Windows 10: Cloned Windows 10 Boot drive ahead of a PC Upgrade and windows 11 install

Discus and support Cloned Windows 10 Boot drive ahead of a PC Upgrade and windows 11 install in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; Ahead of upgrading my desktop system, I cloned my 8'ish year old 256GB M.2 boot drive to a 2T M.2. That worked great, a build the new PC, reauthorized... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by Eric Smith5, May 5, 2024.

  1. Cloned Windows 10 Boot drive ahead of a PC Upgrade and windows 11 install


    Ahead of upgrading my desktop system, I cloned my 8'ish year old 256GB M.2 boot drive to a 2T M.2. That worked great, a build the new PC, reauthorized windows and it's up and working. My eventual goal is to upgrade to Windows 11 Pro I already own the media.But disk 3 the boot drive... yes I have 4 drives. has a chunk of unused space that I'd like to combine into the C: partition because it's nearly full. I am unable to upload the image of the Disk Management software in this website. I've tried all 3 ways I could find and all error out from chrome or Edge, with no ad/script blockers.

    :)
     
    Eric Smith5, May 5, 2024
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  2. CK011885 Win User

    Installing Windows 10 on New PC?

    I'm going to be building a new PC on Christmas and want to install Windows 10 on it. I have Windows 10 on my current PC, which I installed upgrading from 8.1 with the files on a USB. How do I go about installing a clean copy of Windows 10 on this new PC? I think I recall something about installing it once makes Microsoft recognize your hardware, but since this will be a PC I'm not sure what steps I need to take. Do I need to go 8.1 -> 10 or is there a method of going directly to 10?
     
    CK011885, May 5, 2024
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  3. r.h.p Win User
    Installing Windows 10 on New PC?

    What's your intended PC specs ??
     
    r.h.p, May 5, 2024
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  4. Nordic Win User

    Cloned Windows 10 Boot drive ahead of a PC Upgrade and windows 11 install

    Windows 10 upgrade problem, no input accepted

    I really hate having to come here and ask for help, but I really am stumped. It hurts my geek pride. I have a PC with fairly modern hardware in it. It has a p8p67 pro in it. I have tried upgrading windows 10 on it twice now. Both times I have had the same result.

    After windows finishes upgrading it goes to the log in/set up screen. I can't do anything. No keyboard or mouse input is accepted.

    I will list some, or hopefully all, of the troubleshooting steps I have tried:
    • Move keyboard and mouse to different USB ports.
    • Try different keyboard or mouse.
    • Restart computer, repeatedly.
    • Google for related issues.
    • Update Bios, because why not.
    • Create boot media and revert to windows 7.
    The windows 10 system restore boot media works fine with keyboard and mouse. All USB ports work in windows 7. I don't know what is wrong. I suspect that windows 10 is lacking a driver of some sort, but since the computer accepts no input I have no way of checking for which driver let alone installing it.

    Please help me figure this out. If I have to revert back to windows 7 again, I am not going to get it upgraded to windows 10. Thank you in advanced.
     
    Nordic, May 5, 2024
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