What files need to be migrated to ssd. How to transfer the operating system and programs from HDD to SSD. Using special software

The article is relevant at the time of all versions of the OS, but if in XP it was possible to copy the whole Windows folder and transfer to a new medium and by simple manipulations everything started to work, then transferring Windows 10 to an ssd disk is not so simple - since the license is tied to the hardware. The question may arise, why do we need to switch to a solid state disk, the answer is simple:

read and write speed is very high;
work takes place in silent mode (silently);
low heating level, as heat generation is minimal.

Since there are many options, let's look at how to put Windows 10 on an ssd drive by transferring it using various means.

HDD → SSD-disk: Windows Tools

Naturally, we cannot bypass the standard Windows tools and turn directly to third parties software products, so transferring Windows 10 to an ssd is possible using Reserve copy and recovery. Let's get started.

Right-click "Start" → "Control Panel"

“Backup_and_restore” → here select “Create_system_image”

Select a solid-state disk to write the image, and before starting to boot the OS from a fresh image, you must physically turn off the hard disk so that there are no conflicts after starting Windows. If you plan to use a hard disk in the future, be sure to format it with the removal of all partitions, including hidden ones.

Switching to a GPT SSD

What to do when a beginner needs to painlessly transfer Windows 10 from hdd to a gpt-standard ssd on their own - you need to install the program and carry out your plan with a few clicks. So, Macrium Reflect is a free trial license for home use for 30 days, a big plus is that errors are excluded, but there is a nuance - the program is not Russified.

I would like to make a reservation right away, if the installed new ssd disk is not displayed in Windows 10 - it needs to be initialized, we do it as follows:

+[R] → enter "diskmgmt.msc" without quotes → ok.

Right-click on an unallocated disk → "Initialize"

Now the screw is displayed and we need to start transferring the Windows 10 system from hdd to ssd. Run Macrium Reflect and then everything is intuitively simple, at the first start the program will offer to create a recovery tool - emergency media (disk or flash drive), here you can do as you wish, we will skip this step:

check the box "Don't sk me again" - do not ask again → "No"

go to the "Create_a_backup" tab - create a backup → select the disk with the OS → click "Clone_this_disk" - this is how we start cloning hard drive

next, you need to mark all the partitions that need to be transferred, do not forget about the bootloader, recovery image, system partition, etc.
A little lower, click on “Select_a_disk_to_clone_to ..” → select the ssd’s

For the purity of the experiment, they indicated a disk with a volume less than required and be sure to create an additional partition at the beginning of the disk - using the standard factory settings as an example.

The program automatically shrank the last partition and gave the message "The_last_partition_has_been_shrunk_to_fit" - literally translated "The last partition was shrunken to fit"
Click "Next" without consent to create a schedule for the operation, we do not need this, after which, the window will contain information about what actions will be performed.

"Finish" → ok.

When finished, depending on your needs, you can either remove the screw or leave it to store data - pre-format it, such as movies, music, photos - as these are the type of files that are not recommended to be kept on solid state drives. Restart the system and set the default boot from the new disk - the process of migrating to ssd Windows 10 is completed.

SSD squared!

Such a comic title is not without reason, we will transfer the Windows 10 system from ssd to ssd, using the almost universal Acronis program true image WD Edition.

Installation is quite fast and without any difficulties, we launch the software and proceed, but first go to management Windows disks 10 and check if the system sees the disk ssd - in case it does not see it - check the connection and initialization are correct.

"Tools" → "Clone_disk"

"Clone_mode" → "Select manually" → "Next"

Select "Source_disk" - our screw with the OS → "Next"

Assign "Target_disk" - our second ssd-disk → "Next"

After this step, we will find ourselves in the "Exclude_files" window, here we will select the files that we do not need. In addition, in the next step, if necessary, you can change the disk structure, then check all the positions - if everything is correct, click "Proceed", after which you will need to reboot and instead of the usual one, the program window with the cloning process will open. After completion - your PC will be turned off, then turn it on and in bios select the default boot from ssd-disk, here is another simple method that described - how you can transfer Window's 10 to ssd on a laptop

Windows clone from hard drive to ssd (mbr)

Transferring the Windows 10 operating system to a solid-state drive can be done using a considerable number of programs, it is not possible to cover all the possible ones in one article - therefore, now we will pay attention to another fairly common and simple one - Aomei Partition Assistant standard edition. software with free license, Russified, but, like everything else, has a nuance, suitable for versions of Windows starting from the seventh, supports BIOS, Legacy boot and UEFI, but only on an mbr disk.

After installation, run the program and follow step by step:

"Migrate_OS_SSD_or_HDD" → in the "Next" dialog box

Select the disk to which we will clone Windows and check the box "I_want_to_delete_all ..." → "Next"

The next window will warn you that after transferring the system, you will be able to boot from the new screw. If this does not happen, just enter the BIOS at boot and change the boot priority.

Click "Finish" → then "Apply" in the upper left part of the main window → "Go"

We are waiting for the completion of the process.

How else can you transfer from hdd to ssd operating system Windows 10.

Possible mistakes!

Let's look at the options for errors that can occur.

Error one - ssd-disk is not detected in Windows 10 - there can be 2 reasons, except for physical damage:

The disk is not initialized, in this case we use the instructions described above for working with "Disk_Management".
A new solid-state drive must be installed instead of the old hard drive, but the last one is connected as an additional one - either instead of a drive (if a laptop) or with an additional cable (if a system manager)

Mistake two after Windows installation 10 per ssd system does not see the old hdd - to eliminate the cause, initially open "Disk Management" and see if it is displayed.

If so, a letter conflict is possible - it is resolved through the console with the assignment of a new label and formatting.
The reason could be a conflict if you didn't detach the hdd before the clone process.
There may not be enough power or the cable is damaged.

Error three - the computer does not see the ssd disk with Windows 10 - when you turn on the black screen without the ability to start, the reason may be that you have not assigned to boot device priority it first.

After cloning Windows, the following articles will be useful.

After buying a new HDD or SSD, the first question that arises is what to do with the operating system used on this moment. Not many users have a need to install a clean OS, but on the contrary, they want to clone an existing system from an old disk to a new one.

So that the user who decides to upgrade the hard drive does not have to reinstall the operating system, there is the possibility of transferring it. In this case, the current user profile is saved, and in the future you can use Windows in the same way as before performing the procedure.

Usually, those who want to divide the OS itself and user files into two physical drives are interested in the transfer. After moving, the operating system will appear on the new hard drive, and remain on the old one. In the future, it can be removed from the old hard drive by formatting, or left as a second system.

First, the user needs to connect a new drive to the system unit and make sure that the PC has detected it (this is done through the BIOS or Explorer).

Method 1: AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard Edition

Unlike the previous two programs, Macrium Reflect cannot pre-allocate a free partition on the drive where the OS will be transferred. This means that user files from disk 2 will be deleted. Therefore, it is best to use a blank HDD.

Click on the link "Clone this disk..." in the main window of the program.

The Migration Wizard opens. At the top, select the HDD you want to clone from. By default, all drives can be selected, so uncheck those drives you don't want to use.

Click the link at the bottom of the window "Select a disk to clone to..." and select the hard drive to which you want to clone.

With Disk 2 selected, you can use the link with cloning options.

Here you can configure the space that will be occupied by the system. By default, a partition with no margin will be created free space. We recommend adding at least 20-30 GB (or more) to the system partition for correct future updates and Windows needs. You can do this with knobs or by entering numbers.

If desired, you can choose the drive letter yourself.

The rest of the parameters do not need to be changed.
In the next window, you can set up a cloning schedule, but we don't need it, so just click Next.

A list of actions that will be performed with the drive will be displayed, click Finish.

In the window with the offer to make restore points, agree or reject the offer.

OS cloning will start and you will be notified when it is completed "Clone completed", indicating that the migration was successful.
Now you can boot from the new drive, having previously made it the main one for booting in the BIOS. How to do this, see Method 1.

We talked about three ways to transfer the OS from one drive to another. As you can see, this is a very simple process and you won't usually run into any errors. After cloning Windows, you can check the drive for health by booting the computer from it. If there are no problems, you can remove the old HDD from system block Or leave it as a spare.

Replacing a conventional hard drive with an SSD can significantly improve the comfort of work and provide reliable data storage. That is why many users are trying to replace the HDD with a solid state drive. However, after replacing the drive, you need to somehow transfer your operating system along with installed programs.

On the one hand, you can install everything again and then there will be problems with switching to new disk will not be. But what if the old one has about a dozen programs, and the OS itself is already configured for comfortable work? This is the question we will answer in our article.

So, you have purchased a brand new SSD and now you need to somehow transfer the OS itself with all the settings and installed programs. Luckily, we don't have to invent anything. Developers software(however, like the developers of the Windows operating system) have already taken care of everything.

Thus, we have two ways, either use a third-party utility, or regular means windows.

Before moving on to the instructions, we want to draw your attention to the fact that the disk on which you will transfer your operating system must be no smaller than the one on which it is installed.

Method 1: Transfer OS to SSD using AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard Edition

First, let's take a closer look at how to transfer the operating system using a third-party utility. Currently, there are many different utilities that allow you to implement an easy way to transfer the OS. For example, we took the AOMEI Partition Assistant application. This tool free and has a Russian interface.

Among the large number of functions, the application has a very convenient and simple wizard for transferring the operating system to another disk, which we will use in our example. The wizard we need is located on the left panel in the section " Masters", to call it, click on the command" OS Migration SSD or HDD».

Before us appeared a window with a small description, after reading the information, click on the button " Further' and move on to the next step.

Here the wizard prompts you to select the disk where the OS will be transferred. Please note that the drive must not be partitioned, that is, it must not contain partitions and file system, otherwise you will end up with an empty list at this step.
So, as soon as the target disk is selected, press the button " Further' and move on.

The next step is to partition the drive to which the operating system is transferred. Here you can resize the partition if necessary, but remember that the partition must be at least as large as the one the OS is on. Also, if necessary, you can specify a letter for the new partition.
Once all the parameters have been set, proceed to the next step by clicking the " Further».

Here the wizard offers us to complete the setup of the AOMEI Partition Assistant application for system migration to SSD. But before that, you can read a small warning. It says that after a reboot, in some cases, the OS may not boot. And if you encounter a similar problem, then you need to disable old disk or connect a new one to the place of the old one, and the old one to the place of the new one. To confirm all actions, press the button " End” and complete the wizard.

Next, in order for the migration process to begin, you must click the " Apply».

Partition Assistant will display a window with a list of pending operations, where we just have to click the " Go».

This will be followed by another warning, where, by clicking on the button " Yes”, we confirm all our actions. After that, the computer will restart and the process of transferring the operating system to the SSD will begin. The duration of this process will depend on a number of factors, including the amount of data transferred, the speed of the HDD and the power of the computer.

After the migration, the computer will restart again and now all that remains is to format the HDD to remove the OS and the old bootloader.

Method 2: Transferring the OS to an SSD using standard Windows tools

Another way to move to a new disk is to use standard operating system tools. However, you can use it if you have Windows 7 or higher installed on your computer. Otherwise, you will have to use third-party utilities.

Let's take a closer look at this method using Windows 7 as an example.

In principle, the process of transferring the OS by regular means is not complicated and takes place in three stages:

creating a system image;
creating a boot drive;
unpacking the image to a new disk.

So let's get started. In order to create an OS image, you need to use Windows tool « ". To do this, go to the menu " Start and open the Control Panel.

Next, click on the link " Archiving computer data"And you can proceed to create a backup copy of Windows. In the window " Backing up or restoring files"There are two commands we need, now we will use the creation of an image of the system, for this we click on the appropriate link.

Here we need to select the drive on which the OS image will be written. It can be either a disk partition or a DVD. However, it is worth remembering that Windows 7, even without installed programs takes up quite a lot of space. Therefore, if you decide to burn a copy of the system to DVD, you may need more than one disc.

After selecting the location where you want to save the image, click " Further' and move on to the next step.
Now the wizard prompts us to select the partitions to be included in the backup. Since we are only transferring the OS, there is no need to choose anything, the system has already included all the necessary disks for us. So we press " Further and move on to the final step.

Now you need to confirm the selected archiving options. To do this, press " Archive

After the copy of the OS is created, Windows will offer to create a boot drive.

You can also create a drive using the command " Create System Recovery Disc" in the window " Backup or restore».

The first step of the creation wizard boot disk prompts you to select a drive that should already have a blank drive installed for recording.

Attention! If your work machine does not have writable drives, you will not be able to burn the recovery optical drive.

If there is a data disk in the drive, the system will offer to clear it. If you are using a DVD-RW for burning, then you can clean it, otherwise you need to insert a blank one.

To do this, go to My computer» and click right click mice on the drive. Now select " Erase this drive».

Now we return to creating a drive for recovery, select the desired drive, click on the button " Create disk” and wait for the end of the process. Upon completion, we will see the following window:

this indicates that the disk was successfully created.

So, let's summarize a little. At this point, we already have an image with the operating system and a boot drive for recovery, which means we can move on to the third, final stage.

We restart the computer and go to the boot device selection menu.

This can usually be done by pressing the F11 key, but there may be other options. Usually function keys painted on the start BIOS screen(or UEFI) that is displayed when you turn on your computer.

Next, the OS recovery environment will be loaded. At the first stage, for convenience, select the Russian language and press the button " Next».

This will then search for installed systems.

Since we are restoring the OS from a pre-prepared image, we move the switch to the second position and click " Further».

At this stage, the system itself will offer us a suitable image for recovery, therefore, without changing anything, click " Further».

You can now set additional options if needed. To go to the last step, press the button " Further».

At the last stage, we will see brief information about the image. Now you can proceed directly to unpacking to disk, for this we press the button " Further” and wait for the end of the process.

At the end of the process, the system will automatically reboot and on this the process of transferring Windows to the SSD can be considered completed.

Today we looked at two ways to migrate from HDD to SSD, each of which is good in its own way. Having familiarized yourself with both, you can now choose the one that suits you best in order to quickly and without data loss transfer the OS to a new disk.

Solid-state drives are firmly established in laptops and PCs. If many new devices already have a system SSD, then in the case of upgrading old ones, it often becomes necessary to transfer the OS from a regular HDD.

Why change HDD to SSD?

Besides, what's cool? The main reason is to improve system performance. Solid state drives are much faster than traditional ones hard drives, which makes an SSD an ideal system drive.

Yes, they are more expensive, so they are usually used as system ones, and they do not store photos with cats on them. Along with an SSD, a capacious HDD may also be present in the computer - just for data storage.

In addition, a solid state drive:

does not make noise - there is nothing to make noise in it, since there is no mechanical head;
practically does not heat up during operation;
consumes very little electricity, and thus saves the battery of the laptop.

Copying user data

Transferring the system from HDD to SSD should start with a backup of user files. Parse your data, delete unnecessary and too heavy (why do you need all these movies from torrents in BDRip?)

Then back up your data. Copy all the files you need to another medium - to or several flash drives - or upload them to the cloud (Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox or any other of your choice).

This is necessary in case something suddenly goes wrong. And in general backup copy will never be superfluous - for example, if you.

We clean the system of garbage

It is also worth emptying the trash, going through the system with a virus scanner, and at the end with a utility CCleaner by performing a disk cleanup and fixing registry issues. In order to properly prepare your system for migration, we recommend that you read the following articles:

Getting Started with Transfer

To transfer the system from HDD to SSD, you must first connect the SSD drive to the computer. Regardless of how you do it, both drives must be connected to the PC during the migration process.

If you have a desktop PC, then you can use a SATA cable, for a laptop, you should install the SSD in the case (if you have an SSD + HDD configuration) or be too lazy and purchase a SATA-to-USB adapter.

You will then need one of the following programs to select and install:

SSD manufacturer utility. Go to the manufacturer's website and find out if they offer data transfer software. For example, for Transcend SSDs, this would be the SSD Scope utility.
Dedicated system migration software if you are willing to pay a little. The Paragon Migrate OS to SSD utility handles the transfer from a hard drive to an SSD best of all.
Free universal utility for disk management. We know one such - MiniTool Partition Wizard. With its help, we will demonstrate the transfer.

Moving the system from HDD to SSD

In most cases, the transfer is successful and you should be able to boot Windows from the SSD. After that, you can start returning the data - copy it to the system from the media where you saved the backups, format the old HDD (if you decide to leave it ...)

As you can see, moving a system from a hard drive to a solid state drive is quite simple and completely free. In addition, this great way refresh the system and remove excess garbage from it, as well as speed up the PC.

When launched, the wizard detects all existing Windows operating systems. Then you determine which OS you want to migrate. The wizard automatically selects one or two partitions (for Windows 7 and higher, Microsoft System can be reserved, special hidden partitions containing critical boot files) and prompts you to select a target drive. If the selected drive has enough space to store the operating system, it starts the migration. Otherwise, you can ask to exclude data by unchecking the boxes next to junk files or folders. When the correct size of the selected data is obtained, the migration starts.

Auto leveling

Unaligned partitions greatly increase the volume of reads and writes. This results in reduced HDD/SSD performance and shortened SSD lifespan. Migrate OS automatically aligns the partitions on the destination drive, so you can start using the migrated OS immediately and not worry about alignment issues.

Migrating OS from HDD to SSD or HDD with the same size

Intuitive wizard transfers with minimal effort Windows system to another disk. After migration, the user must configure the target disk as the first boot device in the BIOS, which automatically starts the new system.