As you know, swapping out hard disk drive for a solid-state drive is one of the best upgrades you can make in terms of speeding up your computer. ... Disk clone will clone the partition style and overwrite the target disk. All data on the new SSD will be covered, so you don't have to initialize the SSD before cloning.

How do I initialize an SSD for cloning?

Right-click the SSD that you want to initialize and select Initialize Disk. In the Initialize Disk dialogue box, select the SSD disk you want to initialize and choose the partition style (partition styles are detailed in the next section). Click Ok to begin the disk initialization process.

Do I need to initialize HDD before cloning?

Since this is a brand new un-initialized SSD, I'd definitely recommend you initialize it prior to beginning the cloning process. The formatting itself could be skipped since the cloning software should re-format it automatically and recreate the partitions from the HDD during the process. Hope this helps.