How to best move my Windows install?

HarryBizzle · 21 Jul 2023 at 23:25

Thanks to a system refresh (new mobo, RAM and CPU) I have added an NVME to my PC.

I currently have Win 10 on a SATA SSD (500GB) and have just got a 1TB NVME which is were I'd like to have my install. What's the best way of doing this? I've thought about cloning the drive but then potentially have the issue of needing to resize the partition.

I'm thinking I might have to just bite the bullet and do a fresh install with a USB install drive, change the boot order so I boot from the NVME and then wipe the SATA?

HarryBizzle · 22 Jul 2023 at 10:05

Thanks. They offer a free trial and did both the clone and expand partition in one go. Amazing how easy it was!

Before:

After:

HarryBizzle · 22 Jul 2023 at 13:06

SonicSW20 said:
Cloning is pretty much pain free these days. If its an old install thats seen many major updates, driver updates etc I usually use an OS drive change as an excuse to do a fresh install.

Thanks. I’mgetting some Bluetooth issues probably caused from going from using a dongle to a new mobo with built in so I think I’m going to upgrade to Win 11 and then do a fresh install.

HarryBizzle · 26 Jul 2023 at 14:16

DampDog said:
Cocked up my disk clone!! Any help appreciated...

So old system disk is a 250Gig Samsung 840 new Drive is 1 TB 870. Downloaded Macrium Reflect V7. Ran it up, no issues, sees both disks so I clone old disk to new target disk and off it goes no problem. Only issue is as I guess the clue is in the name, it's done a "clone" of the first drive to the new drive and left me with a 750Gig unallocated partition... Doh.. ( just ignorance on my part with not doing it before really. I just assumed it would use all the space.) What I wanted was to use all the available space so in essence Just end up with a new "C-Drive"

Looking in Disk Manager
I've now got a 3 partition a 250Gig, 750Gig which I can't suss how to re-merge as a single partition!? And and Recovery partition clone that I cant shift on what was my pristine 1TB.

So how do I
1 undue/fix the ****-up
2 Force it to use all the available space.
Cheers

I think you should be able to delete the empty 750GB one and once it reads as unallocated, expand the smaller one.