Tech Tutorial | Using Only Windows 10 to Migrate / Clone your Drive

Hey, everyone!

Let's migrate our operating system and all of the contents from our primary disk drive onto a different drive using nothing but what's available in Windows 10. This would also apply to Windows 7 and Windows 8.1.

The reason for us having to do this is due to working on a new project build where we purchased a new, larger hard drive but have already installed the OS and programs onto the smaller drive. It's a tedious job having to re-install Windows, go through the Windows Updates, and install any other programs we have had installed on the prior drive. Not to mention the settings we've set within our operating system.

The following hardware was necessary for this task:
Crucial M500 240GB SSD (CT240M500SSD1)
WD Scorpio Black 2.5" 250GB HDD (WD2500BEKT)
Hitachi 2.5" 500GB HDD(HTS547550A9E384)
Sabrent USB 3.0 to SSD / 2.5-Inch SATA I/II/IIIHard Drive Adapter (EC-SSHD) https://amzn.to/2CR51ED
Bootable USB Drive with Windows 10

The Windows 10 ISO and ability to create a bootable USB drive with the Windows 10 installation can be downloaded from Microsoft's website:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

Quick Update / Edit:
During our attempt to migrate from the 240GB SSD to the new 500GB SSD on the new system build we've encountered an error when trying to restore the image onto the new drive. The error was: "Error details: A data disk is currently set as active in BIOS...". Tried formatting in Windows as a secondary drive (both quick format at regular format), tried swapping different SATA cables, checked BIOS settings. Nothing worked until running DiskPart and then "clean"-ing the disk drive. This worked and the image was successfully loaded onto the new 500GB SSD. Hope this helps some of you who may run into this issue.


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