Mac – Use Macrium Reflect to Clone an SSD with three partitions to a larger SSD, expanding the middle partition

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I'm trying to use Macrium Reflect Free to clone a disk from a 75 GB SSD to 225 GB SSD. The source has three partitions, and I want to clone them all, but I want the first and third to be the same size, and the middle one to be expanded to fill the remaining space on the drive.

In this screen capture, I have (1) added the first and second partition and (2) expanded the second partition, leaving 50 GB of free space.

There is clearly 50 GB of available space

When I click "Copy selected partitions", it should add the third partition (which is only 9.76 GB) into the remaining 50 GB of space, but I get this:

Error dialog indicating insufficient space

How can there be insufficient space?

I should mention that this is what I get if I try to copy the first and third partitions first:

There is a gap between the partitions

It seems to be forcing the partitions to be placed in the same location as they were on the source, but why?

Primary question: How can I accomplish my goal of cloning these three partitions, with the middle one expanded to fill the free space on the disk?

Best Answer

I would image the drive as it is to the new SSD. Then, use a partitioning tool, like EASEUS Free Partition Master to resize and move the partitions – it should do it for you very nicely.

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