Windows 10: I have some questions about replacing a hard drive

(My english isnt very good so just bear with me)

I have been thinking about replacing my 250 gb hard drive on my pc for a 1tb hard drive. But this is my first time replacing something on my pc so i have a few questions

1. 
   What do i have to do before replacing my hard drive
   
   
2. 
   Does my windows 10 transfer to the new hard drive or do i have to back up windows 10 on a usb?
   

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Windows 10, Occasional Error, No Hard Drive, after Hard Drive Replacement

Hi,

System corruption can cause issues detecting your computer's hard drive. For us to properly investigate on your concern, we'd like to confirm the following information:

• On which cases do you receive the startup error?
• Aside from replacing the hard drive, have you made any significant changes to your device prior to this happening?
• Have you tried plugging in the replaced hard drive to another computer to check if the same thing occurs?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

We will be waiting for your reply so we can move forward to resolving your query.

 

Replacing a laptop hard drive with a SSD

I have a Dell Latitude E5420 laptop which has a Windows 10 Pro O/S. I would appreciate a step by step guide on the procedure to replace the hard drive with a Solid State drive; specifically dealing with the transfer of all the software from the old drive to the new. I have an external hard drive I use for backups and a free version of the Macrium Reflect program on the hard drive. The SSD is brand new. I have just 50 GB in total on the 231 GB hard drive. The SSD has 250 GB capacity.

 

replacement hard drive

Hi,

To answer your question if you can change/replace your hard drive with a bigger/larger capacity, yes, you may. Once you've changed/replaced it, you may refer to this
article and follow the steps to reactivate Windows 10 after a hardware change.

We would appreciate it if you could get back to us and provide us your feedback.