Question 2 accounts on one PC

[Mechanicos]

Hi everyone, i will get straight to the point...so what is the best way to have two windows 10 accounts on one PC and the Apps installed on one have nothing to do with the other account. Something similar to parallels desktop when installing Windows on MAC, however i just want 2x different window accounts but i dont really need to have access on both at the same time as with parallels desktops. So basically i need to get Parallels desktop😀

Also keep in mind that my SSD is only 1gb, and i would prefer to add another SSD, most probably i would get a second 2gb SSD and use it for my main pc and use the 1gb for the 2nd account. So is it possible to have 2x SSDs each one with a different Windows account? If yes how to you choose with which SSD to boot from?

 

[USAFRet]

ok lets do it....thank you for your time

motherboard is ROG STRIX X570-E GAMING

old ssd is samsung 970 evo 1TB
new ssd is samsung 990 Pro 2TB

Assuming both drives can be connected to the board at the same time, easy.

Since you're working with Samsung drive, Samsung Data Migration.

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Specific steps for a successful clone operation:
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Verify the actual used space on the current drive is significantly below the size of the new SSD
Both drives must be the same partitioning scheme, either MBR or GPT
Download and install Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration, if a Samsung target SSD)
If you are cloning from a SATA drive to PCIe/NVMe, you may need to install the relevant driver for this new NVMe/PCIe drive.
Power off
Disconnect ALL drives except the current C and the new SSD
Power up

Verify the system boots with ONLY the current "C drive" connected.
If not, we have to fix that first.

Run the Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration)
Select ALL the partitions on the existing C drive

[Ignore this section if using the SDM. It does this automatically]
If you are going from a smaller drive to a larger, by default, the target partition size will be the same as the Source. You probably don't want that
You can manipulate the size of the partitions on the target (larger)drive
Click on "Cloned Partition Properties", and you can specify the resulting partition size, to even include the whole thing
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Click the 'Clone' button
Wait until it is done
When it finishes, power off
Disconnect ALL drives except for the new SSD. This is not optional.
This is to allow the system to try to boot from ONLY the SSD

(swapping cables is irrelevant with NVMe drives, but DO disconnect the old drive for this next part)
Swap the SATA cables around so that the new drive is connected to the same SATA port as the old drive
Power up, and verify the BIOS boot order
If good, continue the power up

It should boot from the new drive, just like the old drive.
Maybe reboot a time or two, just to make sure.

If it works, and it should, all is good.

Later, reconnect the old drive and wipe all partitions on it.
This will probably require the commandline diskpart function, and the clean command.

Ask questions if anything is unclear.
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At the end of the process, you MUST power off, disconnect the original drive, and allow the system to boot up from only the new one.
This is not optional.

 

[Mechanicos]

Removing the old disk and reinstalling it is the most time consuming part out of all this, if only there was a way not having to do this, but i guess no.

I will probably go through it during the weekend, if i have questions i will let you know, thanks a lot for your time

 

[Mechanicos]

After I clicked finish to start installing the virtual machine (installation of windows 10) on a new SSD i get this message. AMD-V is disabled in the bios. Any idea what i have to do? What os amd-v? Shall i just enable it in the bios?

 

[Mechanicos]

Ok so after doing some reading online i entered the bios and enabled AMD-V. So now the VM is powering up and the installation is proceeding but i didnt enter a windows key at the beginning and now its asking for it and i dont know where to insert it now.

 

[Mechanicos]

Found the solution to this too, I unclicked the floppy and deleted the unattended files in the VM folder