windows - Trying to migrate Win8.1 to ssd(things are little more complicate than normal)

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2014-07
  • biertje

    I'm trying to migrate my Win8.1 system to an SSD. I tried Paragon's, EaseUS Todo, EZGig and many more but it doesn't work for me. I think it's because i'm on uefi. If i open disk management, i see my C: drive and a partition called WINRE (recovery), another partition called 'Recovery' and anther one, which doesn't have a letter assigned but is named EFI in Disk Manager.(all partitions about 300/400MB).

    And if i use diskpart in CMD i see there is another system reserved partition, 128.00MB in size. I can't assign a letter to this partition. However, each Clone/Migrate software only copies my C: to my SSD and i think windows needs this EFI partition as well.

    Maybe it's a good thing(or a bad thing) to say i own an HP laptop.Those are notorious for being 'different' in several things. Any idea where i could find a solution to this? Or, if you are a genius, do you know the answer to those problems.. Thanks for any help!

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  • Chris S

    I use imagex.exe to do this all the time.

    Pros:

    • Free tool from Microsoft
    • Can copy the whole HD, in tact, ready to boot after your done.

    Cons:

    • You need a place to store the image file it creates, it will not duplicate straigt from one disk to another. This can be on the original HD however, if it's less than 1/2 full.
    • It's part of the Windows AIK, which is a rather large download.
    • You need to know how to use it from the command line, it doesn't have a GUI.

    To capture the existing HD image: imagex /capture C:\ D:\tempfile.wim "SomeName" [/compress fast]
    Format the new drive however you want it (use Disk Management to make it easy, also don't forget to make the partition where Windows is going as Active).
    To write the new HD from the image: imagex /apply D:\tempfile.wim 1 E:\

    In this example the source HD is "C:", a temporary drive (USB or whatever) is "D:" and the new drive is "E:"
    Take the old drive out, leaving just the new drive and you're good to go.

  • Dave M

    Symantec GHOST or Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery are two product that would do this easily. System Recovery has a 60 day trial. Not sure about a GHOST trial.