Help Cloning Win 10 from HDD to SSD

[klrman]

Got a new Laptop today. I never even opened it yet and did not start windows at all. I want to put the Windows 10 from the new laptop HDD to my SSD and then set windows up from there. Is that possible? If it can be done, is there an easy way to do it?

It's a Lenovo 310 and just one screw in the back opens the little door to the HDD so I know how to swap it out with an SSD, but no experience with the cloning part of it. Really need some help on this one

 

[u2desire420]

Follow this article http://lifehacker.com/5837543/how-to-migrate-to-a-solid-state-drive-without-reinstalling-windows

 

[klrman]

Thanks u2desire420. Do you know though if it is possible to clone the drive before windows 10 is even set up on the new pc?

 

[klrman]

Ok, I think what I am asking doesn't make any sense, especially since I don't know how much bloated software came with the new computer, so I guess I should get the new computer up and running, delete all the bloated software and then clone it to the SSD.

 

[u2desire420]

Thanks u2desire420. Do you know though if it is possible to clone the drive before windows 10 is even set up on the new pc?

You could try http://clonezilla.org/ which is a Live Linux distro or https://partedmagic.com/ also a Live Linux distro however Parted Magic is not free.
Alternatively you could just do a clean install since it is a new laptop. Download Windows 10 from https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/software-download/windows10 Media creation tool will allow you to create a USB drive to install from. If you choose this option be sure to download all necessary drivers from PC manufacturers website or manually search for the drivers for your hardware Video, Soundcard, Wifi and Lan and Chipset / cpu related stuff. This option is probably best since you will save space by getting rid of any recovery partition or folder however you will need to keep the USB stick in case you ever do need to run Windows recovery.