Clone or reinstall?

Not clone

Options :
Image > Restore or clean install

Answer - Getting a new faster SSD, why bog it down with an old installation possibly full of unseen bugs and warts.

Therefore, clean install.

Going from an HDD to an SSD, I too would do a clean install.

To me- simply depends whether...
- your existing installation is stable - no issues
- how long it would take to rebuild (reinstall/configure...)

If it's quick to reinstall a few programs, move some data- then clean install.

If that would take days and your current O/S is stable - clone or image and restore.

Not stable/some issues - clean install.

Ghot said:

Going from an HDD to an SSD, I too would do a clean install.

What difference does it make going from hdd to ssd?

If you have a HDD as main drive, your computer is alt least 6 years old.
I see that you have a i5 3570 so you probably migrate from Win 7 or 8 to Win 10 and your system has a lot of trash.

There is nothing like a clean install.
- Update your BIOS to the latest so you have a UEFI System.
Reset BIOS or load defaults.
Set Disk mode to AHCI, not RAID
Select OS mode = UEFI or Select OS mode = other + UEFI (depends on BIOS).
Disable fast boot and secure boot (you can turn it on after installation)

Windows can be installed in two ways: Legacy-MBR or UEFI-GPT
To install as Legacy-MBR you must boot the installation drive as Legacy
To install as UEFI-GPT you must boot the installation drive as UEFI.

If you have a UEFI BIOS, you should install as UEFI-GPT
Detach any other drives (SATA or Power cable) from the MB.

During POST, press F12(?) to launch the boot menu. You will see two options for the USB drive. USB UEFI (Name) and USB (Name). Select USB UEFI (Name) if you want to install as UEFI-GPT or select USB (name) if you want to install as Legacy-MBR.
Go to install and delete ALL partitions on the main drive till you have one and only one unallocated space and then proceed.
If you don't want to use MS account, don't enable updates or connect to the internet during installation.

When you do that, plan carefully. In particular, aim to keep your personal data off C: as far as possible- whether on a different partition or a different disk or both.

Don't use the 'Location' tab on Documents etc.. as I've said numerous times before, that can be hazardous if you make a mistake. There's another good reason I'm not going to repeat again.

When you have initially completed the clean install and have the partitions the size you want, start using 3rd party disk imaging (to e.g. large enough external disk) as early as you can- don't just go crazily installing and configuring, but proceed carefully, updating your disk imaging periodically, so if something goes wrong, you don't lost much time.