How to Clone Linux HDD to SSD for Better PC Performance

Suppose you use Ubuntu on your computer and the HDD runs out of space or the machine gets slowly. It is a good idea to clone Linux HDD to SSD for fast speed and optimal performance. From this post on MiniTool, you will find a comprehensive guide on how to clone Ubuntu from HDD to SSD.

Why Clone Linux Drive

Nowadays still millions of users use Linux as their operating system on the PC because of its open-source nature and customization flexibility, wide range of applications and tools, high stability and reliability, enhanced security, and more. Like a Windows PC, you also have demands of upgrading a hard drive. And it is a good choice to clone Linux HDD to SSD.

• Your Linux disk stores a multitude of data and uses up the storage space. Replacing the small disk with a larger one is recommended.
• The Linux system like Ubuntu turns sluggish for some reason and upgrading HDD to SSD helps you enjoy peak performance as an SSD (solid-state drive) offers faster write & read speed compared with an HDD.

So, how can you clone Linux disk to a larger SSD? Let’s take a deep delve into the ways.

Linux Clone Disk DD

While searching for “clone Linux HDD to SSD”, a related search result involves using the DD command-line tool whose primary purpose is converting and copying files. Usually, it is commonly called disk destroyer, disk dump or disk duplicator.

In most Linux operating systems, DD is built in. If not, you can install it from the package manager. Then, use the command to clone Linux HDD to SSD.

dd if=/dev/sdX of=/dev/sdY bs=64K conv=noerror,sync

sdX refers to the source disk like HDD and sdY means the target disk like SSD. Remember X and Y with the correct disk number.

But if you are ordinary users and not familiar with this command, it may be a bit difficult to use this command-line tool to clone Linux HDD to SSD. Fortunately, you have other choices.

Clone Linux Hard Drive with Clonezilla

Clonezilla offers a flexible solution to you. Beyond using it on Windows to clone a hard drive, this open-source program allows you to clone your disk in Linux as Clonezilla is available as bootable media.

Step 1: First, you need to download Clonezilla ISO from its official website.

Step 2: Get Rufus online and open this tool. Choose the ISO file, configure something and then hit START to begin create a bootable USB drive.

Step 3: Boot the Linux system from USB and then enter the interface of Clonezilla.

Step 4: Then, choose Clonezilla live to continue.

Step 5: Select a language & keyboard layout, and start Clonezilla, and then highlight device-device work directly from a disk or partition to a disk or partition to Clone Linux HDD to SSD.

Step 6: Whereafter, follow the instructions as prompts to complete the disk cloning process.

Wonder how to clone Linux HDD to SSD with Clonezilla? Refer to this guide – Step-by-Step Guide: Clonezilla HDD to SSD in Windows 11/10. Although this tutorial depends on Windows, the involved steps resembles the steps in Linux.

Final Words

These two ways are commonly used to clone Linux drive and you can choose DD or Clonezilla as per your situation to effectively clone Linux HDD to SSD.

In addtition to these two ways, you may want to know how to clone Linux hard drive with Windows if you dual boot Linux and Windows. In this case, you should choose a clone program that supports Linux and Windows such as Clonezilla.

To clone a hard drive in Windows, we recommend MiniTool ShadowMaker that has a feature called Clone Disk. It supports cloning HDD to SSD and sector-by-sector cloning. Just get it for disk cloning. But if you want to use it to clone Linux hard drive in Windows, it cannot help as it can’t detect the Linux disk that uses file systems including FS, XFS, ZFS, XFS, etc. MiniTool ShadowMaker only supports exFAT, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, and Ext2/3/4.

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