Windows 10: I am replacing HDD with SSD in my Dell machine which has w10 single user loaded on it....

I am replacing HDD with SSD in my Dell machine which has w10 single user loaded on it. What do I have to do for installing on SSD? Please advise.

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Replacing HDD wit SSD and drivers.

I am trying to replace an HDD drive with an SSD drive. I have replaced the drives, I used the media creation tool to create a bootable flash drive and then installed Windows 10 on the machine. It has gotten to the point where it says: "A media driver your computer needs is missing" Was I supposed to copy the drivers from the old hard drive? If so, how? It is a Dell Opliplex 5260 All in one.

 

using SSD to replace HDD in Dell D830 running XP

1. Clone the HDD to the SSD if you can find cloning software that supports XP or...
   
2. Do a clean install of XP to the SSD after backing up your data.
   

 

Motherboard and SSD Replacement: Need Backup Advice

As I understood, a Dell technician will go to your house and replace the MB and the SSD.

You must have to do some homework before he arrives.
- Make a Disk image of both drives (SSD and HDD) and save it to an external drive.
- As they will take the old SSD and MB, I suggest you wipe the SSD (it has many user data on it) before he arrive as it can take some hours to clean all clusters.

To wipe the SSD:
- Disconnect the HDD from the MB.
- Boot from a Windows installation media (USB, DVD, etc.) When the Windows setup wizard shows up, simultaneously press the Shift + F10 keys on your keyboard. It will open a CMD window. Type:

diskpart
list disk (it will list all drives. Identify the SSD drive number)
select disk n (replace n by the SSD drive number obtained with list disk)
clean all
exit (to exit diskpart)