When it comes to installing Windows 10 on a new hard drive or on another PC, the most recommended way on gatherings and Google searches is the clean install.
Do you realize how to install Windows 10 on another hard drive?
This tutorial shows you three different ways to install Windows 10 on another hard drive in three ways, alongside the detailed steps and screenshots of the tasks. Read in-depth.
How to Install Windows 10 on a New Hard Drive?
Step 1: Buy Windows 10
Today you can at this point don’t upgrade to 10 for free, so purchasing Windows 10 should be your first move. It would be ideal if you go to Microsoft online store to complete this process.
In fact, what you are purchasing is a license code to activate Windows 10. Anybody can download and use Windows 10 for 30 days, however for permanent access, a license is required.
Step 2. Create an Emergency Disk to USB
- Interface an empty USB flash drive or external hard drive (with over 100GB space) to your PC.
- Now go to use EaseUS Todo Backup then do select this option “Tools” after it you may go to “Create Emergency Disk”.
Choose USB as the disk location to make the emergency disk and select “Create”.
Step 3. Boot Target PC from EaseUS Todo Backup Emergency Disk
- Discharge EaseUS emergency disk and system backup image USB and connect it to the new PC.
- Okay, now you should do restart your PC then do press “F2/F8” for going to boot for checking the BIOS.
- In the boot menu, you should set the computer up for making the boot by using the EaseUS Todo Backup emergency disk.
On the off chance that you need to restore the system picture to a GPT disk, you need to change the boot mode to EUFI in BIOS. At that point, your computer will enter EaseUS Todo Backup’s main interface.
Step 4: Install Windows 10 on SSD/HDD
Please follow the detailed instructions below:
- Insert the drive into the PC or laptop onto which you want to need to install Windows 10. At that point turn on the computer and it should boot from the flash drive.
- If not, enter the BIOS and guarantee the computer is set to boot from the USB drive (using the arrow keys to place it in the first place in the boot sequence).
- At the point when the PC does boot from the USB drive, you’ll see a Windows logo, followed by a language choice.
- Confirm the language to install, time and cash format, and Keyboard or input method.
- Then click Next.
- Click Install Now.
- It will ask you before going ahead in the license key. (You can likewise click “I don’t have an item key” to skip and pick the Windows 10 edition you need.
- Accept the license terms and click Next.
- Here you need to make your own choice. We just take the latter one for example.
- What you’ll see on the next screen depends. However, overall, you need to pick a location and click Next to install Windows 10.
Step 5. Transfer the System to the New Computer
Note: Restoring the system picture to the new computer will delete the information on the target disk.
Make sure to back up the documents in advance or use an empty disk to restore the system image to avoid information loss.
- On EaseUS Todo Backup main interface, select “System Transfer“.
- Select the system picture on your USB external drive and select “OK” to continue.
- Specify the disk to restore the system picture and tick “System Transfer” in the Advanced options. Click “OK” to save changes.
Read more: How to Access the Windows 10 Startup Folder?
How do I install Windows 10 on another hard drive without the disk?
You can use the Media Creation Tool to make boot USB/DVD media.
Simply select the choice Create installation media for another PC.
How do I upgrade my hard drive?
- Purchase a new hard drive, for example, SSD.
- Interface it to your PC and run MiniTool ShadowMaker or MiniTool Partition Wizard to clone the old disk to the new disk.
- Remove the existing hard drive and set the new hard drive back to the first place.
- Boot the PC from the new hard drive.
