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Installing Windows on a new hard drive has never been the easiest task, especially when you have a lot of important data stored on the old hard drive. But with the EaseUS Todo Backup tool recommended by Mytour, the following method will help you change your hard drive without reinstalling Windows by moving your old Windows, backing up data on the old hard drive to the new one safely and quickly.
How to Change Hard Drive Without Reinstalling Windows
Step 1: Before removing the old hard drive and replacing it with the new one, install both the old and new hard drives on the computer to perform the Windows migration. You can install the old hard drive directly to the motherboard or through an HDD Box, SATA-USB cable.
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Step 3: Launch EaseUS Todo Backup. On the main screen of the tool, click on the Clone function.
Step 4: In the first section, choose the Windows storage partition or all partitions on the old hard drive if you want to back up along with the data stored on those drives, and then click Next.
Step 5: Select any partition or all partitions on the new hard drive to proceed with changing the hard drive without reinstalling Windows after clicking Proceed.
Note: The target hard drive (new hard drive) must have a storage partition large enough to accommodate all partitions on the old hard drive to perform data migration.
Step 6: A warning dialog will appear indicating that all data on the selected target partition will be erased. Press OK to continue the process.
Step 7: It will take some time depending on the read/write speed of the hard drive and the amount of data you need to migrate.
Step 8: After the notification window Partition clone completed successfully appears, the process of moving Windows and data to the new hard drive is complete. Click Finish and you can remove the old hard drive and use the new one as usual.
So, transferring Windows from the old hard drive to the new one, which seemed difficult, has now become easier than ever with the method of changing the hard drive without reinstalling Windows from the old hard drive. Along with the Norton Ghost method to create a ghost file will help you more easily in moving Windows, backing up, and restoring data quickly and safely.
If during use you accidentally format a partition or delete data without backup, there is a way to recover data using MiniTool Partition Recovery, which will help you recover deleted data effectively. Wish you success!
