Transfer Windows 10 Installation to New Hard Drive
When using the Windows 10 computers for a while, most of us have a plan to upgrade the old hard drive to a bigger one and it seems unavoidable. Then the issue comes. How to transfer Windows 10 installation to new hard drive from an old one? Because the existing Windows 10 operating system runs great and we don't want to reinstall it and all applications. However, simply copying the Windows 10 operating system and applications to your new hard drive doesn't work.
So how will you do to migrate or move Windows 10 to new hard drive? What you need is a disk cloning software, which can help to transfer the whole Windows system including boot files, hidden ones and installed applications to your new hard drive, saving lots of time and work.
Recommended method to transfer Windows 10 to new hard drive
QILING Disk Master is the best backup & recovery and disk clone software, which can help you to transfer Windows 10 system from old hard drive to new hard drive with a few clicks. This software allows you to clone every file and app to hard drive exactly the same. And no data loss trouble will happen.
Transfer Windows 10 to new hard drive with QILING Disk Master
QILING Disk Master allows users to move Windows 10 installations to new hard drive with simple clicks. And users can perform Windows 10 transferring job easily. Download this software and follow the next steps to start migrating system and installations right now.
If you are trying to clone Windows 10 to a new HDD or SSD disk, please do remember to empty the disk in advance.
One more thing that you can do is to convert your HDD/SSD disk to MBR or GPT - exact the same as your current system disk, which will allow you to effortlessly boot system after cloning Windows system.
Let's see how to clone your Windows 10 OS to a new HDD/SSD without reinstallation Windows OS now:
Step 1. Connect the new HDD/SSD to your PC.
Step 2. Run Qiling Disk Master for Windows 10 Clone.
Select "System Clone" on the "Tools and utilities" by clicking the icon.
Step 3. On the source window, click "Next" button to continue.
Step 4. Choose the destination disk - HDD/SSD to save Windows 10 system, and click "Next" button to continue.
Choose the new HDD or SSD as your target disk for saving the cloned Windows 10 system.
Step 5. Then click "Proceed" to start cloning Windows 10 to HDD/SSD now.
After this, insert your new HDD or SSD into your computer and reboot PC, change the boot order to set computer boot from new HDD/SSD with cloned Windows 10 system:
- Restart PC and press F2 or F8 to enter BIOS settings.
- In the Boot option, select new HDD/SSD as the new boot drive and save all the changes.
- Exit BIOS and restart the computer, you should be able to see Windows 10 running on your new disk without any problems.
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