How to duplicate drive

ANNR

ANNR

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I want to switch out my hard drive on my laptop to a ssd but don't want to reinstall windows 10.

Is there a program that will duplicate my current hard drive data to my new ssd and still be able to boot into windows without an reinstall?

Thanks
 
my ultrabook does not have an dvd drive. there is got to be a better way/easer way of doing this.

thanks
 
You can use a flashdrive. Instead of burning the iso to a CD, use Rufus or unetbootin to install the clone software onto a flashdrive.
 
ANNR said:
I want to switch out my hard drive on my laptop to a ssd but don't want to reinstall windows 10.

Is there a program that will duplicate my current hard drive data to my new ssd and still be able to boot into windows without an reinstall?

Thanks
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The terminology of what you want to do is called "cloning a drive". You make an identical image, including OS, app, data and everything to the SSD. Then you swap out the drives and the SSD is in your laptop/system.

Some SSD mfg provides cloning software that's pretty easy to do. Some of the softwares are brand specific. Like Seagate software only works with at least on Seagate drive.

I have used Macrium Reflect, the free version, in the past 2-3 years. I've found the software very reliable. It is not brand specific. You can use it with any brand of drives. But you may have to go thru a learning curve to be able to master it.

Other than cloning, Macrium Reflect lets you create a bootable USB, and image you drive to an external hdd. In the likely event of total disaster (like a serious virus attack that you cannot restore from an earlier restoration point in Windows), you can restore your SSD from the last image (including OS, programs and data, and everything).
 
AOMEI Backuper allows you to make a USB boot drive to clone. Use disk clone method. You would need to set BIOS to boot from the USB. I would Google that Ultrabook's model + BIOS boot options.

What I like about AOMEI is that it's straight forward. Just click a few buttons.
 
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