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I had to do this once. Cloning is not a good idea, as it can mess up your windows install. Really, the best way to do it, even thought it’s long and annoying, is to un-install-re-install, and move all of your non-software (photos, videos, word documents, etc..) to an external HHD and then slap them on the new one.

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Hello LTT Community,

 

I have a windows system running and I want to upgrade the HDD,

i want to just transfer the entire HDD with Windows to the new hdd

Is there any software to install on a usb stick , boot from it and transfer the old HDD files to the new one?

 

Thanks,

~Sven

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That’s referred to as cloning. I’d advise against it. It’s better to just do a clean install. 

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I had to do this once. Cloning is not a good idea, as it can mess up your windows install. Really, the best way to do it, even thought it’s long and annoying, is to un-install-re-install, and move all of your non-software (photos, videos, word documents, etc..) to an external HHD and then slap them on the new one.

 

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I have been cloning my hard drives for many o years and have never had an issue, normally I install windows, configure it to my liking and clone it... that way it’s ready when I need it.

 

For the drive it’s replacing, it will get cloned to the clone. Granted the software installed on my original is pretty minimal but your making an exact copy of the drive, if you know what your doing and are using reputable software there shouldn’t be an issue.

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