Moving operating system - Is this going to work?

JamesQuantum9185

JamesQuantum9185

JamesQuantum9185

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Good morning,

I just bought a new Laptop and want to install the larger ssd I bought. The laptop came with a 128 go ssd which is already full. On this ssd is the operating system. There is also a 1tb HDD.

Having watched a few videos, My plan is to clone the operating system onto the hdd before I remove the ssd. Then swap the new ssd for the old. I’ll then reboot pressing F2 making sure I select new boot drive to D drive (the hdd). Hopefully windows will start normally? I will then run the program again (EaseUs Todo backup?) and clone os from hdd to new ssd. Reboot, f2 switch boot drive back to c. Then start up. Am I right in assuming it will have completed now? Will it still exist on my hdd too and if so can I remove it from there?

I was just hoping someone with a bit more experience could tell me if this will work, or, if there is a more effective way of switching OS from old ssd to new ssd?

Thanks.
 
JamesQuantum9185 said:
Good morning,

I just bought a new Laptop and want to install the larger ssd I bought. The laptop came with a 128 go ssd which is already full. On this ssd is the operating system. There is also a 1tb HDD.

Having watched a few videos, My plan is to clone the operating system onto the hdd before I remove the ssd. Then swap the new ssd for the old. I’ll then reboot pressing F2 making sure I select new boot drive to D drive (the hdd). Hopefully windows will start normally? I will then run the program again (EaseUs Todo backup?) and clone os from hdd to new ssd. Reboot, f2 switch boot drive back to c. Then start up. Am I right in assuming it will have completed now? Will it still exist on my hdd too and if so can I remove it from there?

I was just hoping someone with a bit more experience could tell me if this will work, or, if there is a more effective way of switching OS from old ssd to new ssd?

Thanks.
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May go OK, may not. No harm in trying - just make sure you don't overwrite your current drive (do a full backup first.)

Tbh, installing Win10 fresh on an SSD is pretty simple, so why not just do that instead? That's what I did when I upgraded my old Lenovo to Win10, and it was easy and quick. Just backup any other files you need to a usb drive and copy them back afterwards. I always prefer a "clean" fresh install rather than a migration.

Didn't understand this bit "The laptop came with a 128 go ssd which is already full. On this ssd is the operating system." Are you saying you have only the OS on that drive and it's full? Win10 (if that's what you are using, or planning to use), should only take around 20GB - so check if this "new" laptop has come with a ton of junk-ware pre-installed. Obviously if it's a lot of additional apps, which you don't fancy re-installing, then yes, the migration option would probably be the better route to go.

Edit: I use Acronis for backups. I have done clone and migrations and full-system recoveries with it via a "bootable recovery disk" on a USB drive and it's always worked fine.
 
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