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It is largely used among PC or laptops users, when they want to upgrade old small hard disk to a new larger one or Solid State Drive (SSD), or make a disk backup to avoid data loss caused by virus, hardware failure or other reasons.

#WINDOWS 10 CLONE HARD DRIVE TO SSD LICENSE KEY#

You can use your old Windows license key for Win11 too.Clone Hard Drive in Windows 10 to New HDD or SSD Easily?Ĭloning a hard drive allows you to copy all the data on a disk to another one. Just do a couple programs a day and in one or two weeks you'll have a better setup than before. that i was too lazy for before, i change. The things i could improve in the configuration etc. The programs i do use, i download the newest versions of everything and have them up to date.

#WINDOWS 10 CLONE HARD DRIVE TO SSD INSTALL#

The programs i never use, i don't install again. I complain about the amount of work it is to set everything up again, but i always end up being glad that i did it. I always do a fresh install with a new board+CPU, even when i just go to the very next platform (nevermind when skipping several years worth of platforms). With two free tools linked here, you can make it look like any Windows, i made it look and feel like Win10. Also, i recommend Win11, it has improved thread scheduling to put workloads on the proper cores, so certain workloads don't accidentally get stuck on an E-core with a 12th or 13th gen Intel CPU. If you just re-use your old Windows, things like the turbo modes for the CPU might not always work properly.

#WINDOWS 10 CLONE HARD DRIVE TO SSD DRIVERS#

The drivers are also quite specific to the platform that was used, and won't be ideal or won't be active anymore with the new hardware. A fresh install will always be the best, because Windows sets itself up according to the hardware and BIOS (and its settings) it detects during installation. That's why i would advise to do a fresh install of Win11. So this might be a stumbling block altogether. Of course, i don't know what that will do to your Linux bootloader, it will probably wreak havoc. The Samsung Migration Tool will usually do a fine job of cloning, as has been mentioned. If you insist on re-using your old Windows installation, you'd first have to do a quick MBR to GPT conversion for the boot drive as explained here so it works with the BIOS in UEFI mode, and then you can clone it. With CFM you probably mean CSM (Compatibility Support Module), or you're having a lisp in writing. Graphics card: MSI GEFORCE RTX 2060 (from previous computer) PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower Series Grand Series RGB 650W 80 Plus Gold (from previous computer) Memory: CORSAIR Vengeance 64GB (2 x 32GB) 288-Pin PC RAMC Desktop Memory Model CMK64GX5M2B5600C40ĭisk 1: Samsung 870 VVO SSD 1TB, SATA, is old boot disk from previous computer, Windows 10 Proĭisk 2 :SAMSUNG 980 PRO SSD 2TB PCIe NVMe Gen 4 Gaming M.2 (new) I have tried Microsoft Support to no avail. Tried to clone only the windows partition from disk 1 to disk 2.Ĭlone tool would not allow cloning to a bootable disk Would not boot with any bios settings I could think of, CFM or UEFIĢ. Cloned disk 1 to disk 2 using Acronis clone tool. it is a dual boot disk, Windows 10 Pro/Ubuntu Linux using the Grub boot loaderġ. the old boot drive is a Samsung 870 VVO 1TB disk, SATA booting as CFM.

The problem appears to involve one or more of the following details:ġ. I now want to clone the old boot drive to the new one but have been able to do so. I installed the boot disk from my old computer, It boots fine in CFM mode and everything works as in the old computer. I built a new PC with a MSI PRO z790 -P WIFI mother board and a new SSD PCIe NVMe drive.

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