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For instance:
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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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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
[/end ignore]
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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Or, a fresh Windows install on the new drive:
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so basically the other option is that i buy a windows key and install it in the new ssdOr, a fresh Windows install on the new drive:
How To - Windows 10 clean install tutorial
Windows 10 Clean install tutorial This tutorial is intended to help you, step by step, to perform a clean install of Windows version 10, build 1709 or newer but can be equally applied to earlier installer versions which may simply lack some of the Cortana assisted settings screens but should...
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No.
You do NOT need to buy a new Windows license.
You'll be reinstalling in this same PC, just on a different drive. No new license needed.
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is it possible for me to buy a windows key, put it on the new ssd, remove the sata ssd with windows installed and the hdd and just copy and paste all of my files into the new ssd?
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"im going to give my sata ssd and hdd to my sister "
To go into WHAT PC?
That system WILL need a new OS install.
It may or may not need a new OS license purchase.
YOUR system does NOT need a new Windows license purchase.
Just a new install on the new Crucial P3.
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the sata ssd and hdd will go to my sisters new pc, that i will build for her. i thought that since windows was installed on that ssd, it would transfer onto any other pc
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A Windows install is not generally transferable.
You can't just move it between systems like you could a stick of RAM.
It WILL need a fresh OS install.
Seeing as it is a new system, it will also need its own Windows license. This gets applied during the OS install.
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oh okay, so if i decide to clone my sata ssd and delete all the files off it, how will windows boot if it is not transferable?
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"Not transferable" is for moving between different systems.
A new drive in the same system...no problem.
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no i mean once i put the sata ssd in my sisters new build, how will i get windows to boot?
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You cant just copy and paste programs over from the old SSD over to a new drive. If you are talking about just the files (Documents, pictures, downloads, etc) then yes you can. Go to C:\Users\(youruser) and copy everything there to a usb or something and plop it on your newly installed drive. That will NOT transfer your programs though, just your files.
If you want to copy everything (what he means by CLONE) you need to follow these steps
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If you put your sata ssd that has windows on it in your sisters new build its highly likely it wont work (Still possible though) because it has different device drivers installed to that windows ssd
Give it a try though, it could just work when you plop it in I've seen it before (However you might need to rebuy a new copy of windows from a keystore for 20$ because windows will detect its a new machine and ask you to reactivate it)
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Even that is problematic, due to permissions.
Can be done, but the permissions thig is a speedbump.
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Only permissions issues I've ran into when doing that is app-specific appdata files, but since the programs wont be transferred over in this case it does not matter if those permission-needed files are skipped
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If you copy the whole Documents lib, and then try to access that from a new OS and user, it will initially deny.
That folder is permission locked to the old user.
The files within are not, but the folder is.
The easiest way around this is to copy only the files within...not the Libraries.
Documents/Pictures/Videos/
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That is when you do a full wipe and reinstall.
Since you will have previously saved any data from that drive you do not wish to lose, not a problem.
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okay, im about to clone my files and stuff, will cloning the sata ssd transfer where the windows is installed?
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"clone my files and stuff,"
Please tell us exactly what you're doing. Step by step.
Explain it to me like I'm a new person.
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i download some software
i remove the hdd because i need to for the cloning process
i clone my sata ssd onto my nvme ssd
i clone everything from my hdd to my nvme ssd
i delete everything from the sata ssd and hdd
i give the ssd and hdd to my sister
all my files are in the new ssd
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i clone my sata ssd onto my nvme ssd
i clone everything from my hdd to my nvme ssd
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You cannot do both of those.
The act of 'cloning' wipes out everything on the target drive.
What 'files' are on the HDD?
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Your VPN whatever will need to be reinstalled.
Your games may possibly be able to be copied (not cloned) to a space on the new drive. For instance, things on the Steam platform.
Then, you tell the Steam client where those are.
Other games that were standalone installed, will need to be installed again.
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okay, so i should just delete everything off my hdd? or do i just can i just move the game (gta) to the new ssd
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