How to clone my old SSD (Connected to my desktop PC motherboard) to a new Samsung 850 Evo SSD that I will use in my laptop?

[kemal05]

What kind of cables do i need? I would like to clone it using 3.0 port. And what program do i need? Thanks

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

Does the old SSD currently have your laptop's Windows installation on it, or does that Windows installation belong to your desktop PC?

 

[kemal05]

Does the old SSD currently have your laptop's Windows installation on it, or does that Windows installation belong to your desktop PC?

The old SSD has a new windows installation and some games which i would like to transfer to the new ssd.

 

[kemal05]

Does the old SSD currently have your laptop's Windows installation on it, or does that Windows installation belong to your desktop PC?

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Will this work in order to clone my desktop ssd to new ssd of same size?

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

That doesn't answer what I'm trying to discover so I''l put it another way.

Did you install Windows on the old SSD while it was in your desktop PC or while it was in your laptop?

(and please don't send two posts before you've had a reply to the first one).

 

[kemal05]

That doesn't answer what I'm trying to discover so I''l put it another way.

Did you install Windows on the old SSD while it was in your desktop PC or while it was in your laptop?

While it was on my desktop. Will this cause driver issues for my laptop?

 

[kemal05]

That doesn't answer what I'm trying to discover so I''l put it another way.

Did you install Windows on the old SSD while it was in your desktop PC or while it was in your laptop?

While it was on my desktop. Will this cause driver issues for my laptop?

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

Yes indeed. It's got all the wrong drivers installed on it for your laptop, and the registry contains hardware ID that doesn't match your laptop. You can't use that installation on your laptop whichever way you try to do it.

You have to install Windows on the computer you intend to run it on, you can't subsequently move it to another computer, whether by cloning or any other method.

 

[kemal05]

Yes indeed. It's got all the wrong drivers installed on it for your laptop, and the registry contains hardware ID that doesn't match your laptop. You can't use that installation on your laptop whichever way you try to do it.

You have to install Windows on the computer you intend to run it on, you can't subsequently move it to another computer, whether by cloning or any other method.

Thanks for the help. However I don't have a genuine windows installation disc or anything - this pc was built for me by the local tech shop. How will i get to do a fresh windows isntallation on the ssd? (There is a genuine copy of Windows 10 on the 750 gb HDD on the laptop though)

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

"There is a genuine copy of Windows 10 on the 750 gb HDD on the laptop though"

Well that's the one you need to be cloning on to the new SSD then, except you will be struggling because its a 750GB capacity HDD, yet your new 850 Evo SSD will probably be considerably less than that - - right?

 

[kemal05]

"There is a genuine copy of Windows 10 on the 750 gb HDD on the laptop though"

Well that's the one you need to be cloning on to the new SSD then, except you will be struggling because its a 750GB capacity HDD, yet your new 850 Evo SSD will probably be considerably less than that - - right?

The new SSD wil have 250 gb storage. Will it work if i format my hard disk so it has only windows, and then i clone that? What do i need to clone it to ssd then? SATA to usb cable? Can you send me a link to one on amazon.co.uk?