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Transfer Windows 8.1 OEM to new SSD
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As title says, my friend has a PC running Windows 8.1 which came pe-installed from the shop. He has got himself a SSD and we are wondering the best way to install his OS onto new drive. Any suggestions would be great.
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(10-02-2014, 09:50 PM)DonaldSayers Wrote:  
(10-02-2014, 09:42 PM)RADDY1993 Wrote:  As title says, my friend has a PC running Windows 8.1 which came pe-installed from the shop. He has got himself a SSD and we are wondering the best way to install his OS onto new drive. Any suggestions would be great.

Hey Raddy!

I'm pretty sure Brian's video on cloning windows 8 will work the same on 8.1 is the drive the same size as the other or close?







Also https://clonezilla.org/ is a pretty amazing piece of software. it's nice because it's a boot-able disk.

The HDD is 500 and SSD 250, is there no way for a clean install. Maybe if he did a recovery from partition and then cloned that would be better ?.
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If you don't have recovery media nuking that install on the 500gb and then clone that over will be your best bet. You could also order the recovery media from the manufacture unless it was built by a local shop custom.
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(10-02-2014, 10:08 PM)DonaldSayers Wrote:  If you don't have recovery media nuking that install on the 500gb and then clone that over will be your best bet. You could also order the recovery media from the manufacture unless it was built by a local shop custom.

Ok thanx, we are gonna try it tomorrow Smile.
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Raddy so you don't waste that 500gb drive, you can use one of these:

BLACK 2.5" SATA TO USB HARD DRIVE LAPTOP XBOX CADDY HDD CASE ENCLOSURE USB 2.0

Just dump all you data on that so you can save space on your SSD.
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(10-02-2014, 10:32 PM)Britec Wrote:  Raddy so you don't waste that 500gb drive, you can use one of these:

BLACK 2.5" SATA TO USB HARD DRIVE LAPTOP XBOX CADDY HDD CASE ENCLOSURE USB 2.0

Just dump all you data on that so you can save space on your SSD.

Thanx Brian looks good £3.89 Smile
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May as well get some use out of that 500gb drive, very easy to install.
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Just got Windows 8.1 with retail key, i have downloaded the iso from the microsoft site and burned it to a disc. Now should i install over current os, or format the partitions during the Windows 8.1 install or wipe the whole drive first with Dban.
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You should be able to just put the ssd in to the computer and start installing.
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#10
Like Don said, if you have a copy of Windows 8.1, take out old drive no need to format it just yet. Place your new SSD into your machine and boot to DVD or USB and install Windows 8.1

To perform a clean installation using a DVD or USB flash drive

How to Install Windows 8.1 – Instructions with Screenshots
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