Windows 10: how to clone from old ssd which includes Windows 10 Pro to new ssd which has Windows 10 Home

Some time ago I purchased a new SSD sata card to replace the HDD. The HDD drive had Windows 10 Pro OS pre installed. My intention was to transfer everything over to the new SSD card and use the HDD for storage. So I cloned everything over, including the operating system, using Macrium Reflect and everything worked perfectly. I have now purchased a new PC. This one runs an SSD drive directly from the motherboard. It also has Windows 10 Home as its OS. My intention is to again go through the cloning process and to use the old SSD for storage. However, I think I am going to strike a problem beca

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Unable to Boot to Windows 10 after Cloning old SSD to new SSD

Hi,

I'm not using the SATA ports. I'm using M.2 with the SSD, and the external SSD is connected to my PC using USB. My MB only has only one M.2 socket, so I can only plug in one SSD at a time. (I bought a wrong adapter that doesn't work with NVMe) So I cloned
my old SSD to an external SSD (Samsung M3 Portable SSD), and then swapped the old one, cloned the external SSD to my new SSD.

I tried AOMEI too, but the free version does not come with disk clone functions. I would probably try Macrium Reflect as suggested above. Thank you!

 

Unable to Boot to Windows 10 after Cloning old SSD to new SSD

Hi,

My old SSD (with windows 10 installed) is not big enough, so I bought a new one,
Samsung 970 EVO with NVMe. After cloning my old SSD to the new one using
Clonezilla and replacing the SSD, I was not able to boot to Windows. I selected the Windows Boot Manager in the BIOS but it got stuck. Even if I got into Windows, it is asking me to reset Windows, which is not what I wanted. The troubleshooting
tools do not work either.

I searched online and found people saying it's probably the BIOS setup. I have a Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI motherboard, and I could not find the NVMe setting here.

I cloned the SSD by creating a disk image of the old SSD onto an external hard drive, and then recovered the image to the new SSD.

I know reinstalling Windows could probably fix the problem, but I don't want to do that. That's why I'm trying to clone my SSD. Can someone help with that? Thanks!

Best,

Allen

UPDATE 6/17/19:

When selecting boot device in BIOS, my old SSD's name is "P0: SanDisk X400 SSD 120G", and my HDD's name is "P1: TOSHIBA DT01ACA 2TB". After installing the new SSD, the name appeared in BIOS does not have the "P0:". It's
only "Samsung 970 EVO plus 500G". Would that be the problem? If yes, how can I fix it?

 

Moving to SSD. Clone or not to clone?

I kinda agree with you, but on a wholr, do not. While I have done things a bit differently than this specific situation, by installing Windows directly to the SSD, and cloning after, my testing shows that there are no issues doing this, very little that can go wrong, provided your system is stable.

There are certain features that must be disabled in this situation, like auto defrag and such, but even with a fresh install to the SSD, you need to take steps to ensure that you SSD performs properly, regardless of how the data got there.

Arming yourself with a bit of knowledge can go a long way.

Installing the latest chipset driver, and the RST Tools, will ensure optimal performance of the SSD. but rather than taking my advice, I suggest the OP takes a look here:

http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/sand...7-and-ssds-to-clone-windows-or-reinstall.aspx

Installing The SSD - Install A Solid State Drive In Your Notebook | Tom's Hardware

Keep in mind, also, Digibucc, that many retail drives include software and such that very specifically is to be used to ttranser the OS from an existing mechanical drive to an SSD, and if there really was alot fo issues stemming from the cloning process, they would not have packages like that, simply to eliminate tech support costs. While not the optimal option, cloning is NOT a bad thing, as long as you take the nessecary steps.