How Do I Make a New SSD My Main System Disk?
I'm using a Dell Inspiron laptop, with a 500GB SSD. However, I ran out of storage space, so I purchased a new 1TB SSD and installed it in the extra slot. If I want to make the 500GB SSD my main drive, how do I make my SSD my main drive?
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Jerry· Answered on Jun 26, 2024
To make a new SSD your primary drive or C drive, you need to install Windows on the new SSD, install it on your laptop, and then set the new SSD as your boot drive in BIOS settings.
To install Windows on a new SSD, you can perform a clean installation, which requires you to create a Windows bootable USB and use the USB to install Windows on the new drive. To make the process simpler and easier, you can also transfer your Windows from one hard drive to another via cloning.
This is because cloning can help you transfer everything from one hard drive to another, including the Windows Windows operating system and personal data. You just need to connect the new SSD to your computer via a USB-to-SATA cable or hard drive enclosure.
To this end, you need to find a reliable disk cloning tool, like EaseUS Disk Copy, to help you clone your old disk to a new drive since Windows does not have built-in cloning settings.
EaseUS Disk Copy is a reliable and efficient disk clone tool that allows you to change your primary hard drive and upgrade your current hard disk to a larger one to improve your computer performance.
In addition, it can help you directly copy your C drive to a new drive to make the target disk bootable and create a WinPE boot disk to help you boot a new PC. Here is how to move your OS to another disk:
To make a new SSD your C drive/primary drive/main drive, install Windows on the new SSD via cloning, install the SSD on your PC, and then set it as your boot drive in BIOS settings.
Step 1. To clone a hard disk to an SSD, select the old drive as the source disk in "Disk Mode" and hit "Next".
Step 2. Choose the SSD as the destination disk.
Step 3. Check the disk layout of your SSD by selecting "Autofit the disk", "Copy as the source", or "Edit disk layout".
Step 4. Click "Proceed" to start cloning.
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