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I wanted to clone my HD, so I tried the free download of AOMEI cloner, only to find that it is not actually free. Oh, it's free to download, but when I actually try to use it, I get paywalls out the wazoo. No matter what I try to do, I hit a paywall. This is BS, nothing but clickbait to try to...

Thanks!

I'll try the one you set forth a couple of posts up. Thanks!

Thanks. Is this a "drag 'n' drop" operation?

That's going to be for future expansion as my storage needs may increase.

I downloaded this. Thanks! I posted a screen grab of the partitions - any suggestions as to improvements I can make via this tool?

I have contacted Crucial and gotten an RMA. I'll be shipping the drive back to them this coming week.

Done!

SUCCESS! I ordered a Kingston 480 GB SSD and cloned it with MR, then put it into my computer. It works perfectly! Something about the Crucial just wasn't compatible with my system. I'm going to put the old Kingston 256 GB SSD in the ODD bay with the cradle and use it for any mass storage needs...

I have everything backed up on a 1TB external HD.

I'll do that if necessary. Thanks.

I've ordered a Kingston SSD from Amazon. I'll update when I get it.

I've decided to return the drive to Crucial for whatever refund I can get. Then I'll order a Kingston drive.

Well, I downloaded the tool and ran it, and... I don't have a proxy, so that's out. Again, I'm stumped.

Thanks. I did update my BIOS. I'll look into upgrading the SSD firmware also. I will probably look into getting another SSD, maybe another Kingston since I know that the one I have now is compatible with my PC.