frequently Asked Questions about Cloning Dynamic Disk Volume

For more information about cloning dynamic volumes, see this topic and look for answers there:

< strong > Why can't I clone a dynamic disk?

The reason why you can't directly clone a dynamic disk is that the target disk is a basic disk, and most cloning software can't convert a basic disk to a dynamic disk during the cloning process.

Therefore, to clone a dynamic disk, you need to convert the target basic disk to dynamic first. Then use disk cloning software to clone the dynamic disk.

2. Can I clone HDD to SSD?

Yes, of course. You can clone HDD to SSD directly as long as the SSD has storage capacity equal to or greater than the amount of data used on the source HDD.

How to convert dynamic disk to basic disk?

• Launch Partition Master, right click on the dynamic disk and choose “Convert to Basic Disk”. • Click “Execute Task”.