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[g0ated]

I recently download my os on a slower ssd and wanted to know if there was way to move the os without losing my files and data to my nvme

[NF-A12x25]

back up your files and reinstall- there are disk cloning utilities but they aren’t always great and reinstalling is a much better option

[Kid.Lazer]

5 minutes ago, NF-A12x25 said:

back up your files and reinstall- there are disk cloning utilities but they aren’t always great and reinstalling is a much better option

I'm sorry, but that is terrible advice. Cloning causes no harm and is orders of magnitude easier and faster to accomplish versus reinstalling everything from scratch.

 

OP, look into the vast sea of free programs to accomplish your goal. I'm a big proponent of Macrium Reflect. It has never let me down to this day.

[NF-A12x25]

10 minutes ago, Kid.Lazer said:

I'm sorry, but that is terrible advice. Cloning causes no harm and is orders of magnitude easier and faster to accomplish versus reinstalling everything from scratch.

I prefer reinstallation simply because you can get rid of old junk. I know cloning doesn’t damage stuff.

[g0ated]

tysm for all the advice I have already cloned my disk know to my faster drive

[GoodBytes]

On 9/19/2022 at 6:02 PM, Kid.Lazer said:

I'm sorry, but that is terrible advice. Cloning causes no harm and is orders of magnitude easier and faster to accomplish versus reinstalling everything from scratch.

In correct. Cloning has no error correction.

Corrupted data can occur.

[Kid.Lazer]

1 hour ago, GoodBytes said:

In correct. Cloning has no error correction.

Corrupted data can occur.

Yes, and corruption can occur when Windows is transferring data from the installation media too. So I guess we shouldn't do that either.

[GoodBytes]

1 hour ago, Kid.Lazer said:

Yes, and corruption can occur when Windows is transferring data from the installation media too. So I guess we shouldn't do that either.

No it doesn't, as it does an image deployment. And on top of that, a check sum is performed.

[Kid.Lazer]

7 minutes ago, GoodBytes said:

No it doesn't, as it does an image deployment. And on top of that, a check sum is performed.

And? You can apply an optional verification phase to cloning in most applications as well. 

 

But aside from that, the context of this thread is that a fully functional system just needs migrated from a slow drive to a faster drive. Are you suggesting that they should fresh install? 

[GoodBytes]

24 minutes ago, Kid.Lazer said:

And? You can apply an optional verification phase to cloning in most applications as well. 

 

But aside from that, the context of this thread is that a fully functional system just needs migrated from a slow drive to a faster drive. Are you suggesting that they should fresh install? 

You cannot, nothing robust. It would have to handle partial data loss, not to mention system restore points which are just comparison differential bits being stored, and it's catalogue to know what goes were is not open. This is also why most non-Microsoft defrag tools corrupts system restore points/data as it tries to defragment that data which can't be fragmented.

 

 

All it can do, is go through the whole drive once again, but by bit, and recompare. The whole process takes more time than a clean reinstall of Windows and transfer from backup all your data back, and reinstall your programs.