Microsoft Tutorial - How to clone your existing Windows OS installation to a new hard drive which utilizes Microsoft's native imaging tools included as part of Windows operating system.
The discussion will go over Windows 10 native disk imaging tools and cover the process to clone your existing hard drive.
This process will clone your existing Windows operating system, including all user files, installed applications and system configurations such as network configuration and existing user accounts and user preferences etc. meaning everything will come across after performing this hard drive data migration.
Tools and hardware list:
1 x 16GB USB thumb drive or larger.
1 x External USB hard drive that matches the size of your existing C: drive or a size greater than the data that is currently stored on your existing C: drive.
1 x Brand new unpackaged hard drive.
1 x Working windows computer with at least windows 7 or newer.
1 x Necessary tools or tool kit for installing new hard drive.
5 Step process:
Step 1: Create Windows bootable USB System Repair Disk.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/software-download/windows10
Step 2: Perform System Image Backup.
Open control panel and select view by "Category", then select "Backup and Restore (Windows 7)", then select "Create System Image", launch wizard to perform full image backup.
Step 3: Install your new hard drive.
Pull out the existing C: drive from computer and replace with your new chosen hard drive.
Step 4: Boot computer from USB thumb drive aka newly created system repair disk.
Upon boot up to main menu plugin external USB hard drive containing the image backup, then select "Troubleshooting" from menu on screen and then select "System Image Recovery" and restore selected image.
Step 5: Verify migration.
The discussion will go over Windows 10 native disk imaging tools and cover the process to clone your existing hard drive.
This process will clone your existing Windows operating system, including all user files, installed applications and system configurations such as network configuration and existing user accounts and user preferences etc. meaning everything will come across after performing this hard drive data migration.
Tools and hardware list:
1 x 16GB USB thumb drive or larger.
1 x External USB hard drive that matches the size of your existing C: drive or a size greater than the data that is currently stored on your existing C: drive.
1 x Brand new unpackaged hard drive.
1 x Working windows computer with at least windows 7 or newer.
1 x Necessary tools or tool kit for installing new hard drive.
5 Step process:
Step 1: Create Windows bootable USB System Repair Disk.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/software-download/windows10
Step 2: Perform System Image Backup.
Open control panel and select view by "Category", then select "Backup and Restore (Windows 7)", then select "Create System Image", launch wizard to perform full image backup.
Step 3: Install your new hard drive.
Pull out the existing C: drive from computer and replace with your new chosen hard drive.
Step 4: Boot computer from USB thumb drive aka newly created system repair disk.
Upon boot up to main menu plugin external USB hard drive containing the image backup, then select "Troubleshooting" from menu on screen and then select "System Image Recovery" and restore selected image.
Step 5: Verify migration.
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