I recently got an ssd for Christmas and I would like to transfer my OS from the hard drive over to the ssd. So far when I look for answers online they all say to unplug the hard drive, and then install windows directly onto the ssd. My problem however is that I no longer have the disc for windows. I purchased a key online and used a friends copy of windows to download it onto my hard drive. My friend has since lost the cd so I have no way of getting it back. I also upgraded to windows 10 which is different from the 8.1 disc that he has. How do I get windows onto my ssd without using a windows disc?
How to transfer OS over to ssd without windows disc
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captaincharisma
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if you are using windows 10 you can download the media creation tool from the microsoft website and it will allow you to make a copy of windows on a DVD or USB drive. also some SSD's come with cloneing software that can be used to transfer your windows install to the new SSD
Dulith1118
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