Windows 10
Free up some space
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Migrate to a new drive
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Fit new SSD drive
Shut down your PC. Laptop users should swap out the
current hard drive for their new SSD drive; desktop users will need
to reboot and make sure the new SSD drive is the primary boot
device in the UEFI/BIOS settings. If all is well, Windows should
boot – and much quicker than before. Q5
Wait as drive is cloned
Click Finish. Untick ‘Save backup and schedules as an XML
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performed and then the actual cloning process will take place. Be
patient – this may take some time.
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Select partitions to clone
Launch Macrium. Select your Windows drive and click
‘Clone this disk...’ Make sure only those partitions you need will
be copied across: System Reserved, your actual Windows
partition and any hidden partitions at the end of the drive. Untick
any others, then click ‘Select a disk to clone to...
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Set target disk
Select your new SSD drive – the one with no partitions
assigned. Drag each partition across – you will need to click
‘Cloned Partition Properties’ to resize your main partition after
dragging it across. Set ‘Free Space’ to match (in MB) the last
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Partition old drive
Desktop users planning to migrate Windows and apps to
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MiniTool Partition Wizard Free (www.partitionwizard.com):
choose ‘Split Partition’ and drag the slider as far left as it can go.
Click OK followed by Apply. Reboot when prompted.
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Move data to new partition
Once complete, follow the guide on page 61 on
moving data to your new drive, using your newly created
partition as the target. Next, download and install Macrium
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not already done so.