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How can we move the window from one drive to another? I want to move the window hdd to ssd. That I have already in my laptop? Please help my computer becomes so slow. I think thats the reason
@@jasbirkumar9306 You may want to visit one of my other videos where i clone from an HDD to an SSD. It's an older version of Windows but will work with later versions: th-cam.com/video/mKSmwyPXH2I/w-d-xo.html
@@accessrandom In Performance section The SSD section displaying 0% read and 0% write speed. whether in HDD its is fluctuating based on the action i am performing. How can i check that i have installed my windows on SSD and also My system is running on SSD? Please helps me out. My system is running very slow. One more thing that some days ago i have updated my windows to 11 but few hours later i again changed to 10 because it wasn't compatible. is this the reason?
thank you so much, ive been looking at youtube for almost a year trying to find out how to upgrade my ssd without having to pay for windows again. I will be upgrading from a ssd m.2 with 250 gb to a m.2 drive with 1 tb storage, i really hope this works out. great tutorial man!
Great tutorials. Have one of the TP01 Series Desktops and the removal and replacement videos were spot on and well presented. These are good value PCs and somewhat upgradable. I’ve added a stick of 8GB memory, removed and replaced the Wi-Fi 5 / Bluetooth 4 (it only had one of the tiny connectors attached but there was another unused wire hidden that enabled using the existing antenna!) NVMe with an Intel Wi-Fi 6/Bluetooth 5 Card and now I plan on installing a low profile PNY 1030 video card. Your videos are the clearest and most professional I’ve found. Thanks. Very helpful. Had the number 15 Tork bit which made things easy.
I can confirm that this method works with the HP Elitebook 840 G4. I had a regular SSD, and switched to a Samsung 970 EVO Plus, NVMe SSD. Remember to update the BIOS before changing.
@@accessrandom i have windows 11 in 1TB HDD, i want to install clean windows 10 on my new NVMe ssd so please help me how to install if you have any video about it please send a link
👍 Hope everything went well. Both methods are valid ways to transfer Windows over - just depends on whether you want to start with a clean install or not.
@@garyngrace25 The most common cause for error code 9 is a possible bad disk (i.e., bad sectors or file system errors). Can you please try running a "chkdsk X: /r" (where X is your hard drive) from the command prompt, before you attempt another clone?
@@accessrandom I did, and it cloned 99.9% of the hard drive (I can tell because of the difference in size between the old HDD and new SSD are down to the MBs,) before failing. It gave me the "Error 9 - Read Failed - Data error (cyclic redundancy check)" message. Not sure how to advance. Is it possible to make a fresh Windows and migrate the copied data to it? Any other advice for the error message I've been getting? Thank you again.
Will this method make an exact replica of your earlier drive including files not related to windows? BAsically I just want to copy my entire old 500gb boot drive SSD onto a new 1tb SSD.
I keep getting a message after minute 7:04 on the video. saying “There was a problem resetting your pc. No changes were made” after clicking recover from the flash drive I need help :(
I research this a bit by googling, and it seems the most common reasons for the error message are a corrupt file preventing Windows 10 from resetting, or the deletion of important files due to an abrupt shutdown. The solutions are fairly lengthy but there's a good article on a website called makeuseof, which you can find be using the error message as the search string. You may need to reconnect the hard drive again for some of these solutions, though.
Excellent Video Tutorial as usual Sir. Question: Will this method work for and HP ENVY 750-116 Desktop as well ? And can I just leave the old 2TB HDD and wipe everything and use it as a storage for pictures and music ?
Thank you - yes, it should work in the same way though you may need a larger USB drive depending on the size of the factory image. You can continue to use the 2 TB HDD but I recommend that you physically remove it during the restoration, then reconnecting it afterwards.
exactly what i was looking for. this is the easiest way of doing it. i was thinking of cloning, but going from a larger sized HDD to a smaller capacity SSD via cloning may pose unexpected challenges. this recovery disk method looks to be the simplest, easiest and safest way of doing it. btw, with this method, the recovered new SSD would have practically all current windows keys associated with the machine, current drivers at installation, settings (as much as possible), etc? thanks again for this good work.
You're welcome, and thank you 🙏. Yes, the Windows product key is typically embedded in the BIOS so the recovery will pick that up automatically. Basically, it should give you a factory-restored image, including drivers and original settings.
I see. To clarify, this factory reset point would be at the version that was originally placed by the manufacturer, or would this restore point include updates? Like I am now at the latest Windows update version, would it revert to an earlier build of Windows 10 from the original machine? I would still be ok with it either way. Just want to set my expectations when I try to do this. Thanks again and appreciate your response. Cheers!
@@jeriellucas3543 That's a good question. I believe the original image would be static, but I'm not sure if it is updated in any way during a Windows update - I'll need to defer to others who may have had more experience. Anyone?
@@accessrandom Thanks again. I am now asking my wife if she wants to go through the upgrade. I will also ask if she wants to do it this way, or thru cloning as we also have MS Office, and I don’t know where the product key is anymore. In that case, I’ll just ask them to move their files like pictures out of the drive prior to cloning to make sure it will fit the SSD. We have an all-in-one, and it is painfully slow due to a 2TB HDD, but per documentation, it can fit an M2 SSD. Not sure if it will be worth it given the AMD A8 in that PC. We will be weighing if it will make sense to upgrade or it won’t matter despite the upgrade cost.
@@jeriellucas3543 Sure. The product key for Office can actually be retrieved using a utility called Produkey (I demonstrate it in one of my other videos to get the Windows product key, but it will work for Office as well), if that helps: th-cam.com/video/nl4okILnko4/w-d-xo.html. My cloning video can help with the cloning if you decide to go that way.
If the HDD is partitioned such that one contains the OS while the other has programs, then you can just clone the OS partition (but I would recommend including the other smaller partitions). However, if everything is in one partition, the partition is considered as one indivisible object, so your OS (e.g., in C:\Windows) would be cloned with your programs (in C:\Program Files).
Hello access random I have a question i wanted to transfer my Os to my new ssd but I have few doubts like my system is a Lenovo ideapad 3 15iglo5 . 1. Will transferring my OS remove my existing OEM windows key from the manufacturer 2. Will I get back all the apps that I got when I got my laptop as new
For a factory restore, the product key/license embedded in the BIOS so it will remain intact. As long as the apps are part of the factory image, those should be restored as well (at least for the HP - I assume Lenovo would do the same thing).
Hey, thank you very much for your explanation. I'm upgrading my SSD of 250 GB to a 1TB, is it the same process? I won't loose my files? Also, what should I do if I want to install windows from fabric?
Yes, it would be the same process. This video doesn't preserve your files and programs, so if you want to keep them, you may want to visit one of my other videos about cloning (like this one: th-cam.com/video/CHCENfs87F4/w-d-xo.html ). Unfortunately, I don't have a video about installing Windows from scratch, but there are many videos on other channels which go through the steps of installing Windows from a USB drive.
Will anything in this process erase data on a separate drive that is already installed in my laptop? Basically, I have a 2tb SATA ssd that has almost all of my data. My Boot drive is an m.2 nvme that I am going to replace with a new one. When I do the recovery, how do I make sure that the sata is not erased, but the NEW m.2 is working with windows properly? What should I click on the screen at 6:55? I should mention that I have a few programs on the old m.2 that I would like to keep.
To be extra safe, what you could do is physically remove the 2TB SSD from the system while you restore the M.2 - then reconnect it after you're finished. In this way, it is guaranteed that your data will remain untouched. I've heard of others being able to restore while keeping your programs (and I believe they said there is an option to do that), but I hadn't really tried it myself.
Luckily i found you sir, thank youuu. Although have different way with cloning, at least i do not have to buy expensive ssd enclosure to upgrade to higher ssd space.. Thanksss
I have the same problem at least 3 others are having where the recovery goes well until it gets stuck at exactly 30%. Im using a brand new scandisk usb. Seems strange so many people have bad discs in just the same area. Any thoughts?
Could I do a clean install of windows on my laptop from a bootable usb onto a new nvme, but still have windows activated without the product key? or would I have to get a new product key for it to stay activated? thanks in advance! Edit: Just to clarify, my laptop came preinstalled with windows on the ssd it came with, but i dont want to use that ssd as i would like to swap it out completely to be able to connect 2 nvme drives.
Yes, the product key is actually embedded in the BIOS on newer laptops (Windows 8.1 and Windows 10), so the installation of Windows will automatically pick up the product key. For peace of mind, you can always retrieve the product key using the methods in one of my other videos: th-cam.com/video/nl4okILnko4/w-d-xo.html
You may have a corrupt recovery partition. You can run "chkdsk X: /r" (where X is your partition/volume letter) from a command prompt running as Administrator, but you would need to assign a letter to that partition in the Disk Management utility.
I've cloned hard drives thanks to your videos. Unfortunately I have a damaged hard drive from my dell laptop. How do I clone this? I cannot use this technique from this video because the drive isn't viewable on the laptop nor through another laptop. Please advise me on what I should do.
Hi Thanks for the video. If I understand correctly by creating the backup flash drive and restore version of windows will be the same as the backup flash drive? I want to make sure that the OS is the same as before. I am switching out a Dell factory installed M2 SSD with the new Samsung. I discovered it is not possible to clone the drive even though I purchased an external case. I think the cable is not correct as the OS is not recognizing the new external M2 SSD. I started looking at other ways to clone current OS. Thanks for any insight you can offer. I just don't want to loose current OS settings if a factory windows restore happens.
I need help, so I have a work laptop that I cant factory reset cause it's a bit locked encrypted ssd and I'm not an adminstrator. So if I just get a new nvme ssd and replace the old one that just basically restarts the computer right. I'll just have to intall windows 10 on it right. Or does replacing the ssd in it do nothing
If you are cloning your C drive and you have (for example) all your Steam games on the D: drive, you can clone just the C: drive. But after the clone, keep in mind that each drive or partition may be assigned a different letter, so you old D: drive may become E:. If that's the case, you'll need to re-assign the letter of your Steam game drive back to D: after the clone.
Very good. Works in ASUS, I guess the requirement is Windows. A warning, in my case it took 24 hours to write the USB and 24 hours to install on the new SSD. I was almost giving up but decided to wait in both cases as I read the process could be very long. The new installation works fantastic.
So I have made the recovery drive per your instructions on a brand new 32 gb USB. I shut down the PC and installed the NVME and unplugged the original HD. I hooked it up with the recovery drive in and started up the PC and made the selections that you directed. It seemed to be going ok at first, but has been stuck at 29% for about an hour. Any ideas?
It sounds like there may be a hardware problem with the NVMe. If it all possible, are you able to try it in another machine to see if it works there? On your HP, you can always return to the original HDD since that is still intact (plus you have the recovery drive which has the factory image on it in case you need to restore it to a different NVMe).
So if I have other hard drives connected I'm guessing it would be ideal to unplug those until the recovery is complete, and the PC is back in full swing?
Hello! Just have a quick question. Upgrading my build. Going from Intel I7 7700k -> Ryzen 7 5800x. I currently use a SATA SSD and a HDD (system imaged from my SSD just in case). I am installing a brand new, never used M.2 SSD for the upgrade, and I plan on installing a fresh OS on it. My question is this: Can I (after boot up and all drivers are updated, etc and everything is solid) simply plug in my old SSD & HDD WITHOUT deleting the said info on those drives??? (Keep in mind that I would shutdown the computer, plug those in, load up bios, make sure boot priority is still going to my M.2, then load to desktop). If I keep my boot priority on the M.2, my old SSD OS shouldn’t interfere with it correct? Thank you!
Since there will be two boot partitions that exist in the system (one on the M.2 SSD and the old SSD), I find that the BIOS/UEFI sometimes registers the wrong boot configuration data. You may want to delete just the boot partition on the old SSD to be safe.
@@accessrandom okay thank you! So under the windows 10 settings when I’m selecting a drive to download the windows installer to, just hit “delete” on my SSD? It won’t remove everything on it just the OS partition??? Honestly, I have everything backup up to my HDD, not too worried if so! Thanks for the response!! ❤️
@@hunterrivera4984 You'll probably want to use the method I use in one of my other videos : th-cam.com/video/sfS143DikPE/w-d-xo.html to target the boot configuration data (typically labeled the EFI partition), not the OS partition (which contains Windows and other files).
So if I have windows on my ssd m2 and want to transfer all my drives,gpu and ram to a new motherboard... will it just be plug n play or will I need to follow steps in one of your videos?
This wasn't really meant for that use case (where you're transferring Windows to another system). You may run into problems activating Windows since there is such a large hardware (motherboard) change, especially if it's an OEM license.
@@accessrandom is there anyway you can make a video on keeping all the components from an hp 690-0024 but putting them into a new case and new motherboard? But also still being able to keep windows etc...? Or do you know where I can look up that information not really finding much on google searches
You can have both hdd and m.2. Some laptop actually has this setup. However, you may want the windows install in the m.2 so it can boot faster and runs faster. Using the hdd as your back up drive.
Thanks for the tutorial. How about restoring Windows 10 on M.2 nvme SSD using PCIE adapter? Is it also possible? I don't have a dedicated NVME SSD slot on my motherboard.
I think that will be highly dependent on the BIOS and/or the adapter. I know that some Dell's are able to boot to the PCIe NVMe, but I'm not sure of any others.
I want to do this as I had trouble with one of the previous cloning videos but I would still like my hdd installed to use for extra storage but I would like to wipe it clean as well. Any suggestions?
I have another video here: th-cam.com/video/sfS143DikPE/w-d-xo.html that shows you how to wipe partitions off of a drive. If at all possible, attach the hard drive to another, separate computer and wipe it there - then remove it and re-attach it to the computer that has the clone/restore. You should then be able to initialize it as GPT, create new partitions, and use it as secondary storage.
@@ravurisambasivarao1332 hey bro what I would suggest is try using recovery drive tool to create the recovery media in the usb and later on remove the hdd from the system and install the nvme pcie m.2. ssd and boot up it is the only and easier way
@@maybealittledemonic3152 I've heard that, cloning the OS won't give the best performance of SSD as fresh installation gives. Can we remove hdd from pc?
If you follow the same steps in the video, your files will not carry over. You may want to consider cloning your hard drive (which would keep your files) with one of my other videos here (th-cam.com/video/CHCENfs87F4/w-d-xo.html) or here (th-cam.com/video/mKSmwyPXH2I/w-d-xo.html).
can I follow these step on my HP pavilion 15 cc129tx model laptop. Will this work ? As my 1tb HDD is not working properly and need to switch to 1TB SSD also please suggest can I use SATA SSD on place of my HDD for data and NVMe SSD for Windows OS .
As long as the laptop allows booting to the NVMe SSD, it should work (please note however that some laptops or motherboards will have restrictions on whether an M.2 NVMe can be a boot drive). This particular HP does allow it. Your 1TB HDD can be replaced with a 1TB SSD with the same SATA interface - you'll want to copy or clone that data first.
@@accessrandom Thanks for you reply. My concern is, how can I know my motherboard supports boot from NVMe or not. I need a fast booting and good performance so I want to switch 1TB NVMe SSD as my boot drive and give 250GB patrtion for C:\ and want to give 3 seprate partition for rest of my IT stuff i.e. for Virtual Machines and Hyper-V. And for my data like photo, documents, ebooks etc I want another SATA HDD as replacement of my old HDD. Am I correct for doing this with my HP laptop, Please suggest.
Unfortunately, I couldn't find any information about your particular model concerning the bootable interfaces, so you may want to contact HP support directly.
Just one question bro.. can we apply same procedure without removing hdd. Only by adding m.2 ssd. If not thn tell please what should i do i have installed m.2 but windows is pre-installed on hdd from company
That's a good question. To be honest, I'm not sure since having two boot partitions in the same system can lead to the BIOS registering the wrong one (i.e., it may latch onto the boot partition on one drive, but use the Windows installation on the other). If you're using the HDD solely as a backup, what you could do is physically remove it but keep it in cold storage for future use.
It will depend - a clone will copy everything on the original, so if you already have programs installed then those will take time on top of Windows and any out-of-the-box software that is installed. Otherwise, they should be roughly the same.
Hi I have a question I use my pc for games and I’m gonna need a bigger m.2 ssd because I’m running low on storage and I want more games. If I buy a new ssd will all my programs and games be deleted? And will I have to do this? To download windows?
It depends - if you have other programs on the hard drive (and you don't want to install everything again), you should clone. If you only want the factory image, then you should use this video's method.
Hello, a very interesting video. As you can see in the disk manager, there is no HP recovery partition or HP boot-recovery partition. You comment that windows already has all the HP "Bloatware" installed and also the drivers. The Recovery Drive tool is from Microsoft. Doesn't HP include a tool for you? The one that only allows you to create the recovery media once. I have seen that for computers after 2016 you can download "HP Cloud Recovery Tool" to download the recovery media, which usually has to be purchased for € 50 and they will send it to you. No longer come with OEM D2D partition? It would be logical (and ethical), taking into account the options included in Windows 10, including "reset this computer", create image, create recovery drive (with the system). A friend has a 2016 HP PC and I cannot buy the recovery media for his model and also not from the cloud. Luckily you can still download the drivers (which are never updated), 2 years and they are forgotten, they wash their hands. A PC with only two SATA ports and one of them for the DVD ... It has an HDD .. and many people have problems with Samsung and Crucial brand SSDs, the PC does not come out of the POST ... The problem that I see with the recovery drive is that it performs the Sysprep (generalize), and forces you to configure the user accounts, not to mention the inevitable questions at the start of each user. When you do a Sysprep of an image.wim it is from the administrator account, which is deactivated, Windows starts and you install drivers and "Bloatware through a tube", when you finish it turns off and that's it, you can clone the virtual disk or create one image.wim. Considering all the time it takes to create the recovery drive and then switch to the SSD or NVME, I don't know if it's worth it. Install windows and download the drivers (maybe more current), install the microsoft updates, and finally a couple of tweaks with CMD (sfc / scannow, dism), and free up space. What do you think?
So my computer had a " critical process died " problem within my drivers so I bought a new ssd because I do not know how to restore the driver or windows. Do you think the new ssd m.2 will grant me the windows installation despite the damage to my other ssd drive?
If i already have things downloaded on my factory ssd, will i be able to transfer everything to the new nvme following these steps? I have a 512gb ssd in my laptop (it has 2 ssd slots) and i want to add two 1tb nvme drives in the future and take out the 512gb ssd, but I don’t want to lose everything thats on my current ssd, not sure what the best way to do this would be. So any help would be greatly appreciated!
For your case, you may want to consider cloning the SSD to the NVMe. I have another video that explains that process here: th-cam.com/video/cVRVgrOl1M8/w-d-xo.html.
What if I were to buy the model with the i5 10400f and gtx 1660 super? What would be your thoughts as to its potential overheating? What about your own experience using this pc in relation to the temps? Thank you in advance.
For the TP01-1016, I haven't had any problems with high temperatures, but I am not really stressing the CPU that much - I use it as a Plex server with hardware-accelerated streaming, which depends on the integrated 630 graphics on the i5-10400 (so there's no discrete graphics card). The CPU is idle most of the time, and when I do stream, the hardware-acceleration takes the load off the CPU.
@@accessrandom thanks. Would you recommend getting that pc given its power supply is 330 watts? I'm afraid it's not enough to unleash the potential of the 1660 super, but why would hp install such a weak power supply if it limits the power of the components?
@@friendlyfella123 Power consumption for the 1660 super can be around 140W so I think you should be ok. I'm sure HP would size it correctly, but you probably have very little headroom to upgrade to anything more.
On the HP, it preserved the HP apps because it was part of their factory image. I'm not sure about the Asus, but I would assume they would do the same...
@@accessrandom I just finished the install, and you're right Asus did the same thing. So it's all good. Took me couple of hours, with restoring some games too.
If you wish to have a clean install on the SSD, it would be better to use a fresh install of Windows from a USB disk (there are many tutorials that describe the process). Cloning simply copies what you currently have to another SSD.
@@Issac_G Yes, you can transfer them to a drive that won't be touched by the recovery procedure. Actually, this video is for manufacturer-created recovery partitions, but I haven't tried to create my own.
I have a problem I tried to copy with Macrium into my new 1T NMVe, and it doesn't want to do it saying: choose another disc, but I don't want to choose another one I bought that new one just to have more space and speed for my operator system what can I do? Should I do what you said in this video, I don't want to compromise my PC and bring it back to repair shop.
Device name OASIS Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700 CPU @ 3.20GHz 3.19 GHz Installed RAM 48.0 GB Device ID ACEAC7B7-0DC2-447F-AE80-166EE444B33C Product ID 00326-10855-41565-AA284 System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor Pen and touch Pen support And it's a1TB western digital sn550
There's nothing that looks out of the ordinary with your system. When you choose the SSD as a destination, do you see existing partitions on it (before it asks you to choose another disk)?
@@accessrandom yes i placed partitions like you said and bring the last one all the way to the end, and it's after this is completed it said choose another disc( matter of fact it said the twice)
Hi, i need to keep the 500gb hdd and all its files and local disk partitions while making the 256gb M.2 as just boot device without other partitions as in my hdd. mine is windows 8.1 pre installed hp probook 440 g2. i have the hp recovery cd with me. what should I do?
What you could do is follow the procedure in the video to restore to the M.2 SSD, then reconnect the HDD if you want to use it as a secondary disk (it would still have your original OS/files on it). After making sure you can reliably and repeatedly boot to the SSD, you can decide whether to delete the OS partition on the old hard drive.
@@accessrandom I was just watching your video about cloning disks and it was extremely helpful and very well explained. I just had to do this and it was extremely helpful Thank you 😊
@@accessrandom - haha....the nuggets aren't bad with the sauce "either". 🤣 I see what you did there. Totally awesome channel and fantastic professional style.
If you have two m.2 slots on your motherboard (and they are both accessible simultaneously), then you can use the same procedure. However, if there's only one slot, you may want to follow the procedure in one of my other videos: th-cam.com/video/mKSmwyPXH2I/w-d-xo.html - except you would use an M.2-to-USB adapter instead of a SATA-to-USB.
Hi from France First of all thanks and congrats for your work : clear, proper, intelligent and done to be handled by anyone. I bought an hp with yet the nvme 256go as main hdd with windows yet installed But when I try to had another ssd on Sata 1 or Sata p60 I can't find it even when I go to disk gestion. Do you know what is wrong? I have to check bios if thes Sata 1, 2 and p60 sata 0 are enabled? Thanks in advance for your help
Thank you. If you add a drive to the system, the BIOS should automatically pick it up. After you install it, it should show up in the BIOS and in Windows' Disk Management (even if it is an uninitialized drive). There could be a problem anywhere along the chain - are you able to try a different SATA data and/or power cable (in the case of a SATA interface), or try the SSD in another system in order to rule out a bad drive?
You may want to look at my other videos if you want to clone the contents of a drive to another. You can use the procedure here: th-cam.com/video/mKSmwyPXH2I/w-d-xo.html, except you would use an M.2-USB adapter instead of a SATA-USB. Cloning to a larger hard drive is detailed here: th-cam.com/video/CHCENfs87F4/w-d-xo.html
I was trying to switch from a 256 SSD to a 1tb 980 SSD but when we get to the step of setting up windows on the new SSD it says there was a problem recovering your PC.
There is the possibility that the recovery partition has bad sectors (i.e., there is something physically wrong with the drive). If so, you can try running a "chkdsk X: /r" (where X is your hard drive) from the command prompt launched as Administrator, then attempt a restore afterwards. In order to assign a letter to the recovery partition, you'll need to start the Disk Management utility and assign one from there.
@@accessrandom So do I even need. 2.5 SSD in addition, when I already have a single M.2 NVME which has more storage and is faster? Wouldn’t be the additional 2.5 SSD unnecessary?
@@accessrandom Thx, do you know why my Acer Aspire only says 1200mhz is max. But I think that my RAM has 2400mhz but it never uses it... Like there isn’t even a XMP for my Acer Aspire 3... why does CPU-Z only says 1200mhz?
@@lost_places_global9008 I'm afraid I'm not that familiar with the Acer Aspire 3, so I'll need to defer to others who may have more experience. Anyone?
Thanks for the report - I will need to look into this. I know you can create a recovery drive recursively (i.e., on all future installations) in order to create the USB image, but I haven't yet tried F11.
@@accessrandom Actually it didn't pickup the hp efi keys (I have created hp recovery manager a dvd disc before It has all hp drivers and microsoft drive but it is has many unnecessary softwares !)(but f11 works) in clean install microsoft recovery(just like in this video)(no extra softwares) (no hp efi ) so it won't work !!!
@@accessrandom no error during the whole process but nvm, luckily I have backups. Thanks for ur reply, great to know that actually this method can be used for cloning whole PC, not only cloning OS 👍
Really great video - thank you! Unfortunately, I had a similar issue reported by another: all was going well until recovery got to 30%. So you think that might be related to the new NVMe?
Thank you. It's possible that it is the NVMe, but it could also be the flash disk. I couldn't find the other commenter below but IIRC, he had tried a different USB flash drive and was able to get it to work.
I have extra slot of installing ssd. So i have installed the ssd and now i have hdd +ssd and now i want clean instalation window to my ssd from hdd. Can u tell me what is the procedure...
This was an awesome tutorial, but I thought you installed a larger SSD Volume, and then in the end I was expecting to see the windows volume being larger.. !!!!
I'm replacing my current nvme with a 2tb one and I only have one nvme slot. Will this method keep my windows? I don't mind redownloading everything. Thanks.
@@accessrandom ok thanks. Do you have a video that can show me how I can clean wipe the ssd I’m replacing since I will be giving it to my friend. Thanks. It’s a Western Digital Blue.
Hey man please can you do a video on how to upgrade your power supply on the HP MO1-F1006na Desktop Core i5 I'm buying one but I don't want a 180w psu I want a 500w psu
Mine included the activation as part of the factory image. It may have been embedded in the BIOS as well. If you're in doubt for your computer, you can use the methods in one of my other videos to retrieve any retail product key: th-cam.com/video/nl4okILnko4/w-d-xo.html
so I have a 1tb HDD with windows and games on it i just got a 500 GB m.2 ssd and i wanna move windows and some games to it. and i wanna boot windows from my m.2 ssd will this work? (i also saw the cloning video but I wanna keep my hard drive as a 2nd storage option
Sir .......same process for replacing my old ssd to a new one............... while I insert recovery flash drive and boot my laptop do I need to go bios.....pls help
I think there's two possibilities. You hard drive (where your recovery partition is) may have bad sectors, in which case you should run "chkdsk X: /r" on it (where X is your hard drive). You would need to assign it a letter to be able to chkdsk it, through the Disk Management utility. The other possibility is a bad usb drive - are you able to try a different one?
In the procedure that I use, this only restores Windows and any programs that were included by the manufacturer. You may want to consider cloning your drive if you wish to keep your programs and files.
So I bought a new computer with a 512gb nvme and windows 10 pro. The old computer has windows 10 home plus about 150 gb of data. I wanted to transfer just the data and not the home version to my new machine. Can you help me find a solution. Thanks so much.
if everything is in one partition, the partition is considered as one indivisible object, so your OS (e.g., in C:\Windows) would be cloned with your data (in C:\ProgramData and elsewhere). If they are separate partitions, you could create an image of the data partition, then restore it to the other machine in a secondary partition.
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How can we move the window from one drive to another? I want to move the window hdd to ssd. That I have already in my laptop? Please help my computer becomes so slow. I think thats the reason
@@jasbirkumar9306 You may want to visit one of my other videos where i clone from an HDD to an SSD. It's an older version of Windows but will work with later versions: th-cam.com/video/mKSmwyPXH2I/w-d-xo.html
Thanks. I'll try that.
@@accessrandom In Performance section The SSD section displaying 0% read and 0% write speed. whether in HDD its is fluctuating based on the action i am performing. How can i check that i have installed my windows on SSD and also My system is running on SSD? Please helps me out. My system is running very slow. One more thing that some days ago i have updated my windows to 11 but few hours later i again changed to 10 because it wasn't compatible. is this the reason?
thank you so much, ive been looking at youtube for almost a year trying to find out how to upgrade my ssd without having to pay for windows again. I will be upgrading from a ssd m.2 with 250 gb to a m.2 drive with 1 tb storage, i really hope this works out. great tutorial man!
You're welcome, and thank you 🙏. Glad you found the video useful.
Amazing video. this is so smart and simple. you saved me 230$ so far. 😊
Great tutorials. Have one of the TP01 Series Desktops and the removal and replacement videos were spot on and well presented. These are good value PCs and somewhat upgradable. I’ve added a stick of 8GB memory, removed and replaced the Wi-Fi 5 / Bluetooth 4 (it only had one of the tiny connectors attached but there was another unused wire hidden that enabled using the existing antenna!) NVMe with an Intel Wi-Fi 6/Bluetooth 5 Card and now I plan on installing a low profile PNY 1030 video card. Your videos are the clearest and most professional I’ve found. Thanks. Very helpful. Had the number 15 Tork bit which made things easy.
You're welcome, and thank you for the detailed write-up 🙏.
I can confirm that this method works with the HP Elitebook 840 G4. I had a regular SSD, and switched to a Samsung 970 EVO Plus, NVMe SSD. Remember to update the BIOS before changing.
Thank you for the heads up 👍
this is very helpfully more than videos that have millions of videos! by the way everyone should know this works for both desktops & laptops!
Many thanks 🙏👍.
@@accessrandom i have windows 11 in 1TB HDD, i want to install clean windows 10 on my new NVMe ssd so please help me how to install if you have any video about it please send a link
great job explaining the process, i think this is the best video ive seen about the process!
Many thanks - I appreciate it.
i dont have the option to recover from a drive, even though i put the recovery file on there
Bro I just used your cloning video last night 😂
👍 Hope everything went well. Both methods are valid ways to transfer Windows over - just depends on whether you want to start with a clean install or not.
@@accessrandom I keep failing to clone to my clean ssd and am getting an "error 9," msg whenever it fails around the 30% marker. Any suggestions?
@@garyngrace25 The most common cause for error code 9 is a possible bad disk (i.e., bad sectors or file system errors). Can you please try running a "chkdsk X: /r" (where X is your hard drive) from the command prompt, before you attempt another clone?
@@accessrandom I did, and it cloned 99.9% of the hard drive (I can tell because of the difference in size between the old HDD and new SSD are down to the MBs,) before failing. It gave me the "Error 9 - Read Failed - Data error (cyclic redundancy check)" message. Not sure how to advance. Is it possible to make a fresh Windows and migrate the copied data to it? Any other advice for the error message I've been getting? Thank you again.
Can we then keep the HDd installed in the computer and use as extra storage?
The cooling is aided a lot by moving to SSD. A good 512 SATA is about $33 if you shop carefully.
Will this method make an exact replica of your earlier drive including files not related to windows? BAsically I just want to copy my entire old 500gb boot drive SSD onto a new 1tb SSD.
I keep getting a message after minute 7:04 on the video. saying “There was a problem resetting your pc. No changes were made” after clicking recover from the flash drive
I need help :(
I research this a bit by googling, and it seems the most common reasons for the error message are a corrupt file preventing Windows 10 from resetting, or the deletion of important files due to an abrupt shutdown. The solutions are fairly lengthy but there's a good article on a website called makeuseof, which you can find be using the error message as the search string. You may need to reconnect the hard drive again for some of these solutions, though.
Bueno, no funcionó, no sale la opción de recuperar desde una USB: 6:52
Excellent Video Tutorial as usual Sir. Question: Will this method work for and HP ENVY 750-116 Desktop as well ? And can I just leave the old 2TB HDD and wipe everything and use it as a storage for pictures and music ?
Thank you - yes, it should work in the same way though you may need a larger USB drive depending on the size of the factory image. You can continue to use the 2 TB HDD but I recommend that you physically remove it during the restoration, then reconnecting it afterwards.
exactly what i was looking for.
this is the easiest way of doing it.
i was thinking of cloning, but going from a larger sized HDD to a smaller capacity SSD via cloning may pose unexpected challenges. this recovery disk method looks to be the simplest, easiest and safest way of doing it.
btw, with this method, the recovered new SSD would have practically all current windows keys associated with the machine, current drivers at installation, settings (as much as possible), etc?
thanks again for this good work.
You're welcome, and thank you 🙏. Yes, the Windows product key is typically embedded in the BIOS so the recovery will pick that up automatically. Basically, it should give you a factory-restored image, including drivers and original settings.
I see.
To clarify, this factory reset point would be at the version that was originally placed by the manufacturer, or would this restore point include updates? Like I am now at the latest Windows update version, would it revert to an earlier build of Windows 10 from the original machine?
I would still be ok with it either way. Just want to set my expectations when I try to do this.
Thanks again and appreciate your response.
Cheers!
@@jeriellucas3543 That's a good question. I believe the original image would be static, but I'm not sure if it is updated in any way during a Windows update - I'll need to defer to others who may have had more experience. Anyone?
@@accessrandom Thanks again. I am now asking my wife if she wants to go through the upgrade. I will also ask if she wants to do it this way, or thru cloning as we also have MS Office, and I don’t know where the product key is anymore. In that case, I’ll just ask them to move their files like pictures out of the drive prior to cloning to make sure it will fit the SSD.
We have an all-in-one, and it is painfully slow due to a 2TB HDD, but per documentation, it can fit an M2 SSD. Not sure if it will be worth it given the AMD A8 in that PC. We will be weighing if it will make sense to upgrade or it won’t matter despite the upgrade cost.
@@jeriellucas3543 Sure. The product key for Office can actually be retrieved using a utility called Produkey (I demonstrate it in one of my other videos to get the Windows product key, but it will work for Office as well), if that helps: th-cam.com/video/nl4okILnko4/w-d-xo.html. My cloning video can help with the cloning if you decide to go that way.
Will this also include my files and programs? or just the os?
If the HDD is partitioned such that one contains the OS while the other has programs, then you can just clone the OS partition (but I would recommend including the other smaller partitions). However, if everything is in one partition, the partition is considered as one indivisible object, so your OS (e.g., in C:\Windows) would be cloned with your programs (in C:\Program Files).
I find a tool called aomei is really useful in cloning, think it would be more convenient.
Hello access random I have a question i wanted to transfer my Os to my new ssd but I have few doubts like my system is a Lenovo ideapad 3 15iglo5 .
1. Will transferring my OS remove my existing OEM windows key from the manufacturer
2. Will I get back all the apps that I got when I got my laptop as new
For a factory restore, the product key/license embedded in the BIOS so it will remain intact. As long as the apps are part of the factory image, those should be restored as well (at least for the HP - I assume Lenovo would do the same thing).
Complete Noob and your video helped my successfully add a 1tb Samsung 970 Evo Plus to replace the DELL 512GB SSD on my Inspiron 9570. Thanks 🙏🏻
You're welcome, and thank you for sharing the success story. 👍
Hey, thank you very much for your explanation.
I'm upgrading my SSD of 250 GB to a 1TB, is it the same process? I won't loose my files?
Also, what should I do if I want to install windows from fabric?
Yes, it would be the same process. This video doesn't preserve your files and programs, so if you want to keep them, you may want to visit one of my other videos about cloning (like this one: th-cam.com/video/CHCENfs87F4/w-d-xo.html ). Unfortunately, I don't have a video about installing Windows from scratch, but there are many videos on other channels which go through the steps of installing Windows from a USB drive.
Will anything in this process erase data on a separate drive that is already installed in my laptop? Basically, I have a 2tb SATA ssd that has almost all of my data. My Boot drive is an m.2 nvme that I am going to replace with a new one. When I do the recovery, how do I make sure that the sata is not erased, but the NEW m.2 is working with windows properly? What should I click on the screen at 6:55? I should mention that I have a few programs on the old m.2 that I would like to keep.
To be extra safe, what you could do is physically remove the 2TB SSD from the system while you restore the M.2 - then reconnect it after you're finished. In this way, it is guaranteed that your data will remain untouched. I've heard of others being able to restore while keeping your programs (and I believe they said there is an option to do that), but I hadn't really tried it myself.
Luckily i found you sir, thank youuu. Although have different way with cloning, at least i do not have to buy expensive ssd enclosure to upgrade to higher ssd space..
Thanksss
You're welcome, and thank you 🙏.
I have the same problem at least 3 others are having where the recovery goes well until it gets stuck at exactly 30%. Im using a brand new scandisk usb. Seems strange so many people have bad discs in just the same area. Any thoughts?
Could I do a clean install of windows on my laptop from a bootable usb onto a new nvme, but still have windows activated without the product key? or would I have to get a new product key for it to stay activated?
thanks in advance!
Edit: Just to clarify, my laptop came preinstalled with windows on the ssd it came with, but i dont want to use that ssd as i would like to swap it out completely to be able to connect 2 nvme drives.
Yes, the product key is actually embedded in the BIOS on newer laptops (Windows 8.1 and Windows 10), so the installation of Windows will automatically pick up the product key. For peace of mind, you can always retrieve the product key using the methods in one of my other videos: th-cam.com/video/nl4okILnko4/w-d-xo.html
@@accessrandom thank you!! i was worried i'd have to buy a new one. i'll check out that video you linked :)
This video is very simple and self explanatory. Thanks
You're welcome, and thank you 🙏.
6:56 when i press one of those it says there is a problem with recover my system
You may have a corrupt recovery partition. You can run "chkdsk X: /r" (where X is your partition/volume letter) from a command prompt running as Administrator, but you would need to assign a letter to that partition in the Disk Management utility.
I've cloned hard drives thanks to your videos. Unfortunately I have a damaged hard drive from my dell laptop.
How do I clone this? I cannot use this technique from this video because the drive isn't viewable on the laptop nor through another laptop. Please advise me on what I should do.
Will this copy your data and programs to the new drive?
Hi Thanks for the video. If I understand correctly by creating the backup flash drive and restore version of windows will be the same as the backup flash drive? I want to make sure that the OS is the same as before. I am switching out a Dell factory installed M2 SSD with the new Samsung. I discovered it is not possible to clone the drive even though I purchased an external case. I think the cable is not correct as the OS is not recognizing the new external M2 SSD. I started looking at other ways to clone current OS. Thanks for any insight you can offer. I just don't want to loose current OS settings if a factory windows restore happens.
I managed to get the USB external M2 SSD to be recognized. It was the cable. All is cloned now. thanks for the good videos.
I need help, so I have a work laptop that I cant factory reset cause it's a bit locked encrypted ssd and I'm not an adminstrator. So if I just get a new nvme ssd and replace the old one that just basically restarts the computer right. I'll just have to intall windows 10 on it right. Or does replacing the ssd in it do nothing
Thank you so much 🙏🏼 I was getting doubtful I’d be able to figure this out
do i need to have nothing on both the C drive and the nVME in order to do this? I have Steam on my C drive and all my games are on the nVME
If you are cloning your C drive and you have (for example) all your Steam games on the D: drive, you can clone just the C: drive. But after the clone, keep in mind that each drive or partition may be assigned a different letter, so you old D: drive may become E:. If that's the case, you'll need to re-assign the letter of your Steam game drive back to D: after the clone.
@@accessrandom ok thanks for that :) ive been tryig to get my o2 on the nVME for about a year now but it wont work at all
Clear and concise information. Big help thank you.
Very good. Works in ASUS, I guess the requirement is Windows. A warning, in my case it took 24 hours to write the USB and 24 hours to install on the new SSD. I was almost giving up but decided to wait in both cases as I read the process could be very long. The new installation works fantastic.
Very clear video. How much space do you need on the usb drive ?
For this installation 16gb, but often it only needs an 8gb USB, but the pen drive won't be usable for anything else while the recovery files are on it
So I have made the recovery drive per your instructions on a brand new 32 gb USB. I shut down the PC and installed the NVME and unplugged the original HD. I hooked it up with the recovery drive in and started up the PC and made the selections that you directed. It seemed to be going ok at first, but has been stuck at 29% for about an hour. Any ideas?
It sounds like there may be a hardware problem with the NVMe. If it all possible, are you able to try it in another machine to see if it works there? On your HP, you can always return to the original HDD since that is still intact (plus you have the recovery drive which has the factory image on it in case you need to restore it to a different NVMe).
So if I have other hard drives connected I'm guessing it would be ideal to unplug those until the recovery is complete, and the PC is back in full swing?
Yes, I think that would be the best way to go (to be safe). After you boot to the one repeatedly and reliably, you can re-attach the others.
Hello! Just have a quick question.
Upgrading my build. Going from Intel I7 7700k -> Ryzen 7 5800x.
I currently use a SATA SSD and a HDD (system imaged from my SSD just in case).
I am installing a brand new, never used M.2 SSD for the upgrade, and I plan on installing a fresh OS on it.
My question is this:
Can I (after boot up and all drivers are updated, etc and everything is solid) simply plug in my old SSD & HDD WITHOUT deleting the said info on those drives??? (Keep in mind that I would shutdown the computer, plug those in, load up bios, make sure boot priority is still going to my M.2, then load to desktop).
If I keep my boot priority on the M.2, my old SSD OS shouldn’t interfere with it correct?
Thank you!
Since there will be two boot partitions that exist in the system (one on the M.2 SSD and the old SSD), I find that the BIOS/UEFI sometimes registers the wrong boot configuration data. You may want to delete just the boot partition on the old SSD to be safe.
@@accessrandom okay thank you! So under the windows 10 settings when I’m selecting a drive to download the windows installer to, just hit “delete” on my SSD? It won’t remove everything on it just the OS partition???
Honestly, I have everything backup up to my HDD, not too worried if so!
Thanks for the response!! ❤️
@@hunterrivera4984 You'll probably want to use the method I use in one of my other videos : th-cam.com/video/sfS143DikPE/w-d-xo.html to target the boot configuration data (typically labeled the EFI partition), not the OS partition (which contains Windows and other files).
@@accessrandom awesome thank you sir!! ❤️
HI, does the new M.2 NVMe will work without initializing it with deskmanagmnt before installing in ?
So if I have windows on my ssd m2 and want to transfer all my drives,gpu and ram to a new motherboard... will it just be plug n play or will I need to follow steps in one of your videos?
This wasn't really meant for that use case (where you're transferring Windows to another system). You may run into problems activating Windows since there is such a large hardware (motherboard) change, especially if it's an OEM license.
@@accessrandom is there anyway you can make a video on keeping all the components from an hp 690-0024 but putting them into a new case and new motherboard? But also still being able to keep windows etc...? Or do you know where I can look up that information not really finding much on google searches
@@TheTattoedVRpilot Thanks for the suggestion. I haven't really seen anything on google, but I can put it on my list.
@@accessrandom awesome that would be great! Especially after how well the other hp 690 video you made did 😄🤙🏽 thank you again for all the help!
Hi. I just want to ask. Is it safe for the laptop battery in having an m.2 and hdd installed/using at the same time?
Thank you!
You can have both hdd and m.2. Some laptop actually has this setup. However, you may want the windows install in the m.2 so it can boot faster and runs faster. Using the hdd as your back up drive.
Thanks for the tutorial. How about restoring Windows 10 on M.2 nvme SSD using PCIE adapter? Is it also possible? I don't have a dedicated NVME SSD slot on my motherboard.
I think that will be highly dependent on the BIOS and/or the adapter. I know that some Dell's are able to boot to the PCIe NVMe, but I'm not sure of any others.
I want to do this as I had trouble with one of the previous cloning videos but I would still like my hdd installed to use for extra storage but I would like to wipe it clean as well. Any suggestions?
I have another video here: th-cam.com/video/sfS143DikPE/w-d-xo.html that shows you how to wipe partitions off of a drive. If at all possible, attach the hard drive to another, separate computer and wipe it there - then remove it and re-attach it to the computer that has the clone/restore. You should then be able to initialize it as GPT, create new partitions, and use it as secondary storage.
I have a HP Pavilion laptop, i have extra slot for nvmessd. How to install OS(Windows) in SSD without removing HDD.
Listen in order to boot from the usb you should not have the hdd in your pc
@@maybealittledemonic3152 Ok, then what can I do now?
@@ravurisambasivarao1332 hey bro what I would suggest is try using recovery drive tool to create the recovery media in the usb and later on remove the hdd from the system and install the nvme pcie m.2. ssd and boot up it is the only and easier way
@@ravurisambasivarao1332 but if you want to just keep all your files and folders try the cloning method
@@maybealittledemonic3152 I've heard that, cloning the OS won't give the best performance of SSD as fresh installation gives. Can we remove hdd from pc?
Thanks heaps bro helped me do this with ease, first time too!
You're welcome, and thank you 🙏.
Hi just a quick question, will this keep my files or will it remove it? Thanks, also what if I want to keep my laptop's hdd? Will this work?
If you follow the same steps in the video, your files will not carry over. You may want to consider cloning your hard drive (which would keep your files) with one of my other videos here (th-cam.com/video/CHCENfs87F4/w-d-xo.html) or here (th-cam.com/video/mKSmwyPXH2I/w-d-xo.html).
Thanks for making this video. Easy to understand 😁
You're welcome, and thank you 🙏.
Does this work when going to a smaller ssd? My pc has a 500gb ssd, and I want to use this method to move it to a 256gb nvme.
can I follow these step on my HP pavilion 15 cc129tx model laptop. Will this work ? As my 1tb HDD is not working properly and need to switch to 1TB SSD also please suggest can I use SATA SSD on place of my HDD for data and NVMe SSD for Windows OS .
As long as the laptop allows booting to the NVMe SSD, it should work (please note however that some laptops or motherboards will have restrictions on whether an M.2 NVMe can be a boot drive). This particular HP does allow it. Your 1TB HDD can be replaced with a 1TB SSD with the same SATA interface - you'll want to copy or clone that data first.
@@accessrandom Thanks for you reply.
My concern is, how can I know my motherboard supports boot from NVMe or not.
I need a fast booting and good performance so I want to switch 1TB NVMe SSD as my boot drive and give 250GB patrtion for C:\ and want to give 3 seprate partition for rest of my IT stuff i.e. for Virtual Machines and Hyper-V. And for my data like photo, documents, ebooks etc I want another SATA HDD as replacement of my old HDD.
Am I correct for doing this with my HP laptop, Please suggest.
Unfortunately, I couldn't find any information about your particular model concerning the bootable interfaces, so you may want to contact HP support directly.
Just one question bro.. can we apply same procedure without removing hdd. Only by adding m.2 ssd.
If not thn tell please what should i do i have installed m.2 but windows is pre-installed on hdd from company
That's a good question. To be honest, I'm not sure since having two boot partitions in the same system can lead to the BIOS registering the wrong one (i.e., it may latch onto the boot partition on one drive, but use the Windows installation on the other). If you're using the HDD solely as a backup, what you could do is physically remove it but keep it in cold storage for future use.
I enjoyed your video, it was very well explained.
You're welcome, and thank you 🙏.
What is the difference between this method and use a cloning device. I'm going from ssd 256 to ssd 1tb. And well I'm scared lol
i need to reinstall the windows then do a recovery on usb flash or i cand do it with my ssd being nearly full ?
Excellent and clear instructions
Well done!!, but taking too much🤣. Which way faster between USB recovery flash drive and Macrium Reflect clone?
It will depend - a clone will copy everything on the original, so if you already have programs installed then those will take time on top of Windows and any out-of-the-box software that is installed. Otherwise, they should be roughly the same.
Hi I have a question I use my pc for games and I’m gonna need a bigger m.2 ssd because I’m running low on storage and I want more games. If I buy a new ssd will all my programs and games be deleted? And will I have to do this? To download windows?
If you used the cloning method on the same machine, then no, your games and programs will not be deleted and you won't need to download Windows.
@@accessrandom thanks dude
Should I use this method or the macrium one?
I want to keep all the factory installed apps.
It depends - if you have other programs on the hard drive (and you don't want to install everything again), you should clone. If you only want the factory image, then you should use this video's method.
Hello, a very interesting video. As you can see in the disk manager, there is no HP recovery partition or HP boot-recovery partition.
You comment that windows already has all the HP "Bloatware" installed and also the drivers.
The Recovery Drive tool is from Microsoft. Doesn't HP include a tool for you? The one that only allows you to create the recovery media once.
I have seen that for computers after 2016 you can download "HP Cloud Recovery Tool" to download the recovery media, which usually has to be purchased for € 50 and they will send it to you.
No longer come with OEM D2D partition? It would be logical (and ethical), taking into account the options included in Windows 10, including "reset this computer", create image, create recovery drive (with the system).
A friend has a 2016 HP PC and I cannot buy the recovery media for his model and also not from the cloud. Luckily you can still download the drivers (which are never updated), 2 years and they are forgotten, they wash their hands. A PC with only two SATA ports and one of them for the DVD ... It has an HDD .. and many people have problems with Samsung and Crucial brand SSDs, the PC does not come out of the POST ...
The problem that I see with the recovery drive is that it performs the Sysprep (generalize), and forces you to configure the user accounts, not to mention the inevitable questions at the start of each user.
When you do a Sysprep of an image.wim it is from the administrator account, which is deactivated, Windows starts and you install drivers and "Bloatware through a tube", when you finish it turns off and that's it, you can clone the virtual disk or create one image.wim.
Considering all the time it takes to create the recovery drive and then switch to the SSD or NVME, I don't know if it's worth it.
Install windows and download the drivers (maybe more current), install the microsoft updates, and finally a couple of tweaks with CMD (sfc / scannow, dism), and free up space.
What do you think?
I’m really happy I found this but I’m having trouble. Every time I try to create a recovery drive on my new thumb drive it gives an error. Any ideas ?
I’m also trying to do this method for a deal g3 3950.
Are you able to try a different thumb drive (or chkdsk it) to rule out a bad drive?
So my computer had a " critical process died " problem within my drivers so I bought a new ssd because I do not know how to restore the driver or windows. Do you think the new ssd m.2 will grant me the windows installation despite the damage to my other ssd drive?
If you had a process problem on the original drive, I'm afraid it would carry over to the cloned drive (since it is basically a copy of everything).
If i already have things downloaded on my factory ssd, will i be able to transfer everything to the new nvme following these steps?
I have a 512gb ssd in my laptop (it has 2 ssd slots) and i want to add two 1tb nvme drives in the future and take out the 512gb ssd, but I don’t want to lose everything thats on my current ssd, not sure what the best way to do this would be. So any help would be greatly appreciated!
For your case, you may want to consider cloning the SSD to the NVMe. I have another video that explains that process here: th-cam.com/video/cVRVgrOl1M8/w-d-xo.html.
Ok , what I understood that NVME drives won't allow MBR style windows( i.e non secure boot one's.) to install on them .
What if I were to buy the model with the i5 10400f and gtx 1660 super? What would be your thoughts as to its potential overheating? What about your own experience using this pc in relation to the temps? Thank you in advance.
For the TP01-1016, I haven't had any problems with high temperatures, but I am not really stressing the CPU that much - I use it as a Plex server with hardware-accelerated streaming, which depends on the integrated 630 graphics on the i5-10400 (so there's no discrete graphics card). The CPU is idle most of the time, and when I do stream, the hardware-acceleration takes the load off the CPU.
@@accessrandom thanks. Would you recommend getting that pc given its power supply is 330 watts? I'm afraid it's not enough to unleash the potential of the 1660 super, but why would hp install such a weak power supply if it limits the power of the components?
@@friendlyfella123 Power consumption for the 1660 super can be around 140W so I think you should be ok. I'm sure HP would size it correctly, but you probably have very little headroom to upgrade to anything more.
I'm going to do this to my Asus laptop. But what about the Asus apps it came with? The configured settings of how I purchased it?
On the HP, it preserved the HP apps because it was part of their factory image. I'm not sure about the Asus, but I would assume they would do the same...
@@accessrandom I just finished the install, and you're right Asus did the same thing. So it's all good. Took me couple of hours, with restoring some games too.
@@samanosukeakechi4388 Thanks for the update - that's good to know in case someone else has the same question.
Can this be an alternative to cloning if want a clean install on SSD and still keep the hard drive ?
If you wish to have a clean install on the SSD, it would be better to use a fresh install of Windows from a USB disk (there are many tutorials that describe the process). Cloning simply copies what you currently have to another SSD.
When making a recovery does it copy all files that are stored on C: drive like programs or just the OS? thanks
The recovery partition would hold the OS plus any programs included by the manufacturer.
@@accessrandom only by manufacture ? So my personal files can to just transfer over to say my D: drive
@@Issac_G Yes, you can transfer them to a drive that won't be touched by the recovery procedure. Actually, this video is for manufacturer-created recovery partitions, but I haven't tried to create my own.
@@accessrandom Thank you that makes sense .
I have a problem I tried to copy with Macrium into my new 1T NMVe, and it doesn't want to do it saying: choose another disc, but I don't want to choose another one I bought that new one just to have more space and speed for my operator system what can I do? Should I do what you said in this video, I don't want to compromise my PC and bring it back to repair shop.
What is the model of PC that you have? I'm wondering if there is any incompatibility with the NVMe itself.
Device name OASIS
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700 CPU @ 3.20GHz 3.19 GHz
Installed RAM 48.0 GB
Device ID ACEAC7B7-0DC2-447F-AE80-166EE444B33C
Product ID 00326-10855-41565-AA284
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch Pen support
And it's a1TB western digital sn550
There's nothing that looks out of the ordinary with your system. When you choose the SSD as a destination, do you see existing partitions on it (before it asks you to choose another disk)?
the 1st time I had to format it like they say, and I'm pretty sure I use NTFS formatting, it never asks again.Hope it's not that.
@@accessrandom yes i placed partitions like you said and bring the last one all the way to the end, and it's after this is completed it said choose another disc( matter of fact it said the twice)
Hi, i need to keep the 500gb hdd and all its files and local disk partitions while making the 256gb M.2 as just boot device without other partitions as in my hdd. mine is windows 8.1 pre installed hp probook 440 g2. i have the hp recovery cd with me. what should I do?
What you could do is follow the procedure in the video to restore to the M.2 SSD, then reconnect the HDD if you want to use it as a secondary disk (it would still have your original OS/files on it). After making sure you can reliably and repeatedly boot to the SSD, you can decide whether to delete the OS partition on the old hard drive.
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This applies as well if i want to switch out the m.2 nvme ssd with a faster one right?
If you have two m.2 slots on your motherboard (and they are both accessible simultaneously), then you can use the same procedure. However, if there's only one slot, you may want to follow the procedure in one of my other videos: th-cam.com/video/mKSmwyPXH2I/w-d-xo.html - except you would use an M.2-to-USB adapter instead of a SATA-to-USB.
Hi from France
First of all thanks and congrats for your work : clear, proper, intelligent and done to be handled by anyone.
I bought an hp with yet the nvme 256go as main hdd with windows yet installed
But when I try to had another ssd on Sata 1 or Sata p60 I can't find it even when I go to disk gestion.
Do you know what is wrong? I have to check bios if thes Sata 1, 2 and p60 sata 0 are enabled?
Thanks in advance for your help
Thank you. If you add a drive to the system, the BIOS should automatically pick it up. After you install it, it should show up in the BIOS and in Windows' Disk Management (even if it is an uninitialized drive). There could be a problem anywhere along the chain - are you able to try a different SATA data and/or power cable (in the case of a SATA interface), or try the SSD in another system in order to rule out a bad drive?
Greeting sir, after applying this method, would this keep my windows license?
Yes, when you restore Windows to the same PC, you will retain your license.
What about the Windows OEM license? Don't you loose the license when you use a new hard drive for Windows?
The license will carry over to the restored drive. I believe it is embedded in the BIOS.
@@accessrandom Thanks for the answer. What if I don't make any backup from the window drive? I mean a clean installation. Do I loose the license?
You meant I Can Use my hdd recovery image to give os to S.S.D?
Does this also work on a laptop when upgrading a nvme with more storage
How to keep the old files? I have so many software licences installed on my old ssd which I want replace with a bigger nvme ssd.
You may want to look at my other videos if you want to clone the contents of a drive to another. You can use the procedure here: th-cam.com/video/mKSmwyPXH2I/w-d-xo.html, except you would use an M.2-USB adapter instead of a SATA-USB. Cloning to a larger hard drive is detailed here: th-cam.com/video/CHCENfs87F4/w-d-xo.html
You can also keep your old drive plugged in I believe. You don't have to remove it.
@@intothekey Hi. Thank you for the suggestion. I only have one ssd slot, so unfortunately this is not an option.
Great tutorial. Which text to speech software/ website did you use? Thanks..
Thanks. That's just my own voice.
@access random Wonderful. You sound perfect... 👍
I was trying to switch from a 256 SSD to a 1tb 980 SSD but when we get to the step of setting up windows on the new SSD it says there was a problem recovering your PC.
There is the possibility that the recovery partition has bad sectors (i.e., there is something physically wrong with the drive). If so, you can try running a "chkdsk X: /r" (where X is your hard drive) from the command prompt launched as Administrator, then attempt a restore afterwards. In order to assign a letter to the recovery partition, you'll need to start the Disk Management utility and assign one from there.
So basically when you have a new faster m.2 NVME you don’t really need to have a other SSD?(Sata3.. the blocky slower ones).
That's correct - the M.2 NVMe is a storage device that stands by itself (unless you use something like Optane), and is independent of 2.5" SSDs.
@@accessrandom So do I even need. 2.5 SSD in addition, when I already have a single M.2 NVME which has more storage and is faster? Wouldn’t be the additional 2.5 SSD unnecessary?
@@lost_places_global9008 That's correct.
@@accessrandom Thx, do you know why my Acer Aspire only says 1200mhz is max. But I think that my RAM has 2400mhz but it never uses it...
Like there isn’t even a XMP for my Acer Aspire 3... why does CPU-Z only says 1200mhz?
@@lost_places_global9008 I'm afraid I'm not that familiar with the Acer Aspire 3, so I'll need to defer to others who may have more experience. Anyone?
Recovery doesn't have full system image the f11 button for recovery doesn't work ? (HP TOOLS ARE MISSING) ?
Thanks for the report - I will need to look into this. I know you can create a recovery drive recursively (i.e., on all future installations) in order to create the USB image, but I haven't yet tried F11.
@@accessrandom Actually it didn't pickup the hp efi keys (I have created hp recovery manager a dvd disc before It has all hp drivers and microsoft drive but it is has many unnecessary softwares !)(but f11 works) in clean install microsoft recovery(just like in this video)(no extra softwares) (no hp efi ) so it won't work !!!
Please Upload Video if you found any solutions !!!
Hii,
I have 512GB ssd and i want to replace it with 1TB ssd can I follow the same procedure?. I need all the data.
I followed ur instructions step by step. But after finished windows installation on new ssd, no old apps/folder exists in the new ssd
Were there any error messages that appeared during the restore? I wonder if the recovery partition image is corrupt in some way.
@@accessrandom no error during the whole process but nvm, luckily I have backups. Thanks for ur reply, great to know that actually this method can be used for cloning whole PC, not only cloning OS 👍
Really great video - thank you!
Unfortunately, I had a similar issue reported by another: all was going well until recovery got to 30%. So you think that might be related to the new NVMe?
Thank you. It's possible that it is the NVMe, but it could also be the flash disk. I couldn't find the other commenter below but IIRC, he had tried a different USB flash drive and was able to get it to work.
Do I need to hit any keys to do the new install or does it go right to it with flash drive in the pc
It should go directly to the USB flash drive without any interaction from you.
@@accessrandom awesome thanks
It keeps saying not enough disk space even though im using 16gb USB as my recovery EFI and I have 500gb empty ssd
I have extra slot of installing ssd. So i have installed the ssd and now i have hdd +ssd and now i want clean instalation window to my ssd from hdd. Can u tell me what is the procedure...
What you could do is use the same procedure after physically removing the original HDD. Afterwards, re-attach the HDD and wipe it clean if you wish.
@@accessrandom ok thnks for the help..
This was an awesome tutorial, but I thought you installed a larger SSD Volume, and then in the end I was expecting to see the windows volume being larger.. !!!!
Thank you very much. Just what I am looking for to install on a hp laptop.
I'm replacing my current nvme with a 2tb one and I only have one nvme slot. Will this method keep my windows? I don't mind redownloading everything. Thanks.
Yes, this would restore your Windows to the factory default.
@@accessrandom ok thanks. Do you have a video that can show me how I can clean wipe the ssd I’m replacing since I will be giving it to my friend. Thanks. It’s a Western Digital Blue.
@@karnjitm Here's one of my other videos that may be helpful: th-cam.com/video/sfS143DikPE/w-d-xo.html
Instead of using a thumb drive can i use a external HDD?
Hey man please can you do a video on how to upgrade your power supply on the HP MO1-F1006na Desktop Core i5 I'm buying one but I don't want a 180w psu I want a 500w psu
Same here man I’ve tried so hard but I can’t figure it out have u ?
Will this have trouble with HP safe start? Will I need to tweak the Bios for HP to boot from a new M.2?
Do you mean booting into safe mode? I have not had to tweak anything in the BIOS (nor have I had any reports of anyone needing to).
Update: it worked! Liked, subscribed and shared. Thank you so much. HP should hire you as you give better support than them.
@Francis M Thank you for the update 👍. Very happy to have you here.
Do i need to put in the windows activator code or is that done automatic?
Mine included the activation as part of the factory image. It may have been embedded in the BIOS as well. If you're in doubt for your computer, you can use the methods in one of my other videos to retrieve any retail product key: th-cam.com/video/nl4okILnko4/w-d-xo.html
so I have a 1tb HDD with windows and games on it i just got a 500 GB m.2 ssd and i wanna move windows and some games to it. and i wanna boot windows from my m.2 ssd will this work? (i also saw the cloning video but I wanna keep my hard drive as a 2nd storage option
I'm afraid not with the restore. The restore simply re-images the M.2 SSD with HP's factory image, independent of the contents for the 1 TB HDD.
@@accessrandom oh okay thank you ! do you believe the cloning video will work for me ?
@@cbas9994 Yes, just follow all the caveats for moving to a smaller SSD (and make sure to create a rescue disk).
Sir .......same process for replacing my old ssd to a new one...............
while I insert recovery flash drive and boot my laptop do I need to go bios.....pls help
No, I didn't need to go to the BIOS to make any changes. Were you getting any error messages?
I got a problem, my recovery is stuck at 29% and won’t go anywhere, what do I do?
I think there's two possibilities. You hard drive (where your recovery partition is) may have bad sectors, in which case you should run "chkdsk X: /r" on it (where X is your hard drive). You would need to assign it a letter to be able to chkdsk it, through the Disk Management utility. The other possibility is a bad usb drive - are you able to try a different one?
This works great guys!! just know that it does take some time to fully recover when you wipe it clean!!!!😅😅
When I start recovering it keeps saying error at 72%
this method backup my win10 key and office 2019 key? and about my files?
sorry about my english
In the procedure that I use, this only restores Windows and any programs that were included by the manufacturer. You may want to consider cloning your drive if you wish to keep your programs and files.
So I bought a new computer with a 512gb nvme and windows 10 pro. The old computer has windows 10 home plus about 150 gb of data. I wanted to transfer just the data and not the home version to my new machine. Can you help me find a solution. Thanks so much.
if everything is in one partition, the partition is considered as one indivisible object, so your OS (e.g., in C:\Windows) would be cloned with your data (in C:\ProgramData and elsewhere). If they are separate partitions, you could create an image of the data partition, then restore it to the other machine in a secondary partition.
Great video. Thank you man.