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Should I move Windows Partition?

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Today i picked up a 2TB HDD (Hitachi HDS723020BLA642) which is much faster than my old hdd which was the one that came with my old laptop WDC WD3200BPVT-22JJ5T0. However everything including Windows is obviously still on the old one with speeds never topping 10mbps resulting in a terrible boot time, however once booted it's pretty fast. Is it worth going through the hassle of reinstalling windows or is there a simpler way to move my Windows to the new HDD? My new one is currently at speeds of +- 150-200mbps.

 

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You can clone the drive using drive cloners. That being said, I still recommend a fresh install. 

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I wouldn't move it, but rather wait until you have an SSD. Then do a fresh install of Windows. 

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I might look into cloning it, any big cons to doing this? Btw i'm not going to get an ssd in quite a while, rn i still gotta look for a gpu and then in august i'll have to get myself a laptop when going to college.

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