So I've had my SSD for a few months now, but I keep putting off trying to transfer my OS to it. For now, it's got SLOBS, Origin, Apex, and Discord on it. I've got roughly 400GB of space remaining on it, but have more than that on my current (and very old) hard drive. Is there a way to just transfer Win10 without the rest?
the link I gave tells you how to convert mbr to gpt. I'm not against USB I used to use it before win 10 as well. I just now have a disc laying around while my USB drives are repurposed for other things and having a USB with gpt on it would mess with boot up I'd imagine, just preference is all. I think you can mount an iso while in windows for the installation via win 10s virtual drive. Copy and paste it onto a drive and run the gpt as you would the bootsect from command prompt.
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Mounting an ISO from within a running Windows install has nothing to do with booting from a properly constructed DVD or USB, and installing a clean OS.
And in any case, this has gone far astray of what the OP's original 'problem' might be.
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So, after a bit of research, it seems you're not completely off your rocker and no, I did not read whatever was at the link you pointed to. The plain fact is, that if you manually create a USB installer, you may encounter the problem you describe with the installation media partition type being a problem, HOWEVER, that is not how media should be created ANYHOW so it's a moot point.
There is NO reason to not use the Windows media creation tool, for ALL installation media creation (Unless you are doing something exotic, and that is not what THIS discussion is about), in which case this problem does not exist. You will never encounter this problem with the partition type issue on the installer media if you use the Microsoft creation tool. So, you are right, but you are wrong.
There is NO reason to not use the Windows media creation tool, for ALL installation media creation (Unless you are doing something exotic, and that is not what THIS discussion is about), in which case this problem does not exist. You will never encounter this problem with the partition type issue on the installer media if you use the Microsoft creation tool. So, you are right, but you are wrong.
I'll take that, but Microsoft troubleshooting guide does say something about converting mbr of a flash drive to gpt or use the uefi iso. Funny thing is the tool they say to use isnt "from" Microsoft Haha I'm getting off topic, I'll shut up till the person with the question gives us an update.
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Zeroblade,
read this:
www.intowindows.com
read this:
Create UEFI Bootable USB Of Windows 10
A detailed guide to create both normal and UEFI bootable USB of Windows 10 using the free Rufus USB Tool and Microsoft's own Windows USB Download Tool.
www.intowindows.com
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Honestly, I've done maybe 80-100 unique installations of Windows 10, not counting those that have been done twice on the same system for one reason or another. In every case, except one (Where a dual OS boot was required) I have used the Microsoft media creation tool and have never experienced ANY of the complaints I see from some people about "it doesn't work" or "it won't download" or "I can't complete the media creation" or a few others.
In ALL those cases, I have to believe those people are simply, I won't say too stupid (Even though I just did), but challenged, or they have some other problem working against them, because myself and everybody else I have talked to regarding this issue have all never had any issues creating or installing using the Microsoft supplied media creation tool and then installing. Doesn't matter whether it's in legacy or UEFI mode, it still works fine.
Now, if it's a dual boot configuration, that's a different story and I agree you are going to need third party software usually. But mostly that doesn't tend to be the case, and is not (apparently) the case, in THIS case.
Nice to see that Rufus actually supports the official ISO now though.
In ALL those cases, I have to believe those people are simply, I won't say too stupid (Even though I just did), but challenged, or they have some other problem working against them, because myself and everybody else I have talked to regarding this issue have all never had any issues creating or installing using the Microsoft supplied media creation tool and then installing. Doesn't matter whether it's in legacy or UEFI mode, it still works fine.
Now, if it's a dual boot configuration, that's a different story and I agree you are going to need third party software usually. But mostly that doesn't tend to be the case, and is not (apparently) the case, in THIS case.
Nice to see that Rufus actually supports the official ISO now though.
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Just so that we're all on the same track, a screencap of your Disk Management window, please.
And where, exactly are you wanting to go with this? A clone from the old drive to the new SSD?
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Take a screenshot of the Disk Management Window and post it here so someone here will be better able to help you.
Also read this:
www.techrepublic.com
Also read this:
How to assign a drive letter in Windows 10
Step-by-step instructions for assigning a specific drive letter to an external drive, SD card, or hard drive partition in Windows 10.
www.techrepublic.com
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I'll try and get one asap, until then, I am stuck with a slow WD HDD for a boot drive. That's why.
Here's the DM screenshot, but I've fixed the issue and can now use the drive again. However, I cannot clone to it, or it goes back to Unallocated.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/543455299793584153/572162136541757472/unknown.png
I would really like to utilize it for my boot drive, but I haven't got a clue how to make it work.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/543455299793584153/572162136541757472/unknown.png
I would really like to utilize it for my boot drive, but I haven't got a clue how to make it work.
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"Access denied" to your image.
Upload it to ingur.com, and post the BBCode link here.
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www.imgur.com or www.tinypic.com
Then copy the "use for direct layouts" link after uploading. Then click the image button on the formatting toolbar above your post and insert the link. Then click ok.
Then copy the "use for direct layouts" link after uploading. Then click the image button on the formatting toolbar above your post and insert the link. Then click ok.
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"it" ? What it?
As this screencap appears to be before you did something....it is totally unclear where you are or what you're trying to do.
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