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"Due to the advantages of the SSD, I replaced the HDD with a big-capacity SSD in my Windows computer. As I don't want to reinstall the Windows 10 which I updated a few days ago, I tried to clone OS to the SSD with several kinds of Windows cloning software on the market. And what troubles me is that none of the software can clone the whole Windows perfectly. Is there any trustworthy and recommended Windows cloning utility to copy OS from HDD to SSD entirely and easily?"
It's troublesome to copy Windows to SSD in some way, because the OS can't be copied with simple Ctrl C + Ctrl V. However, things can be different when you choose the right and reliable Windows cloning software. Here, iSunshare CloneGo is worth trying.
Main Reasons for You to Choose iSunshare CloneGo
1. User-friendly design — Concise user interface and easy-to-use features.
2. 7-day free trial — Enable users to test the software freely and judge whether it's a good helper.
3. Powerful "Make Boot Disk" feature — Copy, backup and restore the intact Windows partition.
To copy the entire operating system to a new hard drive, the Make Boot Disk feature in the CloneGo plays an important role.
What's the Make Boot Disk feature?
The Make Boot Disk feature is developed on the basis of WinPE. WinPE is a lightweight version of Windows and is often used to maintain OS, fix Windows errors, backup and restore Windows data, etc. Combined with features of WinPE, the Make Boot Disk feature can help to realize the whole system clone without effort.
Guide to Copy Windows to SSD
Step 1: Connect the SSD to your Windows computer, initialize and add volumes to the drive in Disk Management. If the SSD has been recognized by your Windows computer, you can directly jump to step 2.
Step 2: Download iSunshare CloneGo and install it on your Windows computer.
Step 3: Connect a USB flash drive to the computer. Run CloneGo and click the Make Boot Disk button. After that, you can see 2 paths to make a WinPE drive.
One is Create PE in current system environment, which can be applied when there is the PE file in your Windows computer.
The other is Select WIM file to make PE. You can select this path if you want to make the WinPE drive usable in any Windows computer. The steps to use this path are: choose Select WIM files to make PE > download the WIM file (Zip) > decompress the Zip file > add the winpe.wim file into the software > click OK.
Step 4: Choose your USB drive and click Make. After that, it will pop up a box to tell you that the USB flash drive will be formatted. Click OK to continue. The software will automatically start to make PE.
Step 5: After that, you should restart the computer and select the WinPE boot drive to be the boot source.
Step 6: After the computer is booted from WinPE successfully, the CloneGo user interface will be displayed automatically. As the drive letter of the same drive will be different on Windows 10 and WinPE, you can identify each drive through its total size or free size. And then click the Copy feature > select the OS partition in the HDD (Source Partition) > choose the storage volume in the SSD (Target Partition) > check Set the target partition as the boot disk option > set After Finished option(optional).
Note: The data in the target partition will be removed.
Step 7: After selection, just tap the Start button to continue. When the software warns you the formatting operation of the target partition, you can hit the Yes button to confirm it.
Step 8: Once the copying process is completed, a small box will be popped out to inform you.
To run the copied Windows OS, you need to install the SSD into your computer and boot your pc from the SSD. If you just want to backup the Windows OS, you can also copy the operating system to an external hard drive via the way above, because the external hard drive is more convenient to carry and use.
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