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You should also be able to do a startup repair from a USB if you want to try that before installing Windows. It will still probably be best to do a fresh install of Windows, that's pretty much always the case though. If you do decide to do a full re-install, you will lose all of your data on the hard drive, so make sure you backup anything you need to an external harddrive/usb.

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So this is a bit of a noob question but i here i go

 

So after getting a SSD I now need to transfer Windows 

and programs on to it. 

 

I tried using Clonezilla but got the missing configuration error 

 

ps i can not just reinstall windows 

 

help>?

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ps i can not just reinstall windows 

Why not?

It is the best way.

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When did you get the error? If you have a Windows disc on hand you could run the system startup repair with that and see if that D

First screen before the OS and I downloaded windows so no disk.

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Why not?

It is the best way.

Because I downloaded

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Because I downloaded

As long as you have the activation key you can just download it again and install it off a USB...

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As long as you have the activation key you can just download it again and install it off a USB...

Will try this now TY haven't had to do this is for ever 

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Will try this now TY haven't had to do this is for ever 

ok np :)

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Will try this now TY haven't had to do this is for ever 

You should also be able to do a startup repair from a USB if you want to try that before installing Windows. It will still probably be best to do a fresh install of Windows, that's pretty much always the case though. If you do decide to do a full re-install, you will lose all of your data on the hard drive, so make sure you backup anything you need to an external harddrive/usb.

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I guess you only clone the window partition and not your active system/reserved partition too?

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Put in the old HDD and make a new image. You could use Windows Easy Transfer for your profile and such. I would recommend to do a fresh install of Windows and install all the programs. With Windows Easy Transfer you also copy over the preferences for programs as well.

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