I just cloned my first drive using Clonezilla and Rufus. After booting into Clonezilla from my flash drive, it recognized both my internal and external drives, so I proceeded with a device-to-device clone to copy everything over. It seemed to finish successfully, but now I'm curious about the setup. When I look at my new external drive in File Explorer, it appears as a duplicate of my old drive. However, in Disk Management, I can see that my external drive has three sections: one is an exact copy of the old drive, another is a healthy section, and the last one is unallocated. Did something go wrong in the cloning process, or is my external drive ready to use? I can provide pictures if needed.
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Since you mentioned you're using an SK Hynix Platinum, it should work great. Yes, extending basically allows you to utilize any leftover space on the new drive for files. It's about adjusting the size of the partitions to fit your needs.
If your new drive is larger than your old one, you'll need to extend the partition to make use of the extra space. This is a common step after cloning a drive, especially when moving from a smaller to a larger drive. Check if the new drive has unallocated space in Disk Management, and you can easily extend the partition from there.
When you're in Disk Management, you should see an option to extend the partition for your external drive. This means you're just allocating more space so that your computer can use the whole drive efficiently. The process is pretty straightforward and you can definitely find step-by-step guides online. By the way, what brand are your drives?
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