Windows 10: win_11 new....how to i copy all my windows OS in C to a USB drive........? this system is...

its all been rearranged how cute

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Installing windows off of a USB stick

Step By Step from vista:
From admin cmd prompt

1. diskpart
1a. list disk
2. select disk 1 (replace 1 with your usb drive)
3. clean
4. create partition primary
5. select partition 1 (replace 1 with your usb drive)
6. active
7. format fs=fat32
8. assign
9. exit

Copy Windows Vista's DVD ROM content to the Flash Drive

xcopy d:\*.* /s/e/f e:\ (d being your vista cd and e being your usb stick)

And that's it, boot off your usb disk

 

Replacing old hard drive, need way to copy Windows installation across

Hey Guys,
What would be the best way of copying/imaging the entire contents of an old system drive over to a replacement hard disk for the same machine? I need to copy the Windows installations and all other data to the new drive, and then format the old drive to use as a backup.

Any suggestions? *Smile

 

how to copy the existing Windows 10 installation to the new drive and how to make the new drive the active OS drive.

Original Title - Change Windows 10 hard drive

I just added two hard drives to my tower. I found instructions for copying the existing Windows 10 installation to the new drive online, but it seems to be missing a last step - how to make the new drive the active OS drive.

Here is my current situation. I have Windows 10 installed on my C: drive. I copied C: to H: and changed the BIOS boot order to have H: drive first, I think. However, it still seems to be booting from C: drive, and I verified this by trying to format C: drive
and being warned that it contains Windows, so it can't be deleted.

How should I resolve this issue?