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Booting Existing Windows 10 Image from USB
Hi guys,
Seeking some advice from the experts here.
I have a laptop that has a 2.5" hard drive (HDD) bay which accepts either a SATA HDD or SSD. Occupying that bay currently, is a 5400RPM 2TB HDD with Windows 10 & all my apps installed on it which I have been using for the past year or so.
It is rather slow, hence my intention to upgrade to a 1TB SSD. Unfortunately, my laptop only has a single 2.5" HDD bay with no M.2 slots, so I can use either the SATA HDD or SSD.
My plan is as follows:
1) Remove 2TB SATA HDD from HDD bay
2) Slot 1TB SSD into HDD bay
3) Place 2TB SATA HDD into a HDD enclosure (USB3.0)
4) Change BIOS boot options to boot only from USB
5) Connect HDD enclosure to laptop via USB & boot
Would this work as the 2TB SATA HDD already has Windows 10 installed on it along with the necessary boot partition? Any caveats, like Secure Boot etc.? The 2TB SATA HDD is not encrypted using Bitlocker or other encryption technologies.
If this is possible, then the next steps would be to install Macrium Reflect on the 2TB SATA HDD & clone its contents to the 1TB SSD in the HDD bay.
Thanks for the advice!