AOMEI Partition Assistant
How to Migrate OS with Hot Clone to SSD?
With AOMEI Partition Assistant, you can easily migrate OS with hot clone to SSD, which is finished in a running computer and without rebooting your Windows.
By Hedy / Updated on May 12, 2023
Why migrate OS to SSD with hot clone?
Compared with HDD, SSD shows great attractions like faster read and write speed, better reliability, stronger durability, etc, which becomes the main factors absorbing a number of computer users to migrate OS to SSD. Besides, the significant merits of OS migration are also considered as the major incentives.
▶ Benefits of OS migration
Let's have a closer look at the benefits that OS migration brings.
★ Keep your OS safe. Migrating OS means creating an exact copy of the original operating system and all the OS-related files. Once your current OS fails, it's time-saved to restore it from the duplicate or directly boot from the cloned OS.
★ Optimize computer performance. As we mentioned before, SSD has more advantages than HDD. After migration, you can experience faster processing speed in reading and writing, shorter boot time, and a quieter working environment.
★ Get more free space. After you transfer OS to a new SSD and boot from the cloned one, you can wipe the old hard drive as your data disk, so that you can make full use of every space.
★ Upgrade without reinstallation. It's known to all that installing OS takes a long time and is always laborious. OS migration will directly copy everything about OS to another location, helping you upgrade without reinstalling.
▶ Benefits of hot clone
From the discussion above, we can see transferring OS to SSD is a great choice to enjoy better performance. But which clone method should be applied? Clod clone or hot clone? As a matter of fact, hot cloning is more favorable for its two pros: One is that you can migrate your operating system when your computer is still running, so your workflow and applications will not be disrupted or shut down suddenly. The other is that you can clone disk without reboot your Windows, which is convenient and practical no matter you are in work place or daily use.
How to migrate OS with hot clone to SSD?
Then, we'll come to the most important part: how to migrate OS with hot clone to SSD? We recommend you to employ AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional whose "Migrate OS to SSD" feature is designed for Windows 11/10/8/7/XP and Vista users, enabling you to migrate OS from current disk to another one, so you don't need to spend a lot of time reinstalling OS.
What's more, it's compatible with different partition styles, such as transferring OS from MBR to MBR disk, from GPT to GPT disk, from MBR to GPT disk and vice versa. Now, download the demo version and see how it works:
☛ Prepare a SSD to store your OS and other OS-related files.
☛ Make sure there is enough unallocated space on the SSD, if not, you can remove large files, delete some unimportant partitions or move folders to another drive to get free space.
☛ If your SSD is not new, remember to back up important data on it beforehand in case of any improper operations.
☛ Please ensure your motherboard supports UEFI boot mode if you are migrating OS from MBR to GPT disk.
Step 1. Connect SSD with your PC and make sure it has been detected by your computer. Then install and open AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional. Click “Clone” on in the top toolbar, and choose “Migrate OS”.
Step 2. Select an unallocated space on SSD and then click "Next". If there is no unallocated space on the SSD, you cannot move to next step, just check "I want to delete all partitions on disk 2 to migrate system to the disk (all data on SSD will be erased)" and then click "Next".
Step 3. In this pop-out window, you can change the partition size according to your actual needs.
Step 4. Then, you will receive a note, read it carefully because it may be useful later. Keep it in mind and click "Finish".
Step 5. Finally, you will back to the main interface, confirm the virtual result. If everything's fine, click "Apply" to execute it.
- ★Notes:
- Now, you have get a duplicate of your original OS, you are allowed to change the boot order to boot from the cloned SSD next time.
- If you want to clone the entire hard drive including Windows OS and other partitions, you can try the "Disk Clone Wizard" feature in this software.
Summary
Now, after reading this passage, you should know the reasons and the detailed steps to migrate OS with hot clone to SSD. With the help of AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional, you can easily and safely complete the migration only in five clicks, which seems extremely friendly to those computer novices. Besides, it can extend system partition, change dynamic disk to basic, convert MBR to GPT disk, and so on. If you are Windows Server users, there are AOMEI Partition Assistant Server for you.
