Is there any way for me to clone all my data (including windows) from my 500GB sata ssd to a new 1TB NVMe? thanks!
#Transferring OS from SATA SSD to NVMe
distant mantle
obtuse rock
Generally people here say you shouldn’t copy/clone a windows install. While it can work perfectly fine, it’s also prone to issues & weird bugs.
Best approach is to install fresh & copy whatever documents/pictures/games you want, then re-install all the programs again. Trust me, its more worth your time
Pro tip- unplug the SATA drive when installing windows on the nvme
There’s a long-standing windows bug that can cause fuckery if another drive is present during installation
digital acorn
download macrium reflect and clone it using either the software in windows or by usb recovery creation
if the hardware is the same cloning is perfectly fine as long as the OS is good
distant mantle
Generally people here say you shouldn’t copy/clone a windows install. While it c...
install fresh in reference to Windows?
obtuse rock
install fresh in reference to Windows?
Yes
distant mantle
ah so the whole media creation tool process with the USB and all that right?
obtuse rock
Yeah, stick around here long enough and you’ll see too many people get their windows fucked up by cloning tools, reputable or not
distant mantle
my question is if i do that, would i end up having the activate windows watermark again?
obtuse rock
no, if you link your current boot to your windows account (which you probably already did) you can transfer that activation to another drive
distant mantle
oh right!! my bad
obtuse rock
when installing, say you don’t have a key, then once done, go to Activation in the settings and tell it you’re transferring