Опыт миграции на SSD накопитель

Практики использования ssd-накопителей до этого дня у меня не было, поэтому хотелось не только увеличить быстродействие дисковой подсистемы компьютера, но и попробовать насколько переезд с обычного жесткого диска будет обременителен для простого пользователя.

Программа для переноса с hdd на ssd

Первое, что нужно было выбрать, каким наиболее оптимальным способом перенести всю операционную систему( в моём случае Windows 7) вместе со всеми драйверами, настройками и прочим программным добром с одного диска на другой.

Немного “погуглив” стало понятно, что методов миграции несколько. Мне понравился вариант от компании “Paragon” она уже позаботилась о пользователях пожелавших осуществить переезд на ssd накопитель и создала программу под названием — Paragon Migrate OS to SSD .

Paragon имеет хорошую репутацию, в деле создания качественного программного обеспечения, поэтому я решил использовать их программу для переноса данных. Забегая вперёд скажу, что выбранный метод полностью оправдал все мои ожидания.

Выбор ssd диска

Второй вопрос – это выбор непосредственно самого диска и его объёма. Здесь я просто спросил совета у своего знакомого и он указал несколько моделей, которые на его взгляд являются оптимальным решением.

В ближайшем магазине в наличии оказался Corsair Force 3 SSD 120, который и был приобретён.
Так как места в системном блоке под ещё один диск не оказалось, для копирования данных ssd диск я подключил по usb кабелю при помощи специального адаптера.

Процесс переноса системы с помощью Paragon Migrate OS to SSD

Итак, всё подключено и готово к переносу данных. Для копирования я как и говорил использовал программу Paragon Migrate OS to SSD. После запуска открывается мастер, следуя инструкциям которого всё легко можно перенести.

Обязательно читайте пояснения которые программа выдаёт в процессе работы.
На первом этапе производится анализ оборудования.

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После завершения которого, будет определён раздел на котором установлена операционная система.

На этом этапе необходимо выбрать ssd-диск на который и будет производиться копирование.
В следующем окне мастера можно, при необходимости, выбрать только те папки которые вы хотите скопировать, исключив ненужные с целью экономии места на новом диске.

Кликнув по надписи — Пожалуйста, выберите папки, которые необходимо скопировать — откроется окно для выбора папок и файлов

Я исключать ничего не стал, так как мне вполне хватало ёмкости нового ssd-диска. Также имеет смысл активировать пункт – Использовать всё доступное место для раздела с ОС, если конечно вы не собираетесь делать на этом диске дополнительных разделов.

После того как определились все ли папки будут скопированы и весь ли диск отдадим под систему, нажимаем кнопку – Копировать и ждём окончания процесса.

Когда копирование закончится, будет выведено сообщение с результатом и дальнейшими рекомендациями.

Всё, данные скопированы, остаётся только заменить штатный жесткий диск на ssd-накопитель и загрузиться уже с него.

Настройка и тестирование после переезда на ssd

После запуска компьютера, операционная система загрузилась, все файлы, папки, программы и драйверы были на своих местах. Переезд на ssd удался, но я думаю нужно прояснить некоторые особенности связанные с эксплуатацией дисков ssd.

Рекомендуется использовать режим AHCI для контроллера SATA. Поэтому нужно проверить включен этот режим или нет:
• В меню «Пуск» открываем «Панель управления».
• Во вкладке «Просмотр» включаем режим отображения «Мелкие значки».
• Запускаем «Диспетчер устройств».
• В «Диспетчере устройств» ищем ветку «IDE ATA/ATAPI контроллеры», раскрываем её и смотрим контроллеры AHCI.
• Если AHCI-контроллер присутствует в списке, значит, система работает в AHCI. режиме
• В случае отсутствия контроллера AHCI, то система запущена без поддержки AHCI

Режим AHCI рекомендуется включить. Как это сделать при уже установленной операционной системе, подробно и хорошо описано в статье базы знаний технической поддержки Microsoft, с которой я рекомендую ознакомиться, что бы избежать проблем при включении режима AHCI.

Также необходимо проверить включен ли режим TRIM (подробно о команде TRIM). Он позволяет обеспечивать быструю работу ssd диска продолжительное время.

Для того чтобы проверить включена команда TRIM или нет, необходимо в командной строке (запускать от имени администратора) ввести запрос:

How to Migrate Windows 10 to M.2 SSD without Reinstalling?

Migrating Windows 10 to M.2 SSD is a good way to speed up your computer. Learn how to transfer Windows 10 from HDD to M.2 SSD in this article.

By AOMEI / Last Updated April 19, 2021

Why do you need to migrate Windows 10 to M.2 SSD?

An M.2 SSD, originally known as the Next-Generation Form Factor (NGFF), is a solid-state drive that conforms to a computer industry specification written for internally mounted storage expansion cards of a small form factor.В

It takes up less room than 2.5-inch SSDs or HDDs, and is generally faster. As a result, there’s a growing need toВ migrate Windows 10 to M.2 SSD nowadays.

You’ve probably had this experience: after long-term use, your HDD runs slowly and even takes minutes to boot up. In this case, upgrading HDD to SSD is a more efficient way rather than optimazing the old hard drive, because typically, an SSD has faster reading & writing speed, low power consumption and zero noise.В

All these advantages make SSD a better choice as boot drive. And M.2 SSD, with its amazing speed and mini size, has been more and more widely applied in PCs, especially high-end laptops.В In this post, we’ll share the approaches to migrate Windows 10 to M.2 SSD for better performance.

How to transfer Windows 10 from HDD to M.2 SSD?

Generally, there are two ways to migrate HDD to SSD, you can either use Windows built-in tool or a third party disk cloning tool. Either way you choose, you need do some preparations first:

в—† Clean up your old hard drive. Delete unwantted files, unintall unnecessary apps, peform a disk cleanup, etc.
в—† Install M.2 SSD properly. Make sure your desktop or laptop’sВ motherboardВ has M.2 slots, and insert the M.2 SSD to it.

Next, I will walk you through the detailed steps of each way.

Way 1. Using Windows built-in tool to transfer Windows 10 to M.2 SSD

You can create a system backup and them restore it on SSD.

Step 1. Type backup and restore in the Search Box and open Backup and Restore. Then click Create a system image.

Step 2. Select an external hard as destination place to save your backup.

Step 3. The system drive and system reserved drive are included by default. Click Next to continue.

Step 4. Confirm the settings and click Start Backup.

Step 6. When bootable USB drive finished, shut down the computer and connect SSD. Go to BIOS when booting and change the boot type to USB drive.

Step 7. Click Repair your computer, then go to Troubleshoot->Advanced Options->System image recovery.

Step 8. Here you will go to the Re-image your computer screen, click Use the latest available system image(recommended). And then click next and follow the instruction to complete the restore process.

Way 2. Using M.2 SSD cloner to migrate Windows 10 to M.2 SSD directly

As you can see migrating Windows 10 to M.2 SSD via Windows built-in tool is kind of troublesome, to make things easier, you can use M.2 SSD cloner.

AOMEI Backupper Pro is powerful and safe system clone software which allows you to transfer Windows 10 to SSD without reinstalling Windows. Besides Windows 10, it also supports Windows 7/8/XP/Visa. It is very easy to use, only a few clicks, you can clone OS to SSD. Let’s see how to migrate OS to M.2 SSD.

Step 1. Install AOMEI Backupper and open the software. Click Clone and Select System Clone. If you want to transfer the entire hard drive, choose Disk Clone instead.

Step 2. The system partitions will be selected automatically, you just need to select the M.2 SSD as the destination disk, and click NextВ to continue.

Step 3. Since your target is an M.2 SSD, you could check SSD AlignmentВ to accelerate its reading and writting speed. Then click Start Clone to execute the cloning task.

The default intelligent cloning mode copies only used sectors, which allows you to clone larger HDD to smaller SSD. If your target disk has larger capacity, you could also tick Sector By Sector Clone to copy all the sectors.

Only a few clicks, you can migrate Windows 10 to M.2 SSD with the help of AOMEI Backupper. But if you want to use it on different computer without installing agin, it’s suggested to upgrade to AOMEI Backupper Technician.

It allows you toВ create portable version of this software on USB drive and directly run off the flash drive without installing again. Then, you can use all the features of itВ including System Clone on any computer.

Tips: How to boot from the M.2 SSD?

After cloning, you can go to BIOS and change the boot device to boot from the M.2 SSD.В

в—Џ Restart your PC and press the manufacturer specified key to enter BIOS. It could be F2, F10, F12, Del, etc. If you are not sure, consult your user manual or search on the Internet.

в—Џ In BIOS menu, go to «Boot» tab and select the M.2 SSD as the first priority in boot order.В

в—Џ Press «F10» to save the changes and exit.

Conclusion

To transfer Windows 10 from HDD to M.2 SSD for better performance, AOMEI Backupper is good assistant with it convenient cloning feature. It enables you migrate the entire disk or only the operating system within servel simple clicks.

If you want to protect unlimited computers within your company, you can pick AOMEI Backupper Technician. And with the inbuilt AOMEI Image Deploy tool, you are also allowed to deploy/restore system image file on server-side computer to multiple client-side computers over network.

Easily Migrate Windows 10 to SSD Without Reinstalling OS Now! [Clone Disk]

By Vera | Follow | Last Updated December 17, 2020

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Here are two common questions from you: can I transfer Windows 10 to a new hard drive? How do I move Windows 10 to a new SSD? Of course, you can easily migrate Windows 10 to a new disk like SSD without reinstalling operating system. This post shows you the best SSD cloning software Windows 10.

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«I recently upgraded from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10. My Windows 8.1 was originally installed on a small SSD in my laptop. When I upgraded to Windows 10, it installed to my larger HDD. Is there a way to clone my OS to the SSD without having to uninstall all my program files?» answers.microsoft.com

From the example above, it is shown that this Microsoft user wants to move his operating system from HDD disk or internal drive to SSD disk due to the decrease of unused space after upgrading to Windows 10. Here in this post, we will show you how to move Windows 10 to another hard drive like SSD.

How to Migrate Windows 10 to SSD without Reinstalling OS?

How to transfer an OS to SSD? Actually, it is not as difficult as a lot of people think as long as a piece of professional third-party app could be available to help. In this article, we are going to show you some necessary clone processes to transfer Windows from HDD drive to SSD properly with a diskpart manager.

Preparation:

Before you clone Windows 10 to SSD without reinstalling OS, there are some things you need to note for this migration or clone job.

1. Prepare an SSD as the target disk. Please note the disk space of SSD can’t be smaller than the used space of the source disk.
2. Possess a cloning tool. In the software market, many kinds of cloning tools are provided. Here we will show you the best SSD cloning software for Windows 10 — MiniTool Partition Wizard.

MiniTool Partition Wizard

If you want your computer to boot quickly, just upgrade Windows 10 to SSD by cloning the system drive with the assistance of a disk migration software. If you are searching for such a program, MiniTool Partition Wizard is a good choice.

With MiniTool Partition Wizard, a powerful partition management tool, you can resize partition, recover lost Windows partition, rebuild MBR, clone disk, migrate OS and do many more. If you need to migrate Windows 10 to a new hard disk, for example, SSD, try out this software.

Here is the process with screen instructions of moving Windows 10 to SSD with this disk cloning software.

Step 1: Run MiniTool Partition Wizard to transfer OS to SSD.

1. Prepare an SSD as the target disk and connect it to your computer.
2. Run this PC cloning software to its main interface. You will then see all the hard disks in your PC listed here.
3. Select Migrate OS to SSD/HD Wizard from the Wizard menu to transfer Windows 10 to SSD.

Step 2: Select a method for Windows 10 transfer to SSD.

There are two migration modes. Just check one according to your need in order to migrate Windows 10 to SSD without data loss.

1. If you would like to replace the system disk with SSD, choose the first mode. The function of this option is the same as Copy Disk feature.
2. Some of you may ask: how to migrate only Windows 10 to SSD without reinstalling system? Here, the second mode is suitable since it can copy only the system required boot partitions to a new hard disk or SSD.

Step 3: Select a destination disk.

1. Select to transfer Windows 10 to new hard drive like SSD.
2. Here note that all the data of the SSD disk will be deleted during the migration process. Thus, please make sure the disk doesn’t contain important personal files, folders, or documents.

Step 4: Review the changes.

1. Choose a copy mode, Fit partitions to entire disk or Copy partitions without resizing.
2. Moreover, please check Align partitions to 1MB for your SSD. If you want to use GPT as the partition style of your SSD, please check Use GUID Partition Table for the target disk. Then it will become a GPT disk.
3. In the following figure, you can review all the changes you have made.

Step 5: Read the boot note.

A note or a boot option will appear and tell you how to boot from the destination drive.

Step 6: Apply all changes.

Execute the OS migration by hitting the Apply button. After that, you can double-check whether the Windows 10 migration is successful.

The above all the clone operation of moving just Windows 10 to SSD. Interested in this Windows 10 disk clone software? Get it now to easily transfer OS from HDD to SSD.

How to clone a hard drive to SSD free in Windows 10/8/7? MiniTool software offers the best way to clone a hard drive from HDD to SSD or a new one.

Further Reading: Some Common Questions on Moving OS to SSD Windows 10

Q1: Can I transfer only Windows 10 OS from a 1TB SSD to a 256GB SSD but leave rest data on the original SSD?

The complete question that comes from our user is as follows:

As for this question, the destination drive is smaller than the original drive. To clone Windows 10 to smaller SSD successfully, you need to make sure the new SSD has enough space to hold the entire operating system.

On the other hand, you are able to migrate only Windows 10 to SSD without reinstalling OS easily, and leave the rest of the data on the original SSD. Just try the Migrate OS to SSD/HD Wizard in Partition Wizard to move OS partitions only (option B).

Q2: How to clone hard drive to SSD in Windows 10 without reinstalling OS?

If all you want to do is to make an exact clone of the old hard disk to the SSD with all the intact programs and personal files, folders or documents, you can also use the Migrate OS to SSD/HD Wizard — option A to clone hard drive to SSD. Additionally, you can use its Copy Disk feature which is similar to Option A. For more instructions, read the above content.

Q3:

Will this work with WD my passport and if it can, will it boot normally?

If I were to take unallocated space from my passport and move Windows to the unallocated space, will it boot then or will it just be the same?

MiniTool Partition Wizard, a diskpart tool, can easily move Windows 10 to an SSD that comes from Western Digital (WD), Samsung, Toshiba, ADATA, SanDisk, etc.

In general, if the boot drive is connected via USB, Windows 10 may won’t boot, but you can try connecting the target drive via SATA if possible. If you want to boot from target disk, you need to set boot priority in BIOS.

Please note: the Migrate OS to SSD/HD Wizard can’t move Windows to a specific unallocated space, it will erase data on the whole target drive.

Q4: How do I move space from D drive to C drive Windows 10?

This question is also asked by you after migrating Windows 10 to a new hard drive like SSD.

If you find C drive is small, you can easily move space from D to C drive with MiniTool Partition Wizard. As a professional Windows partition manager, it can resize partition and extend disk partition with its powerful features.

Why Migrate Windows 10 to SSD

Now two pieces of best SSD upgrade software Windows 10 has been introduced. Some of you probably want to know the reason for transferring your OS to SSD. Here let’s analyze this question in two aspects and help you learn OS migration to SSD well.

Why Use SSD for OS Disk

If your computer is struggling to load some large files or documents and run many applications at the same time or you want to speed some things up a little, upgrading your old HDD drive to a solid state drive (SSD) is the surest way. Why?

It is because of the merits of SSD. Compared to HDD, SSD has many advantages, for example, it doesn’t have noise and moving parts, it is less likely to get damaged. Above all, the read-write speed of SSD is very fast. In order to speed up your computer, using an SSD as OS disk will be a good choice.

Why Do OS Migration

Suppose you have installed Windows 10 on an HDD, but now you want to boot your computer from SSD for the best performance. In this case, usually, the simplest way is to perform a clean installation on the SSD. Nevertheless, this way is not the best solution. What’s the reason?

In a word, OS fresh installtion is very time-consuming and troublesome since you need to install applications once again and data saved on C drive will be lost.

If you wouldn’t like to make a fresh OS installation on an SSD, there is a way to move the already installed Windows 10 to SSD without reinstalling OS. You can choose to migrate Windows 10 to SSD.

Bottom Line

Here comes to the end of this post. And you must have learned the necessary knowledge to upgrade Windows 10 to SSD without reinstalling OS. Now, it’s your turn to use MiniTool Partition Wizard or the backupper — MiniTool ShadowMaker to begin Windows 10 migration without losing data.

When using our standard Windows 10 cloning tool to transfer OS from HDD to SSD or clone hard drive to SSD, please tell us if there is any question. As for the method of system migration, if you have any suggestion, you can also inform us. Just leave a comment in the following zone or send an email to [email protected] and we will anwser you ASAP.

Migrate Windows 10 FAQ

1. Run MiniTool Partition Wizard in Windows 10.
2. Choose Migrate OS to SSD/HD Wizard.
3. Check option B.
4. Select a target disk.
5. Choose a copy option.
6. After reading the boot note, apply all changes.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Position: Columnist

Vera is an editor of the MiniTool Team since 2016 who has more than 5 years’ writing experiences in the field of technical articles. Her articles mainly focus on disk & partition management, PC data recovery, video conversion, as well as PC backup & restore, helping users to solve some errors and issues when using their computers. In her spare times, she likes shopping, playing games and reading some articles.