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‎01-02-2021 01:37 PM

HP Recommended
Product: Prodesk 405 g4 mini
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Hi,

 

I have a Win10 recovery USB from HP, Im looking to remove current SSD drive and replace it with a new internal SSD drive; how do I move my current OS and all my software to the newly installed drive?

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‎01-03-2021 01:41 AM

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@dimon2021 

 

You have 3 options

 

(a) Clone existing HDD to new SSD, this will save you a lot of time, you will get same environment only faster

            https://au.pcmag.com/how-to/57940/how-to-copy-your-windows-installation-to-an-ssd

 

(b) Perform a fresh install Windows 10 using

           https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

      to create a boot able media to install Windows 10.

 

(c) Using your USB, I don't know it is going to work or not, how long do you have it ?

 

Note: Whichever way, machine will use existing Windows 10 product key in BIOS to activate automatically for you.

 

Regards.

BH
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