Windows 10: recovery partition/USB on new hard drive, Keeping OS on old hard drive, re-installing...

Discus and support recovery partition/USB on new hard drive, Keeping OS on old hard drive, re-installing... in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; If a wish to clone my HDD to my SSD to make it the boot drive, and then remove the HDD from the PC, can I include the recovery partition in the cloning... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by OYRC, Jan 8, 2019.

  1. OYRC
    OYRC Win User

    recovery partition/USB on new hard drive, Keeping OS on old hard drive, re-installing...


    1. If a wish to clone my HDD to my SSD to make it the boot drive, and then remove the HDD from the PC, can I include the recovery partition in the cloning process? Is it something specific to the hard drive it's on, and wouldn't work on a different hard drive?
    2. LIkewise, can a recovery USB made from the OS booting from the HDD be used for all its recovery related operations on the new SSD as well, or is it specific to the HDD?
    3. After the cloning process is complete and the OS is booting up from the SSD without problem, could I leave the OS on my HDD and use it as a sort of 'back up' OS, in that if there were ever any probelm with the SSD, I could just remove it and re-install the HDD and boot from it? If relevant, the windows 10 licence is OEM.
    4. I have read that it is no longer possible to reinstall Windows 10 from the recovery USB drive. If so, how would a person go about reinstalling Windows 10 on their PC when required? Is there any option other than the media creation tool?

    Thanks

    :)
     
    OYRC, Jan 8, 2019
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  2. ROSE FAMILY
    Rose Family Win User

    Can I use recovery drive to reinstall Windows 10 on new hard drive?

    Hi,

    I created USB recovery drive from old HDD then I deleted partition old HDD and I purchased new hard drive then I removed old hard drive then install new hard drive in my computer.

    Can I use USB recovery drive to reinstall Windows 10 on new hard drive in computer?
     
    Rose Family, Jan 8, 2019
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  3. MSAP14
    Msap14 Win User
    Hard Drive Data Recovery

    got a laptop pata hard drive that makes a slight constant clicking noise. hard drive is more than likely dead/dying right... i can see that partitions of the hard drive in disk management and i can see the partitions in my computer but i can't get to any of the data.

    any suggestions?
     
    Msap14, Jan 8, 2019
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  4. KURSAH
    Kursah Win User

    recovery partition/USB on new hard drive, Keeping OS on old hard drive, re-installing...

    Hard drive partitioning

    I partition during a windows install...granted I only format the OS partition during that setup, format the other partition(s) after OS install. Works fine fore me, XP and Vista installs both have worked fine for years doing this, otherwise, Partition Magic does the trick.

    *Toast :toast:
     
    Kursah, Jan 8, 2019
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