I have my win10 and various apps installed on my HDD. And I have a new SSD. Is there a way to safely move win10 to the SSD? Or the only way is to install it again?
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You can using 'disk cloning' software, such as the free and open source Clonezilla which I use daily, or many other apps including commercial products, to duplicate what's on your HDD onto the SSD, without a reinstallation of Windows and all its apps. That will erase the SSD.
However, just copying, either by a 'copy' command in a command prompt window, or by drag-and-drop in File Explorer, will not work. Microsoft goes out of its way to prevent folks from copying Windows and Windows programs without buying it, and that's an unfortunate side effect.
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