windows 10 1909

windows 10 1909

I'm getting a new computer and I will getting ride of my current Dell XPS8700. I'd installed a 1TB SSD in the Dell, and I cloned the old 1TB HDD. I formatted the old 1TB HDD using the following steps:
- diskpart
- list disk
- select disk 0 (the old 1TB HDD)
- create part pro
- active
-format fs=ntfs quick
- quit
- quit.
I have a Dell XPS computer. I cloned the original 1TB HDD to a new Samsung 1TB SSD using the Samsung software. Zero issues. I'am going to re-install the old HDD in the Dell and use it as the "C" drive. So, I used EaseUS ToDo backup to clone the SSD to the HDD. But only the "OS C:" partition copied over. Disk 1 Partitions 1 (recovery), 2 (EFI system) and 5 (Recovery) did not copy over. I want to reload Window 10 on the old HDD but it won't as the computer says that it can't find the recovery folder/files. I think it reason is the process listed above. Help would greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

What software do you recommend?

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Why not just do a clean install of Windows 10 to the old HDD? Also your diskpart commands should have included clean before create partition. And it should also have been create part pri, not pro. Finally, if you are going to do a clone or image restore, you should just do it to empty (unallocated) space instead of creating a partition.

You’re right about “create part pri.” It was a slip of the fingers.
I have wiped the disc clean, formatted it and now I’m cloning it with EaseUS Todo Backup 11.5. It’s in progress. Will update. Thanks.

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Didn’t copy over the recovery part! Why?

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Here's a jpg of the 2 disks' disk management readout.

Thanks!

Cloning is unreliable,alongside Restore Points.A clean install,using Media Creation Tool,is quick,simple and efficient.
If you are "locked-in" to cloning,then consider using Macrium,the free version is good.

Thanks for replying. I did go the Media Creation Tool route using a 16GB thumb drive. I don’t have a win10 disk as it’s a Dell. But, it asks for the win10 code? I have a win10 ISO dvd.
Question: I’ve disconnected the ssd when I tried the Media Creation Tool. That’s where the recovery part is located. Should I try to rebuild the hdd with the ssd connected?
Thanks!

You have a couple choices. If you really want to clone the SSD to the HDD, then use Macrium Reflect Free. Wipe the hard drive clean, convert it to GPT, then drag and drop all the partitions from the SSD to the HDD during the cloning process. The diskpart commands to wipe the HDD are:

Code:

diskpart
list disk
select disk # <-replace # with the actual # for the HDD
clean <-this will erase the selected disk, make sure it is the HDD!
convert GPT
exit
exit

Then clone to the blank drive using Macrium Reflect.

If you want to just do a new, clean install to the hard drive - wipe it as above. Then when Windows 10 asks for a product key, just select the "link" for I don't have a product key (because you don't). Then on the next screen make sure to select the edition of Windows 10 that was on the computer before (Home or Pro).