Moving/copying whole OS

[gavinh87]

Hi guys, i have a family member that requires a new PC. He has purchased the computer already and has a SSD. The old PC has a HDD with office/outlook and other small business programs.
What would be the easiest way to do this? I'd rather not start from scratch as the last time I setup his email BT made me jump through hoops with exhange 365 etc.

I don't mind purchasing programs for this aslong as they work and wont require any fiddling about, the least amount of downtime the better.

Thanks.

 

[MouthBoy]

Is the new SSD the same size or larger than the HDD? If so I have in the past made an image of the HDD and restored to an SSD. I have had varying results with this though.

 

[gavinh87]

The ssd is smaller, although it has a 3tb second drive.
He'll never full the ssd anyway it literally runs office/Outlook.
My only concern is whether the settings/activation licenses will carry over.