Windows 10: I swapped my Hard Drive to an SSD and now my internet is slow and takes 5 mins to work!

So I got a new SSD for Christmas and used it to replace my 2TB Hard drive but when I replaced it, it is slow and it takes 5 mins for it to connect to my ethernet cable upon turning on my pc.The ethernet cable is perfectly fine, I have tested it on a laptop and it produces high speeds.My PC does not take 5 mins to connect to ethernet at my Uni flat, so it is only on my Home ethernet cable.I have also tried swapping the Hard Drive and SSD back to how it was originally and the ethernet connects straight away, how it should.I figure there's something on the Hard drive that the SSD is missing but I

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swapping out hard drive

can I swap out my hard drive for a ssd and not have to buy another windows os?

 

Cloning to SSD then swapping drive letters


@SamHobbs
What you want done is very simple and can be done in short period of time. Here's my suggestion:
There's 2 modes that Windows can be installed: UEFI and the old legacy MBR. Open Disk Management, look at the disk where your C drive is, if there's a

1. EFI System Partition, your Windows was installed using UEFI.
2. System Reserved partition, your Windows was installed using MBR

Next, Connect your SSD to an available Sata port (no need to format or do anything). Download: Macrium Reflect Free . Install and run. Follow the steps below:

1. From Macrium, click on image this disk under your C drive and save it to either an Internal or External Drive. This will create a single backup image of the whole disk containing your C drive.
2. Again, from Macrium, click on Restore tab and select the image created from step 1, Select your SSD as the destination drive, click Next->Finish
3. Exit Macrium. If your Windows was installed using MBR, Open disk management and make sure the SSD is marked "Active" else go to next step.
4. Shutdown your PC. Disconnect the HD containing Windows C drive then connect your SSD to it.
5. Reboot. Your PC should boot and the Windows should have C as the drive letter.

NOTE: The procedure above is to backup your Windows to an image file then copy it back to the SSD. This ensures proper cluster size aligment for the SSD. In addition, Macrium also perform Trimming for the SSD. This is more preferable than cloning.

 

Swapping hard drives.

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I have recently purachsed a new laptop. A dell Inspiron 5570 and it came with a 1TB Hard Disk Drive.

I also purchased a solid state drive with the plan to swap rhem out.

I cant seem to figure out how to migrate the OS and files from the HDD to the SSD.

I cannot boot from the SSD nor will it allow ke to use rje recovery drive i created to install the OS.