Windows 10: Failed drive, move to SSD, new Win10 and migration of windows.old files

Discus and support Failed drive, move to SSD, new Win10 and migration of windows.old files in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; Had my system drive fail, and split system to new SSD drive with a reinstallation of Windows 10. It's a new install, so I have no old programs, etc.... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by RLionheartIX, Nov 12, 2019.

  1. Failed drive, move to SSD, new Win10 and migration of windows.old files


    Had my system drive fail, and split system to new SSD drive with a reinstallation of Windows 10. It's a new install, so I have no old programs, etc. on it. I have a backup drive of my windows.old from when I tried to reinstall the OS onto the old bad drive. I am having trouble finding a way to read the registry files in windows.old in order to retrieve keys for various software reinstalls. I have the programs but need several keys due to them no longer being supported by their creators. (Nuance has literally told me that they would only sell me a new version, but discontinued support for all five versions of their software I've purchased throughout the years!) Can I use regedit and be able to edit or even READ the files in windows.old registry or do I need to purchase a program to do this? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

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    RLionheartIX, Nov 12, 2019
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    Migrating Win10 to NVMe SSD

    I am going to migrate my Win10 to my NVMe SSD. Installation wise there should be no problem. However I cannot seem to be able to erase the old Windows 10 on the SATA SSD. If I boot from USB Win10 Installation media it only ask me whether I want to repair the SATA SSD Win10 or not. Any ideas on how to complete erase the SSD that currently have Win10 on it? I tried sanitize drive and PSID revert in Win10, neither would work. The SATA SSD is Crucial MX200.
     
    xkm1948, Nov 12, 2019
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  3. Win10 migration to SSD

    I am adding an SSD and want to migrate Win10 to it. My current HDD has too many files on it to migrate all, because the size of the SSD is smaller than the HDD. Where can I find out what files and folders are essential to operate Win10 and exclude all
    other files so I can meet the size requirements of my SSD?
     
    RonaldSwartzell, Nov 12, 2019
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  4. Failed drive, move to SSD, new Win10 and migration of windows.old files

    Migrate Win10 to a new Harddisk

    I want to upgrade my hard disk to a new SSD drive.

    How can I migrate my Win10 system to the new drive.
     
    AmmarAnswers, Nov 12, 2019
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