Windows 10: Transfer OS to SATA SSD from HDD

Hello everyone,

I have old PC with system configuration as below:

Processor-Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 2.93GHz

RAM:2GB

MotherBoard:Asus P5kpl-am/ps

HDD:WD 512GB

No Graphics Card,Intel stock cooler.

Recnetly I have upgraded the PC from windows 7 professional 32bit to Windows 10 Pro so I have digital license only.After up-gradation I am not able to use edge,Microsoft Store since then I have asked for solution but it did not workout.

Just gave these information just to give any help for current question that I am about to ask.

"The system is very slow" so I am thinking of upgrading to SATA SSD from the current HDD so I want to know -

1.how can I transfer my os which is present currently in HDD to SSD.

2.Will I get any performance increase I am asking although I know that performance will increse.

3.Will there be any chance that I have to enter activation key for my OS during any step on upgradation. As I do not have any activation key for Windows 10 what have was for Windows 7.

Any help any suggestion will be very helpful for my adventure on becoming a Geeky!.

Thanks in advance for the response.

:)

 

SATA HDD recognised as SSD

Hi. My SATA HDD is recognised as a SSD and Windows 10 will not perform defragmentation on it as a result; which I appreciate. I've tried many of the prescribed procedures mentioned on forums but to no effect. I'm pretty convinced that the problem lies
in the fact I have installed a SSD in my machine. Windows is recognising the correct size of my SATA HDD however and the SSD isn't showing up quite rightly as its Linux formatted. Using a third party defragmentation program exactly the same problem occurs,
however I was able to defragment my C drive using it as it just warned against it and didn't prohibit me. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

SATA HDD recognised as SSD

Just occurred to me. Could it be that the primary boot drive is the Linux SSD. I've got a feeling this could

be the problem. I'm not sure how to configure Windows 10 to boot from the SATA HDD. I will try reinstalling the drivers and look into the BIOS but would appreciate your take on my suggestion.

 

SATA HDD recognised as SSD

Hey There!

Have you tried to reinstall the HDD drivers ? You may need to download them from the contructor website support.

Also, check the BIOS settings if they are set to SATA and not SSD