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09-17-2020 02:20 AM
Is there a way or a tool to transfer the factory made recovery partition in my stock HDD to a new SSD???
My Notebook is an Envy Dv6 7295ex with a factory installed 1 TB HDD.
The new SSD is a 1 TB SanDisk.
09-17-2020 08:58 AM
Not as such, no. The recovery partition is at a fixed address on the original drive, unless you are able to copy to the same exact address on the new drive, it will not work.
There is a process known as CLONING which will make an exact copy of one drive to another, but for that to work, you have to shrink down the largest partition on your HDD so all the partitions will then fit easily on the SSD. If this does not move the Recovery partition in the process, then it might work.
What I recommend is the following:
1) Download and install Macrium Reflect (MR) from here: https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree
2) Connect the new drive to the PC using a USB-to-SSD drive adapter (like the one illustrated below)
3) Follow the instructions in this link: http://knowledgebase.macrium.com/display/KNOW/Cloning+a+disk
4) Shutdown the PC when done
5) Swap the drives and reboot the PC.
NOTE: To do this easily, the SDD has to be the same capacity as the HDD. IF you get an SDD that is a lot smaller, then before you do the cloning, you have to shrink the largest partition on the HDD (usually the OS partition), to the size such that it, and the other partitions, fit easily on the SSD.
You should boot from the new drive without any problems.
Typical USB-to-SSD adapter:
Good Luck
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