Hello admin, I have a serious question for you, my brother has a problem, he needs it as soon as possible with all the programs. Three years ago he bought system unit, and six months ago I purchased and installed it operating system Windows 8 Professional 64-bit Rus (OEM), instead of Windows 7, then installed a lot of licensed expensive software, my brother is a photo artist and is also a professional photographer. It took several days to install the system and programs.
After two and a half years of work, his computer began to turn on every once in a while and turn off at will. AT service center they said that it is necessary to replace the motherboard under warranty, but there is not and will not be exactly such a motherboard and just such a manufacturer. And they also told us that maybe our Windows 8 on a computer with a new motherboard and the new processor will not start, and if it starts, then it will have to be restarted
activate, but it may not be possible to activate, since Windows 8 Professional 64-bit Rus (OEM) is hard-coded to serial number motherboard, and the motherboard we get will be different.
I myself understand a little about computers and read your articles. So I ask you, while our motherboard is still somehow working, is it really possible to transfer Windows 8 to another computer with all the programs, and even so that the activation is preserved. If this is not realistic, what can be done in this situation. Ruslan.
Transferring Windows 8 to another computer
Hello friends, with the help of this article you can transfer windows 8 to another computer if interested, read on. The transfer will take place on real computers and by completely legal means, using a utility from Microsoft called . That is, everything will happen. legal and fair. There are a lot of details in the article, as I try to write first of all for novice users.
- Note: If you are interested in the article, visit the special section where from one storage medium to another.
So, we started. But first I want to tell you one interesting case. An acquaintance who works in our organization as an economist approached me and asked for help in solving one problem. The problem turned out to be this.
He bought an operating room Windows system 8, but no one can install it, only Windows XP is installed. He turned to familiar masters, they all say the same thing - a weak computer, the installation of the system barely starts and hangs tightly in the middle of the process. We tried to install Windows 7 on this system unit and it did not work either. We tried everything, and, the hard disk, updated the BIOS, but nothing helped, they also tried to transfer Windows 8 using the program and it all ended with a blue screen, in short, a dead end. This economist of ours tortured everyone and the last one was me.
Upon closer examination of the system unit, it turned out that in fact the components are old. But all the pieces of iron satisfy the requirements for installing Windows 8, though minimally. The system should install but won't install.
Motherboard ELITE GROUP - ECS P4M900T-M2, based on VIA P4M900CD chipset
Processor Intel® Celeron® E1200, 1.60 GHz.
Video card GeForce 7300 LE with volume random access memory only 128 MB
RAM, two DDR2 667 MHz modules, total 2 GB.
Hard drive Maxtor 250 GB.
That's when I thought, why not transfer Windows 8 to this computer from another computer, for example, from mine.
First of all, I removed the hard drive from the system unit of my friend and pushed his system unit to the side. Then he installed his hard drive in his system unit, after removing his hard drive.
I took his installation disk with Windows 8 and began to install his eight on my computer, but on its hard drive. My friend's hard drive was divided into two partitions, the first one had Windows XP installed, and the second one contained data. I deleted the partition with Windows XP and started installing Windows 8 there. I didn’t touch the second partition with data, after transferring the system nothing should happen to them (as a result, the drive letter will fly off from this partition after transferring Windows 8 and we will reassign it, personal files stay safe and sound).
The Internet is not connected to the computer. The hardware on my computer is fundamentally different from the hardware on my friend's computer. maternal ASUS board P8Z77-V ( Intel chipset Z77), processor, Intel processor® Core™ i7.
Windows 8 cannot be installed if you do not enter the license key (), I had to enter it, but since the Internet was not connected, there was no real activation and binding of Windows 8 to the motherboard.
During the installation process, I named the computer Makar-PK and created an account (it is not necessary to create a Microsoft account, create at least a simple local account, for example Makar-77),
then installed the required software package. My friend stood and looked at all this in surprise, not understanding what was happening and why I was installing his Windows 8 on my computer.
And now it's time to use the sysprep utility built into Windows 8. This utility allows you to create a customized Windows image along with installed programs, which can then be deployed on another computer, preferably with a similar architecture, but very often I had to deploy such an image on a computer with completely different components and everything went well. Yes, and in our situation, although motherboards were different manufacturers, but the processors were both from INTEL.
After the system is successfully deployed on another machine, you will only need to enter the activation key (that is, as with normal installation system), otherwise Windows 8 will install but only run for 30 days. If activation fails, activate Windows 8 by phone, link to our article above.
Extensive information about the sysprep utility is available on the official Microsoft website, be sure to read it.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc721940(v=ws.10).aspx Run command prompt as administrator
And enter the command slmgr /dlv ,
A window opens in which you can see the limit on the number of transfers of Windows to other computers. In our case, 1000.
Then we enter the command C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep\Sysprep.exe
In the window that appears with the parameters, set everything as in the screenshot and click OK.
1. Putting the system into OOBE mode - the operating system transfer mode is activated the next time the system starts.
2. Preparation for use - all data that should not be copied with the image (security identifiers (SIDs), activation information, and so on) will be deleted from the system, but the installed software should be transferred without problems.
Windows 8 takes a few minutes to prepare for transfer to my friend's computer. The computer turns off. We dismantle the hard disk from my system unit and put it in its rightful place in my friend's system unit. We disconnect the computer of my friend from the Internet (below it is written why). We connect the cables and turn on his computer, everything is ready for transfer.
Note: Friends, if you now backup prepared in this way way Windows 8 in the program Acronis True Image or the Paragon program and save this image on DVDs or a portable USB hard drive, then you can successfully deploy this image to other computers, you can do without the Acronis program, use the Dism or ImageX () tools built into the operating system, the only thing you need what needs to be done after installation is to enter the license key of the system or Windows will only work for 30 days and will ask for activation (everything is fair).
We turn on the computer, the BIOS should be set to boot from hard drive. Immediately after switching on, the devices are being prepared.
You can activate Windows 8 after installation, click Next.
Accept license agreement. Computer name.
Here attention friends! Microsoft itself advises to avoid conflict when transferring the system in this place, be sure to disconnect your computer from the Internet, and assign a new name to your computer, and also create a new user. Then, when transferring, you will save old profile with all installed programs and some settings. If you remember when new installation Windows 8, we named our computer Makar-PK,
and created a Makar-77 account
select another name now, such as Fedot-PK. As a result, after migrating Windows 8, you will have two user profiles. The old Makar-77 profile with all programs and the Fedot-77 profile will be saved - it turns out to be temporary and is only needed to transfer Windows 8. Click Next.
Use default settings.
Choose Login without account Microsoft (if you previously signed in to your Windows 8 at Email, then you cannot enter it here, again, to avoid a conflict when transferring the system, and so that your old Makar-77 profile is not overwritten).
Create a new user, i.e. an additional local account different from the one that already exists in this system. For example, before transferring Windows 8, you logged in under the Makar-77 account, now in this window create the Username Fedot-77, then assign a password with confirmation and a hint. Ready.
Well it finally happens Windows boot 8. Naturally, the system is not activated until the Internet is connected, if you do not know how to activate it if available license key read our article How to activate Windows 8".
We entered the Fedot-77 account we just created,
There is not a single program here, an empty desktop, that is, a clean profile,
But I installed the programs and they have not gone away. Choose an account Makar-77
and get into the configured operating system, where almost all the programs I installed are launched.
We go into the properties of the computer. We see all the information about the "new" components of the system unit.
We go to the device manager, surprisingly all the drivers were installed automatically, even on the video card, which belongs to the museum.
Disk management. When transferring Windows 8 from a new volume E: the drive letter flew off, it had to be assigned, all the files remained safe and sound. Right-click on a drive without a letter and select "Change Drive Letter or Drive Path" from the menu
Assign a drive letter
Let's run the AIDA program and see all our components in full.
Deleting a temporary account
If you don't need the new Fedot-77 account, you can delete it. But before that, change the Makar-77 account type to administrator.
You can find out how to do this in our article:
Many of us sometimes face a very non-obvious problem when upgrading a personal computer. The hard drive is a priori the slowest component of a personal computer, especially if it is made in the form of a conventional HDD. And you always want to somehow speed up your computer. And then, one day, you decide and get a small but nimble SSD and it seems that now life is about to get better. But, an inexperienced user immediately faces an unobvious task - how to transfer everything from the old HDD to the new SSD? There may be several options here.
Because many computers are now running Windows control 8.1, then we will consider just such a configuration when a brand new SSD drive is installed in a computer with Win 8.1 installed. On this path, the user actually faces three problems:
- How to directly transfer the operating system, installed programs and data to new disk?
- Usually, SSDs are much smaller than the HDD already installed in the computer, and there is a risk that everything just won't fit.
- Windows configured to boot via UEFI will simply not boot from another drive. And difficulties may arise even with a simple reconnection of the disk to another controller port.
Let's try to figure out what to do and how to act when there is a purchased SSD, but it is not clear how to switch to it.
Reinstall operating system
Probably the most sensible option is to reinstall the operating system and everything software again. In this case, all the problems that have accumulated in the system will disappear, and no one has canceled the degradation of the operating system. But, sometimes, the user categorically does not want to reinstall, because in this case everything acquired and configured over the years will disappear and you will have to spend days, weeks, and maybe months setting up all the components and programs again.
Use built-in Windows tools
The 21st century has long been in the yard, but the most popular desktop operating system, Windows, still does not have any built-in tool for migration within a single computer. Although there are a couple of detours that can partly help the especially patient and thoughtful computer enthusiast, which strongly distrusts third-party software vendors.
Option 1 . In this case, you still have to install Windows from scratch on a new drive, as well as install all the programs you need to use it. And transfer data and settings using the built-in Windows tool Windows Easy Transfer. This tool not only allows portability within an operating system of the same generation, but also between systems different generations, for example, migrate from Windows XP to Windows 8.1.
Using Easy Transfer, you need to export all the necessary data and settings to a folder on your hard drive (just don't overwrite it), optical disc or USB flash drive. And then, already on a freshly installed system, it will be necessary to carry out the reverse operation, i.e. directly restore. Of course, this is not a completely fair migration from HDD to SSD, but still better than nothing.
Apply specialized product
BUT ordinary user, not a computer science sensei, third-party vendors come to the rescue, offering a wide range of software for migrating operating systems from disk to disk. Acronis and Paragon can be safely named among the most famous. Both of them have specialized tools for easy transfer of the installed operating system from one disk to another and without the need to perform ritual dances with a tambourine. However, before the transfer procedure itself, one should think properly, at least 7 times, and carry out the transfer only once. First, make sure you already have backups of your precious data. This can be either a regular backup created by any means and saved to a device separate from the test computer, or it can be cloud storage like OneDrive where you store all your work and private documents. Secondly, due to the fact that usually SSD drives smaller than the HDD, then you need to make sure that the filled volume of the transferred partition on your HDD is less than the capacity of the partition on the SSD. If necessary, you can (and even need to) uninstall unnecessary programs and clean the operating system from "garbage".
Cleaning the operating system from "garbage"
Clear HDD can be quite successfully built-in utility Windows cleaning. It will be useful to clean and system files, especially if the operating system has been in operation for a long time.
To migrate the operating system, you can choose one of the products of the manufacturers listed above or any other, but trustworthy. Whether to use a pirated version downloaded from the nearest torrent tracker, or honestly purchase the program, each user decides for himself (this is especially true for software from Paragon, which has inexpensive products designed exclusively for transferring the system from one disk to another). However, it should be borne in mind that by installing a pirated program, you not only rob the manufacturer, but also risk losing your data during the transfer due to current version ON. Although, losses and other troubles can occur with a newly purchased official program. It is for this reason that I strongly recommend that you do not forget to back up your data.
Select the section "Migration"
So, to migrate the operating system from a hard disk to an SSD within the same computer, I will use a professional tool from Paragon Hard Disk Manager Pro version 15. Yes, this remedy allows not only transferring, but also many other functions, such as backing up hard drives. But, in this context, we are only interested in the transfer of the system.
Select the disk to which the migration will take place (on the left). Choose Extra options, especially " boot record UEFI" if full boot from SSD is required (right).
By going through just three steps of the wizard, the data is transferred from my old HDD to the new SSD. Both drives are connected to the computer at the same time and during the transfer I can continue to work with my applications, although this is not recommended. The transfer is completed completely after the computer is restarted, when Windows starts already from the SSD.
And, as a conclusion. After the migration, you will need to reactivate not only Windows, but also Office, since one of the elements to which these products are bound is the hard drive. And yet, after a successful transfer, you still have the old partition on the HDD, you can either completely delete it or clear it by formatting.
Hello admin, I have a serious question for you, my brother has a problem, he needs it as soon as possible with all the programs. Three years ago he bought a system unit, and six months ago I purchased and installed the Windows 8 Professional 64-bit Rus (OEM) operating system for it, instead of Windows 7, then installed a lot of expensive licensed software, my brother is a photo artist and is also engaged in professional photography. It took several days to install the system and programs.
After two and a half years of work, his computer began to turn on every once in a while and turn off at will. The service center said that it was necessary to replace the motherboard under warranty, but there is not and will not be exactly such a motherboard and just such a manufacturer. And they also told us that it is possible that our Windows 8 on a computer with a new motherboard and a new processor will not start, and if it starts, it will have to be restarted
activate, but it may not be possible to activate, since Windows 8 Professional 64-bit Rus (OEM) is tightly tied to the serial number of the motherboard, and the motherboard we get will be different.
I myself understand a little about computers and read your articles. So I ask you, while our motherboard is still somehow working, is it really possible to transfer Windows 8 to another computer with all the programs, and even so that the activation is preserved. If this is not realistic, what can be done in this situation. Ruslan.
Transferring Windows 8 to another computer
Hello friends, with the help of this article you can transfer windows 8 to another computer if interested, read on. The transfer will take place on real computers and by completely legal means, using a utility from Microsoft called . That is, everything will happen. legal and fair. There are a lot of details in the article, as I try to write first of all for novice users.
- Note: If you are interested in the article, visit the special section where from one storage medium to another.
So, we started. But first I want to tell you one interesting case. An acquaintance who works in our organization as an economist approached me and asked for help in solving one problem. The problem turned out to be this.
He bought the Windows 8 operating system, but he cannot install it and no one can, only Windows XP is installed. He turned to familiar masters, they all say the same thing - a weak computer, the installation of the system barely starts and hangs tightly in the middle of the process. We tried to install Windows 7 on this system unit and it did not work either. We tried everything, and, the hard disk, updated the BIOS, but nothing helped, they also tried to transfer Windows 8 using the program and it all ended with a blue screen, in short, a dead end. This economist of ours tortured everyone and the last one was me.
Upon closer examination of the system unit, it turned out that in fact the components are old. But all the pieces of iron satisfy the requirements for installing Windows 8, though minimally. The system should install but won't install.
Motherboard ELITE GROUP - ECS P4M900T-M2, based on VIA P4M900CD chipset
Processor Intel® Celeron® E1200, 1.60 GHz.
GeForce 7300 LE video card with only 128 MB of RAM
RAM, two DDR2 667 MHz modules, total 2 GB.
Hard drive Maxtor 250 GB.
That's when I thought, why not transfer Windows 8 to this computer from another computer, for example, from mine.
First of all, I removed the hard drive from the system unit of my friend and pushed his system unit to the side. Then he installed his hard drive in his system unit, after removing his hard drive.
I took his installation disk with Windows 8 and began to install his eight on my computer, but on its hard drive. My friend's hard drive was divided into two partitions, the first one had Windows XP installed, and the second one contained data. I deleted the partition with Windows XP and started installing Windows 8 there. I didn’t touch the second partition with data, after transferring the system nothing should happen to them (as a result, the drive letter will fly off from this partition after transferring Windows 8 and we will reassign it, personal files stay safe and sound).
The Internet is not connected to the computer. The hardware on my computer is fundamentally different from the hardware on my friend's computer. ASUS P8Z77-V motherboard (Intel Z77 chipset), processor, Intel® Core™ i7 processor.
Windows 8 cannot be installed if you do not enter the license key (), I had to enter it, but since the Internet was not connected, there was no real activation and binding of Windows 8 to the motherboard.
During the installation process, I named the computer Makar-PK and created an account (it is not necessary to create a Microsoft account, create at least a simple local account, for example Makar-77),
then installed the required software package. My friend stood and looked at all this in surprise, not understanding what was happening and why I was installing his Windows 8 on my computer.
And now it's time to use the sysprep utility built into Windows 8. This utility allows you to create a customized Windows image along with installed programs, which can then be deployed on another computer, preferably with a similar architecture, but very often I had to deploy such an image on a computer with completely different components and everything went well. And in our situation, although the motherboards were from different manufacturers, the processors were both from INTEL.
After the system is successfully deployed on another machine, you will only need to enter the activation key (that is, as with a normal installation of the system), otherwise Windows 8 will be installed, but will only work for 30 days. If activation fails, activate Windows 8 by phone, link to our article above.
Extensive information about the sysprep utility is available on the official Microsoft website, be sure to read it.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc721940(v=ws.10).aspx Run command prompt as administrator
And enter the command slmgr /dlv ,
A window opens in which you can see the limit on the number of transfers of Windows to other computers. In our case, 1000.
Then we enter the command C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep\Sysprep.exe
In the window that appears with the parameters, set everything as in the screenshot and click OK.
1. Putting the system into OOBE mode - the operating system transfer mode is activated the next time the system starts.
2. Preparation for use - all data that should not be copied with the image (security identifiers (SIDs), activation information, and so on) will be deleted from the system, but the installed software should be transferred without problems.
Windows 8 takes a few minutes to prepare for transfer to my friend's computer. The computer turns off. We dismantle the hard disk from my system unit and put it in its rightful place in my friend's system unit. We disconnect the computer of my friend from the Internet (below it is written why). We connect the cables and turn on his computer, everything is ready for transfer.
Note: Friends, if you now backup Windows 8 prepared in this way in Acronis True Image or Paragon and save this image on DVDs or a portable USB hard drive, then you can successfully deploy this image to other computers, you can do without Acronis , use the Dism or ImageX () built into the operating system, the only thing you will need to do after installation is to enter the license key of the system or Windows will only work for 30 days and will ask for activation (everything is fair).
We turn on the computer, the BIOS should be set to boot from the hard disk. Immediately after switching on, the devices are being prepared.
You can activate Windows 8 after installation, click Next.
We accept the license agreement. Computer name.
Here attention friends! Microsoft itself advises to avoid conflict when transferring the system in this place, be sure to disconnect your computer from the Internet, and assign a new name to your computer, and also create a new user. Then, during the transfer, you will keep the old profile with all installed programs and some settings. If you remember, with a new Windows installation 8 we named our computer Makar-PK,
and created a Makar-77 account
select another name now, such as Fedot-PK. As a result, after migrating Windows 8, you will have two user profiles. The old Makar-77 profile with all programs and the Fedot-77 profile will be saved - it turns out to be temporary and is only needed to transfer Windows 8. Click Next.
Use default settings.
We select Log in without a Microsoft account (if you previously logged into your Windows 8 using an email address, then you cannot enter it here, again, to avoid a conflict when transferring the system, and so that your old Makar-77 profile is not overwritten).
Create a new user, i.e. an additional local account different from the one that already exists in this system. For example, before transferring Windows 8, you logged in under the Makar-77 account, now in this window create the Username Fedot-77, then assign a password with confirmation and a hint. Ready.
And finally, Windows 8 is loading. Naturally, the system is not activated until the Internet is connected, if you do not know how to activate with a license key, read our article " How to activate Windows 8".
We entered the Fedot-77 account we just created,
There is not a single program here, an empty desktop, that is, a clean profile,
But I installed the programs and they have not gone away. Choose an account Makar-77
and get into the configured operating system, where almost all the programs I installed are launched.
We go into the properties of the computer. We see all the information about the "new" components of the system unit.
We go to the device manager, surprisingly all the drivers were installed automatically, even on the video card, which belongs to the museum.
Disk management. When transferring Windows 8 from a new volume E: the drive letter flew off, it had to be assigned, all the files remained safe and sound. Right-click on a drive without a letter and select "Change Drive Letter or Drive Path" from the menu
Assign a drive letter
Let's run the AIDA program and see all our components in full.
Deleting a temporary account
If you don't need the new Fedot-77 account, you can delete it. But before that, change the Makar-77 account type to administrator.
You can find out how to do this in our article:
Cloning is definitely not a new idea and there are quite a few methods and various ways, which can be used to move or cloning hard disk or even clone an existing Windows operating system on new hard disk. Also, most of us have already updated our system to the latest Windows versions 8.1., which is the latest operating system from Microsoft. Windows 8.1 has gained so much popularity in a short time due to its performance and speed. A few days ago we thought about cloning our Windows 8.1 to a new hard drive, we just had to do backup. Good habit, by the way.
Cloning Windows 8.1 will ultimately help save a lot of time and effort as we don't have to install all applications and settings from scratch. We did some research on how to clone Windows 8.1 to a new hard drive and were completely shocked to see that there is no detailed guide. So, we have written this article here to fill this gap. Therefore, if you are looking for guidance on how to move an existing installed operating system to a new hard drive, including Windows 8.1, or more simply, if you want to clone windows 8.1 to a new hard drive, the full tutorial is written below.
Is it cloning worth a try?
Some of you may ask why we do Windows cloning 8.1 to a new hard drive rather than a fresh or clean install? Well there are some technical advantages cloning hard drives. However, let's be simple on simple ground. Yes, a fresh or clean install takes much less time compared to the cloning process. But, if you decide to clone Windows 8.1 to new hard drive on which applications and tools are already installed, you will end up, in the case of a clean installation, saving you time on installing each application. So, cloning is the only solution to make it fast and productive.
Basically, in a fresh installation of Windows 8.1, we need to install all major applications such as MS Office, browsers, email client applications, video players, PDF Reader and dozens of other applications, and if you combine the installation time of these applications, then it will be about 1 hour. But if you are going to clone Windows 8.1, it only takes a few minutes to get a working system. Once the cloning process is complete, you will be ready to use the same applications and preconfigured settings that you used on the original PC.
Can I use disk image cloning as a backup?
So, you want to know if there is such a solution or not? Once you've completed cloning Windows 8.1 to your new hard drive, you can use the same disk image to restore your system in the event of a disaster. You can use the Windows 8.1 disk image created in the image utility, which does the same thing with the iso file, and you have the key to restore your PC at any time. Quick and easy!
Method “Copy” and “Paste” will work instead of cloning?
We know that many of you feel the same way. You may ask why not copy and paste the entire drive to a new drive and clone Windows 8.1 because it really is a lot easier method, is not it?. Yes, you can do this, but we strongly advise against doing this, as this is not the correct way. It is possible that when copying, some files are not copied, as they may be used by the OS in this exact time and as a result you will get an error about a damaged OS on a new disk. In addition, a boot record without an MBR system can be installed on Windows 8.1 and it will not boot. When you clone any partitions, application cloning should clone the MBR from the source hard drive and again from the target hard drive to eliminate the error process.
How much hard disk space is required?
This is very important point, pay attention to this because you have to make sure that the target hard drive must have enough space to accept the clone source. You can check the current OS in "My Computer" and select the destination hard drive location. As you can see in the image below, hard Windows disk 8.1, which we will clone, consumes 27 GB of space from a total of 48.7 GB of hard disk. This means that you must have at least 30 GB of space on the target disk where you are going to clone. It would be better to have more space at 50 GB to avoid any problems in the future. You can use this feature to manage disk and manage hard disk partitions, or you can even shrink or expand existing partition space.
What programs or applications can we use to clone Windows 8.1?
Finally, we are in the main topic of this article, how can we clone the Windows 8.1 operating system? As mentioned earlier, there are tools that can be used to clone a hard drive. You can use software Windows software or boot applications to fully clone Windows 8.1 to any other hard drive with the same hardware configuration.
AOMEI Backupper
AOMEI Backupper is free tool which is ideal for hard drive cloning. We chose this app because this app is neat, clean and very straight forward and is free to download. With this tool, you can freely clone Windows 8.1 OS to a new hard drive within minutes. It comes with two great features called Partition Clone and Disk Clone. If you are just looking for partition cloning, then you can use the partition clone feature or you can use the clone disk option to clone an entire hard drive to another one. Unlike simple copy and paste, cloning will allow you to start your computer and all programs, usually without reinstalling the system and other applications. Cloning is easy additional function in AOMEI program Backupper and you can use this tool to perform operations Reserve copy and Windows Recovery 8/8 .1.
How to use AOMEI Backupper?
To clone Windows 8.1 we have created several simple steps which you can follow:
Note: make sure you have connected second hard drive to the computer you want to clone Windows 8.1 to.
1 .Let's start with Windows partition 8.1 you want to clone, please download the AOMEI Backupper freeware software. After the installation is complete, open the Cloning section of this application, and start the cloning process. Here we are just discussing about the clone section, so click on the option Partition Cloning - Partition Clone.
2. In Partition Clone, select the original partition you want to clone. We installed Windows 8.1 on our C: drive. So we clicked on the C: drive. Click the Next button.
3 .In the last step you have chosen the source partition and in this part you have to choose the destination partition where you want to clone the source operating system. Click on the Next button to go to the next step.
Note: Please delete all important data from the destination partition because this operation will overwrite all files.
4 .Here you will see the last window, which will display information about the source and target partition. You can click on the "Close" icon to cancel the operation, or click on Start Clone - Start Clone to start the cloning process.
5 .You can check the cloning progress and click on the "Finish" button when 100% is shown.
In the Utilities section of this application, you can create a bootable media, because this works better than cloning on a live system.
DriveClone
DriveClone is another tool that can be used to complete the same task as AOMEI Backupper can do. You can also use this tool to copy the entire contents of a partition to a new drive or SSD (Solid State Drive) in a few simple clicks. You can use the new drive to boot the system and use your applications as if you were using your regular hard drive. We did some research on the use and functionality of AOMEI Backupper and DriveClone and found that DriveClone performs better and is easier to use than AOMEI Backupper.
DriveClone is available for non-commercial use by users. Non-commercial versions for users are free to download and use. You can download it online!
By following the step by step method above, you can clone Windows 8.1 to any other hard drive in minutes without the hassle of installing every application and software over and over again. It will be more productive to clone your hard drive.
The rapid rise in popularity of solid state drives has led many PC users to decide to migrate Windows 8 to an SSD. But how exactly this can be done is a rather extensive question.
Process details
First of all, it is worth mentioning that transferring Windows 8 from HDD to SSD is not just one procedure, but a whole range of different actions. Therefore, before you start, you need to think about whether you can handle everything required. Regardless of which method will be used to move data, you will have to:
- Disassemble the system unit of a personal computer or, which is somewhat more difficult, a laptop.
- Work with regular or UEFI BIOS.
- Produce physical connection or replacing one memory storage device with another.
- In some cases, you will need to use USB-SATA adapters.
Not everyone is even more or less experienced user will be able to do everything necessary, not to mention beginners and inexperienced users. Based on all of the above, you should carefully consider whether to take on this yourself or migrating Windows 8 to an SSD will require contacting a service center.
Also great importance has a device type: personal computer or laptop. A priori, working with a laptop will be both more difficult in some places and much easier in some moments. So, depending on the manufacturer and design, in one case you can unscrew only two screws and use the proprietary utility, while in the other you will need to disassemble the entire device and fiddle with moving data for a long time third party applications or system utility.
Methodology
Cloning a hard drive with Windows 8 has several fundamentally different patterns. Which one is easier is decided by the one who decided to carry out such an operation. In general, the choice of algorithm depends on the available tools at the disposal of the owner of the device, both software and purely physical.
AT this section everything that concerns a non-software component will be stated, and in the following you will find only a description of applications and the intricacies of working with them.
So the possible algorithms are:
Of course, when choosing any of the above sequences of actions, you will need to disassemble the existing computer, since even after connecting with an adapter, the solid state will need to be installed in place of the old HDD.
Depending on the type of algorithm chosen, some steps may simply be missing, which, in turn, will affect the subsequent BIOS setup. In some cases, it may simply be absent, for example, if the first pattern was used, but provided that the SSD is installed first, the laptop is started, and then the HDD is added.
Both additional fasteners and special adapters may be required to work with personal computer.
Software side
There are a sufficient number of ways in which you can transfer absolutely all information from one storage device to another: from simple disk cloning to manual transfer using command line. The most difficult to implement will not be considered here, since just mentioning all the stages will take the reader a lot of time.
2 will be considered here:
- Through proprietary applications.
- Utilities from outside developers.
Branded Applications
Almost every laptop manufacturer tries to add applications of its own design. The degree of their quality and ease of use varies from manufacturer to manufacturer, and sometimes only in some specific individual lines or models.
Samsung, ASUS, ACER, Lenovo, HP, Packard Bell, Dell and IBM are adding utilities to the operating system to fine-tune and convenient operation with a personal computer. In the title desired program often the word Recovery appears. You can find it both in "All applications" and using "Search".
We find, launch and look for a column, item or block where “Disk Cloning” or “Operating System Migration” appears.
After that, it will be sequentially proposed:
- Source storage device.
- target disk.
- Transfer form:
- Full move.
- Partial with the ability to select one or more sections, as well as specific folders and files for transfer.
- Additional settings.
In some cases, the order can be changed, but the mandatory steps are just that.
Third party programs
Their choice is very large, and there are both specialized and general. Specialized utilities include Paragon Migrate OS to SSD or the same Samsung Data Migration.
Also, in some applications for working with storage devices and images, there is a built-in toolkit that allows you to clone both system images and the entire disk.