How to clone/copy Windows to a new hard drive (HDD) or solid state drive (SSD) – Acronis True Image

A great way to improve your computer's performance is to upgrade from your old mechanical hard drive to an SSD (Solid State Drive). However, when upgrading the drive containing Windows (or any other operating system), it's nice to be able to keep all your old applications and files and not have to start from scratch, reinstall all your programs and to manually copy all your important files. The good news is that there are disk cloning utilities, like Acronis True Image, that allow you to clone your old hard drive bit by bit so that you can upgrade your operating system's drive and keep all your data as you had it. This video is designed to help beginners who have never done anything like this before downloading and installing Acronis True Image, cloning their operating system (Windows) drive, and then changing the boot priority in the BIOS/UEFI of their motherboard. Get ready…you're about to no longer be a disk cloning noob. 🙂

If you need help installing a new hard drive or SSD (Solid State Drive) into your computer, SATA or M.2, you can check out my previous video which will walk you through the installation process, initializing and formatting a new disk here. – https://youtu.be/PRuOuv-fT7g

Download Acronis True Image here – https://www.acronis.com/en-us/products/true-image/

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Timestamps

0:00 – Hard drives are slow! Get an SSD! 🙂
0:48 – First you need to install your SSD
1:21 – Clone your disk with Acronis True Image
2:15 – Where to download True Image
3:08 – How to install and configure True Image
4:52 – The True Image interface
5:33 – Clone your old drive to your SSD
9:44 – Changing boot priority in BIOS/UEFI
12:02 – Thanks for watching! Like, share, comment and subscribe! 🙂

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