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Old March 29th 18, 05:10 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Mr. Man-wai Chang
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Default Can I just swap in a SSD and restore a backup?

On 29/3/2018 12:00, mike wrote:
I have an older (thinkpad X200 Tablet) win10 pro laptop with a spinning
hard drive.
Can I just use linux to format the new SSD with
aligned partitions, plug it in and restore the Macrium Reflect backup
from the old drive?
It's a legacy BIOS if that matters.


BACKUP your data FIRST!!!

i think you could just swap the 2.5" hard disk with the new SSD, the run
your Macrum Reflect. I don't use those ghosting software, so I might be
wrong.

And that's why I suggest you to backup your data then do a clean install.

Do I have to reinstall win10 to make it happen?
Something different?
Anything else I'm missing?


A clean install can remove a lot of uncertainties and gives you a clean
system. Of course, you don't clean your data. So you have to backup your
data before doing a clean install.

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