Windows 10: How to transfer Windows from SATA HDD to NVMe M.2 SSD

As the title says, I want to transfer windows from my HDD to the SSD I'm going to add so that boot times and stuff doesn't take forever. I really don't care about losing data/apps/documents that are in the HDD, I just want to transfer Windows to the SSD and I'll start from there. I haven't found any viable ways I've found online because all I've found requires having you to back up the drive and as I said, I don't want to keep the data that's on my HDD, I just want to be able to move windows itself from the HDD to the SSD and make that the boot drive and just make the HDD extra storage or some

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cloning sata ssd to m.2 nvme

Hi so i'm planning on building a new pc and my main storage drive on it will be an m.2 nvme and i want to clone my current pc's main sata ssd with my windows install on it to the new pc, I already know how to clone sata ssd to m.2 nvme and keep all my old files and keep windows but i'm wondering if there will be any hardware problems since my new pc will have a completely different motherboard, cpu and gpu, if there is any hardware problems is there anyway to get around it? or would i just have to install windows by itself on the new m.2 nvme and then afterward copy all the files except windows from the old ssd

 

SATA SSD and M.2 SSD

i was with a ssd sata and now i have ssd m.2, i formatted and put windows 11 in m.2, but i did not remove the ssd sata, i can only boot windows with the ssd sata connected, if i remove it windows does not boot to m.2



obs: windows was installed on m.2 but the ssd sata was still connected, but windows was 100% installed on m.2, is there any way I can set m.2 as primary? (when i removed the ssd sata it did not recognize windows)

Sorry for my bad English

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cloning sata ssd to m.2 nvme

When you clone SATA SSD to NVMe SSD there isn't required drivers on Windows and it will not boot, but it can be fixed by booting in safe mode. (I did this few days ago when upgrade old laptop with NMVe SSD.)

When you boot first time with that new NVMe disk it fail and you have two options how to enter safe mode.

Option 1) Let it fail until it attempt to automatic repair and when you see this screen select Advanced repair options to enter repair environment.





Option 2) When OS start boot and you see those spinning dots push power button to force power off, on third boot it will open repair environment.

When you are in repair environment follow these instructions to boot in safe mode.

PCIe SSD not booting after cloning from SATA SSD/HDD | Crucial.com

This will install correct NVMe driver and boot to screen asking user name and password. At that point do not enter anything, just use power button on lower right cornet on screen to restart. Now it should boot normal mode and you can sign-in.