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Will it clone the entire HDD? I've got too much on it so will I need to clear it out to make room

it will clone your whole partition, if more space is used on your hdd than the size of your ssd you will need to make room

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Is it possible to transfer the OS off of my laptops HDD onto a SSD to replace the HDD in my laptop? It's running W10 but it'll be the same hardware so it should work in theory.

 

How would I go about this?

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clone it ive used this twice successfully http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx

My Personal PC 'Apex' https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/LiamBetts123/saved/3rTNnQ

Intel Core i9 9900k, ASUS Z390-A, RTX 2080TI, Meshify C, HX 850i, 32GB Gskill Trident Z RGB @ 3200MHZ, 500GB NVME, 500GB SSD & 2 x 4TB Baracudas 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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clone it ive used this twice successfully http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx

 

Will it clone the entire HDD? I've got too much on it so will I need to clear it out to make room

CPU: FX-6300 GPU: Sapphire R9 380X MOBO: Gigabyte 970A-DS3P RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB PSU: XFX XTR 550W CASE: Zalman Z11 Plus SSD: Samsung 840 Evo

17 years old, PC Enthusiast for 3. Be gentle with me, I'm only young.

 

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Will it clone the entire HDD? I've got too much on it so will I need to clear it out to make room

it will clone your whole partition, if more space is used on your hdd than the size of your ssd you will need to make room

My Personal PC 'Apex' https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/LiamBetts123/saved/3rTNnQ

Intel Core i9 9900k, ASUS Z390-A, RTX 2080TI, Meshify C, HX 850i, 32GB Gskill Trident Z RGB @ 3200MHZ, 500GB NVME, 500GB SSD & 2 x 4TB Baracudas 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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it will clone your whole partition, if more space is used on your hdd than the size of your ssd you will need to make room

 

I'll clean it off then, thanks for the information

CPU: FX-6300 GPU: Sapphire R9 380X MOBO: Gigabyte 970A-DS3P RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB PSU: XFX XTR 550W CASE: Zalman Z11 Plus SSD: Samsung 840 Evo

17 years old, PC Enthusiast for 3. Be gentle with me, I'm only young.

 

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I'll clean it off then, thanks for the information

no problem

My Personal PC 'Apex' https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/LiamBetts123/saved/3rTNnQ

Intel Core i9 9900k, ASUS Z390-A, RTX 2080TI, Meshify C, HX 850i, 32GB Gskill Trident Z RGB @ 3200MHZ, 500GB NVME, 500GB SSD & 2 x 4TB Baracudas 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Is it possible to transfer the OS off of my laptops HDD onto a SSD to replace the HDD in my laptop? It's running W10 but it'll be the same hardware so it should work in theory.

 

How would I go about this?

why??

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why??

 

Why what?

CPU: FX-6300 GPU: Sapphire R9 380X MOBO: Gigabyte 970A-DS3P RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB PSU: XFX XTR 550W CASE: Zalman Z11 Plus SSD: Samsung 840 Evo

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Why what?

Why clone your HDD over to a SSD?

Please spend as much time writing your question, as you want me to spend responding to it.  Take some time, and explain your issue, please!

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Why clone your HDD over to a SSD?

Oh, My HDD is failing so I thought I'd get a SSD so I could use google drive quickly at school

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Oh, My HDD is failing so I thought I'd get a SSD so I could use google drive quickly at school

So you'd clone over all your failing sectors and potentially let Windows not disable defragmenting, enabling TRIM, and driver conflicts?  (not to include other indexing features and such)...

Please spend as much time writing your question, as you want me to spend responding to it.  Take some time, and explain your issue, please!

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So you'd clone over all your failing sectors and potentially let Windows not disable defragmenting, enabling TRIM, and driver conflicts?  (not to include other indexing features and such)...

I never said that at any point? I am just going to copy the OS so that I don't have to reinstall it as I don't have the product key from when I bought the laptop. I will be clean installing it once It has been cloned so it is fresh

CPU: FX-6300 GPU: Sapphire R9 380X MOBO: Gigabyte 970A-DS3P RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB PSU: XFX XTR 550W CASE: Zalman Z11 Plus SSD: Samsung 840 Evo

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I never said that at any point? I am just going to copy the OS so that I don't have to reinstall it as I don't have the product key from when I bought the laptop. I will be clean installing it once It has been cloned so it is fresh

Then why are you cloning it then?  You're still going to do a clean install?

Please spend as much time writing your question, as you want me to spend responding to it.  Take some time, and explain your issue, please!

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Event Viewer 101: https://youtu.be/GiF9N3fJbnE

 

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Then why are you cloning it then?  You're still going to do a clean install?

I don't have the product key anymore so I can't just reinstall it

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I don't have the product key anymore so I can't just reinstall it

If you do a clean install, you're going to need the product key.  And you said it is a notebook, so its just a sticker on the bottom or it is integrated into the BIOS.

Please spend as much time writing your question, as you want me to spend responding to it.  Take some time, and explain your issue, please!

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If you need to learn how to install Windows, check here:  http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/324871-guide-how-to-install-windows-the-right-way/

Event Viewer 101: https://youtu.be/GiF9N3fJbnE

 

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If you do a clean install, you're going to need the product key.  And you said it is a notebook, so its just a sticker on the bottom or it is integrated into the BIOS.

 

I didn't realise, my bad

CPU: FX-6300 GPU: Sapphire R9 380X MOBO: Gigabyte 970A-DS3P RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB PSU: XFX XTR 550W CASE: Zalman Z11 Plus SSD: Samsung 840 Evo

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