Kingston Technology - Clone an HDD to an SSD with Acronis True Image – Kingston Technology

This video walks you through the drive cloning process using the Acronis cloning software included with Kingston SSD products. The first step is ensuring that the SSD is properly connected to the system. Desktop users can install their Kingston SSD in their system before the cloning process. Your system’s user manual should be able to provide help with installation. You can also view Kingston’s step-by-step SSD desktop installation video ( For notebook users, an external USB SSD enclosure may be required for this cloning process. If you have one, connect the enclosure to your notebook before starting the cloning process. With installation confirmed, the next step is downloading and installing KSM (Kingston SSD Manager), found here: Once downloaded, launch the KSM software and click on the “Acronis” tab then the “Download for Windows” button. A Kingston SSD must be installed in your PC to use Acronis True Image for Kingston software. If you don’t have a Kingston SSD present, you will see the Product Activation Required screen. Click on the Install button to proceed. Once installation is complete, click on “Start Application”. After accepting the License Agreement, we can now proceed to the cloning process. At this point, the Acronis software will begin to detect and validate your new Kingston SSD. If the Acronis software does not detect a Kingston SSD, the Product Activation Required screen will appear as mentioned. Make sure the SSD is properly connected to your system before proceeding. Under Tools, select “Clone Disk”. The Clone Disk wizard will appear to guide you through the process. Select “Automatic” and click Next to continue. Here you will choose the source disk, or the disk that your operating system is on. It’s very important to make sure that you’re selecting the correct source disk. Using the wrong source disk could result in permanent data loss. Once you’ve double-checked you have the proper drive selected as your source disk, click Next to continue. The next stage is choosing your new Kingston SSD as the destination disk. If your destination disk contains data, a warning may appear. Confirm that you’ve selected the proper source and destination drives, continuing only when you’re confident that you no longer need the data on the destination disk. With the destination disk selected, click Next to continue. Next is choosing a cloning method. If you plan to replace the current operating system disk (source disk) with your new Kingston SSD (destination disk), please select “To replace a disk on this machine”. Then click Next. A summary screen will now appear displaying the new partition structure of the SSD. The original partition will automatically scale based on the new SSD size. If the new drive has a smaller capacity than the original hard drive, the partitions will shrink accordingly. If the new drive is larger than the original hard drive, then the partitions will be enlarged proportionally. Select Proceed to continue. You will need to restart your computer for the Cloning to complete. With that done, the new solid state drive will be ready to use. Desktop users will have a system configured with two bootable devices. Enter your system’s BIOS and set the boot priority so that the SSD will be the first device the system boots from. Notebook users can disconnect the USB enclosure and install the new SSD in their notebook. The notebook’s user manual should have installation guidance to which they can refer. Our step-by-step SSD notebook installation video is also available: Thanks for watching! Do you have questions about the video or Kingston products? COMMENT or contact us on SOCIAL MEDIA: Twitter: Instagram: Facebook: LinkedIn: SUBSCRIBE for more videos and receive updates on the latest in Kingston’s memory and storage development, plus guides on getting peak performance from your hardware: