AOMEI Partition Assistant
Use Crucial SSD Data Transfer Kit to Migrate OS
Learn how to migrate OS to Crucial SSD using data transfer free kit - AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard in Windows 11/10/8/7 with several clicks.
By Lucas / Updated on May 12, 2023
About Crucial SSD
Crucial is a brand of Micron, one of the largest memory and flash storage manufacturers in the world. Crucial provides NVMe SSD, SATA SSD, and external SSD.
The NVME SSD includes Crucial P5 Plus and P2 versions. The maximum read speed of the former type can achieve 6600MB/S, and they all have different types of capacity for your various options. Crucial SATA SSD MX500 and Crucial BX200, compared with P5 Plus and P2, they have a lower price but still possess excellent performance. Its external SSD also has excellent performance for on-the-go needs.
Like other brands of SSD, Crucial SSD use flash memory to deliver vastly superior performance and durability. In addition, SSD runs cooler and quieter when compared to a traditional hard drive. Therefore, the first thing you need to do after purchasing one SSD is to migrate OS or data from the old drive to the new one using the Crucial SSD data transfer free kit.
Easily Migrate OS to Crucial SSD with a Crucial SSD data transfer kit
Migrating from a traditional hard drive to SSD offers improved boot-up and application load times. Also, transferring data from an existing hard drive to a new SSD can prove a daunting task to many computer users. Nevertheless, after purchasing SSD, you need to find a way to migrate contents from the old disk to this new one.
As to Crucial SSD data transfer, many users might hear of EZ Gig IV. It's a cloning software from Apricorn. If you want to use EZ Gig, you need to use one of Apricorn’s latest products at the same time, including Drivewire, EZ Upgrade, Velocity Solo, or SATA Wire. (learn it from their video or refer to this tutorial EZ Gig IV free alternative )
The following part will introduce you to migrating data with an alternative to EZ Gig IV, AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional -- a Crucial SSD data transfer kit. You just need to download this software, then choose the feature you need to execute, it will guide you to transfer OS only as well as the entire hard drive within several clicks.
Due to the hot clone method, you can keep your OS running during the whole process. And with its graphical user interface, you can operate transferring smoothly whether you are new to the computer or not.
◤ 1. The destination drive must be equal to or larger than the hard drive that you backed up.
◤ 2. Only NTFS formatted volumes can be protected. You may need to format or convert the partition to the NTFS file system.
Step 1. Install and launch AOMEI Partition Assistant, connect the SSD to your computer. Click Migrate OS under the Convert tab.
Step 2. Choose an unallocated space on your target SSD.
Step 3. Here you can adjust the partition on the destination disk. Then, keep the note in mind.
Step 4. Now you get a virtual result of migrating OS. Click "Apply" and "Proceed" to execute it.
Tips: If the Crucial SSD has been used before, make sure to back up crucial files in advance. Because all data on this disk will be erased.
Conclusion
With Crucial SSD data transfer free kit, you can migrate OS on the old disk to the new SSD. If you want to transfer all data, you can try a disk clone to the target SSD. Besides migrating data, AOMEI Partition Assistant makes your disk/partition management more efficient with helpful features like resizing/moving partitions, merging partitions, reformating to FAT32, creating Windows to go in Windows 11/10/8, and making bootable media, etc.
