Windows 10: Fix Cloned SSD or Hard Disk won’t boot Windows 10 or Windows 11

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To eliminate the need to reinstall Windows 11 or Windows 10 on a new drive, most PC users prefer to directly clone the HDD and then migrate the installation to the SSD – but in some cases, after transferring the Windows installation to the SSD, the drive may fail to boot entirely or the error […]

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Windows 10

I suggest you
clone OS to SSD.

Step 1. Connect the SSD to your computer.

Step 2. Clone OS to SSD.

Step 3. Enter into BIOS and set the cloned SSD as the first boot disk and boot from it.

Step 4. As for the old hard drive, you can reformat the hard drive and take it as your secondary storage after cloning.

 

Query about cloning hard disk to ssd and its effect on the licence

Hi Thavidu,

With respect to Windows 10 activation: changing the hard disk does not affect activation. You will need a license for Windows 10 only if you change the motherboard and/or CPU.

I would suggest you to check the suggestions by BulldogXX from the link mentioned below and see if it helps.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...e-to-ssd/9319c1e1-a0db-4f8f-b2c5-7c8d1e76c288

Please revert if you need any further assistance regarding the cloning of the hard disk.

Thank you.

 

Moving to SSD. Clone or not to clone?

Part of how I keep my SSD fast is to clone it to a platter drive, then clone back. You just want to make sure that you are only cloning teh used space, and not the empty space.


So, again, I isntall Windows to the ssd. Clone to platter drive, then clone back.

I am not sure why, but if I do not do the clone step, the drive's speed, and windows booting, decreases substantially within a week or so.

I am using a Corsair F60 SSD and a Western Digital 500AAKS as drives, and using the free version of Acronis that WD provides, if any of that matters. I am not sure, at this point.