Windows 10: transfering an existing windows 10 hard drive with programs to a new windows 10 pc.

Discus and support transfering an existing windows 10 hard drive with programs to a new windows 10 pc. in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; my network cable was hit by lightning and fried the mother board. The hard drive is ok. I was told I could use my drive in a new pc and not loose any... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by 2old4it, Nov 18, 2020.

  1. 2OLD4IT
    2old4it Win User

    transfering an existing windows 10 hard drive with programs to a new windows 10 pc.


    my network cable was hit by lightning and fried the mother board. The hard drive is ok. I was told I could use my drive in a new pc and not loose any programs or data on it. The drive is a SSD drive with a windows 10 system on it. I was told something about migrating the drive to a new pc. I have no idea what I am doing. The instructions I got were: boot up from windows 10 - change set up mode to Legacy?? and HDD to AHCI mode. Is this possible? I could really do with some simple instructions as I am not very pc literate. Could someone please help??

    :)
     
    2old4it, Nov 18, 2020
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  2. AHHZZ
    Ahhzz Win User

    Windows 10 Tweaks

    Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

    Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

    • Open a new Explorer window.
    • Click View in the ribbon.
    • Click Options.
    • Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
    • Click OK


    credit to Lifehacker.
     
    Ahhzz, Nov 18, 2020
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  3. CK011885
    CK011885 Win User
    Installing Windows 10 on New PC?

    I'm going to be building a new PC on Christmas and want to install Windows 10 on it. I have Windows 10 on my current PC, which I installed upgrading from 8.1 with the files on a USB. How do I go about installing a clean copy of Windows 10 on this new PC? I think I recall something about installing it once makes Microsoft recognize your hardware, but since this will be a PC I'm not sure what steps I need to take. Do I need to go 8.1 -> 10 or is there a method of going directly to 10?
     
    CK011885, Nov 18, 2020
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  4. R.H.P
    r.h.p Win User

    transfering an existing windows 10 hard drive with programs to a new windows 10 pc.

    Installing Windows 10 on New PC?

    What's your intended PC specs ??
     
    r.h.p, Nov 18, 2020
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