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    What can I do with unallocated space?

    it is a good practice to leave some unallocated space at the end of the SSD. You should leave the 244MB space unallocated
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    Can you use Apple SSD's on an Windows Computer

    if your Windows computer has mSATA interface, then it should work.
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    HDD Saying it’s loaded in BIOS, not booting.

    after changing the HDD, you can fresh install the same version of Windows without the need to manually activate it.
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    Add/replace HD with SSD laptop thosiba

    AOMEI Backupper and Macrium Reflect are the best free cloning software.
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    Pc not booting after mergine partitions

    From what you said, it sounds like a display screen connection problem. Try to reconnect the display or switch the display. Since your cannot even enter BIOS, it should not be the problem of the hard drive.
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    cloned recovery partitions don't 'work' - can I just repurpose them for my own recovery volume?

    You may need to manually specify where the Winre.wim file's location on the cloned hard drive. use this command to specify the location path of the recovery image file: Reagentc /setreimage /path S:\Recovery\WindowsRE also run this: reagentc /enable
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    Cloned hard drive will not boot

    Cloned hard drive may not boot on another computer due to driver issue. https://www.howtogeek.com/239815/why-cant-you-move-a-windows-installation-to-another-computer/
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    PC doesn't see M.2 Sata SSD

    Check if M2 port is enabled. In some cases, the port is turned OFF in System Setup (BIOS). When you connect a new drive to the system, you may need to manually turn it on before you can see the drive in BIOS.
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    Gpt or MBR initializing for HDD 1TB?

    besides Windows 8/10, Windows 7 64-bit also supports UEFI boot. If your system and computer support UEFI, I suggest you initialize your hard drive as GPT. Otherwise, MBR.
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    How do I clone Windows 10 from HDD to SDD without disc

    with Samsung data migration, you can only select C: drive and system reserved partition (if there is) to clone. If your hard drive only has one partition, you can use Disk Management or diskpart to partition your hard drive.
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    Advice needed: partition scheme for secondary drive

    How large is your system partition? In my opinion, the backup partition should be larger than the system partition.
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    Unable to use my usb after creating a bootable image

    Do you still need the bootable image? If not, press Windows+R, and then type "diskpart" list disk select disk [USB drive disk number] clean create partition primary
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    Unallocated space in new SSD - should I merge it?

    It is not a big deal. Just merge it into recovery partition if you find it annoying.
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    Cant format my 3tb drive to GPT

    MBR disks only supports 2TB hard drive in size, space beyond 2TB will be unusable. You need to convert it to GPT before you can use the rest. as jefecito said, you need to enable UEFI mode before you can install Windows on a GPT disk
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    How do i add my os to a new storage device?

    are your games installed on C: drive or another drive? You can just transfer OS drive to the SSD. If you do not prefer third party software, you can use Windows backup and restore.
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