Copying Windows to another drive

[mousegoclick]

Is it as simple as ctrl c + ctrl v, or do I need a tool. 

[JoostinOnline]

You need to clone it.  There are several utilities to do it, such as EaseUS Todo Backup.  It often doesn't work though.  Windows doesn't like being copied to another drive.  That's why fresh installs are always the recommended path.

[SupaKomputa]

No, you need a tool called disk cloner.

Don't do fresh install before you try cloning.

Fresh install is the last thing when all options failed.

[WereCatf]

15 minutes ago, mousegoclick said:

Is it as simple as ctrl c + ctrl v, or do I need a tool. 

As others said, you need a tool. Macrium Reflect is a good tool for that.

[SupaKomputa]

4 minutes ago, WereCatf said:

As others said, you need a tool. Macrium Reflect is a good tool for that.

is it free to do full cloning?

[WereCatf]

3 minutes ago, SupaKomputa said:

is it free to do full cloning?

Aye, I've used it myself.

[SupaKomputa]

Just now, WereCatf said:

Aye, I've used it myself.

Does it resize while cloning, last time i tried it, only for pro.

[WereCatf]

1 minute ago, SupaKomputa said:

Does it resize while cloning, last time i tried it, only for pro.

At least when I tried it, it did resizing as well. I moved my mother-in-law's stuff from a broken 500GB HDD to a 240GB SSD. I certainly have never paid anything for this app.

[homeap5]

Less questions, more action. You get recommendations, so now install Macrium Reflect (or other tool) and you'll get rest of answers just by checking available options.