Moving windows 10 to an SSD from an HDD

ryanfranzese · Oct 22, 2015

I currently am trying to repair my grandfather's computer, whose hard drive was on its way out. I backed up all his personal files on a drive so those are out of the question.

He installed windows 10 on top of windows 7. I'll be honest I'm not 100% sure how I did it, but I used Acronis True Image to clone the hard drive and install it on the new 2TB drive he bought and windows loads. But I want the operating system(currently the only thing on the new drive) to be moved to the SSD. I am not experienced in partitions and such language because my experienced is in building PCs from scratch not modifying them.

I just installed my OS to my SSD in my personal computer, then put the HDD in later, so I've never had this problem.

To sum it up, I have a hard drive, 2TB, with nothing but windows 10 on it, and an SSD currently with the same operating system on it, but it won't load to the SSD for some reason(ideas?). How do I get the OS to the SSD so I can reload all his pictures etc. to the HDD and move on with this.

Thank you ahead of time for any help or expertise you can provide

AmusingUserID · Oct 22, 2015

Install windows 10 fresh to the new SSD, just use the usb image maker on MS website, serial key is non issue as it will detect current hardware and activate as it is already registered

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-10/media-creation-tool-install

then use the HDD as secondary drive or copy over files

USAFRet · Oct 22, 2015

2 options, cloning or fresh install on the SSD. Either will work.
The Acronis Trueimage you used before will clone directly from the HDD to the SSD.
Or Easus Todo, Macrium Reflect, Casper...all will work.

However:
"To sum it up, I have a hard drive, 2TB, with nothing but windows 10 on it, and an SSD currently with the same operating system on it, but it won't load to the SSD for some reason(ideas?). How do I get the OS to the SSD so I can reload all his pictures etc. to the HDD and move on with this."

How did the OS get on the SSD? Which OS?

AmusingUserID · Oct 22, 2015

Fresh install would save the hassle and be optimal, from USB windows 10 install takes like 10minutes

USAFRet · Oct 22, 2015

AmusingUserID :

Probably, yes.
I'm just wondering about the SSD already having an OS. How and why did it get there?

Wolfshadw · Oct 22, 2015

Uninstall the 2TB hard drive. Does the system boot successfully with only the SSD installed?

-Wolf sends

ryanfranzese · Oct 22, 2015

It got there because after I moved the OS to the HDD, I cloned that new HDD and put it on the SSD, but for some reason I can't seem to get it to load off the SSD.

ryanfranzese · Oct 22, 2015

Wolfshadw :

It does not, and that is what confuses me... It worked when I cloned the HDDs but not the HDD to the SSD

Uaon · Oct 22, 2015

I recently upgraded my older Kingston ssd to a new Samsung Evo,using Samsungs data migration software and iit literally consisted of two mouse clicks and took about 6 to 7 minutes in total,easiest migration experience I have ever had.Will naturally take longer for HDD ->SSD .After that I just used samsungs software to optimize the drive.

ryanfranzese · Oct 23, 2015

AmusingUserID :

Thank you very much for your help and ideas. For all, this was the best choice seeing that windows 10 is free for a year and that he would have to upgrade anyway. Hope this helps someone else too!

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