How to Transfer Windows OS to Another Disk Easily?

We have used computers many years, and we encountered low disk space problem many times, I think it’s time to upgrade to a new and big hard disk to solve the problem and enjoy better performance. There are many solutions. Copy the whole disk to a bigger one, or only transfer operating system to another drive. The former way spends lots of time, if we choose the latter way, we can migrate OS to SSD, which speed is faster than HDD, and the move process spends less of time. What’s more, without re-installing the operating system.

We have used computers many years, and we encountered low disk space problem many times, I think it’s time to upgrade to a new and big hard disk to solve the problem and enjoy better performance. There are many solutions. Copy the whole disk to a bigger one, or only transfer operating system to another drive. The former way spends lots of time, if we choose the latter way, we can migrate OS to SSD, which speed is faster than HDD, and the move process spends less of time. What’s more, without re-installing the operating system.

To transfer Windows operating system to another disk simply, we need a helper, the transfer software. Here, my recommended is AOMEI Backupper. Since it is a Windows backup software, it has backup&restore ability, and clone feature, you can use it to do OS transferring task. AOMEI Backupper provides two methods for successfully cloning: Disk Clone and System Clone. When using the “System Clone” feature, all system related drives like system reserved partition or UEFI partition will be cloned too. Moreover, your system customized settings, personal files and installed apps on the system drive will be copied to target new disk as well.

Other advantages of AOMEI Backupper to transfer OS is it supports moving operating system from a larger hard drive to a smaller one. And supports sector-by-sector cloning. Next, I will show you how to realize the transferring mission with AOMEI Backupper step by step. Download and install AOMEI Backupper on your machine, connect the target hard drive to the machine, and make sure it is detected. We suggest you to use the empty disk otherwise data on it will be overwritten.

Transfer Windows 7 to new disk via AOMEI Backupper

Open AOMEI Backupper, switch to Clone tab, select System Clone.

Then the tool will select source partitions including OS drive and other boot required partitions automatically. So you just need to select another hard drive as destination location (Disk1), and then click “Next” button to go. AOMEI Backupper is very intelligent.

On the “Operation Summary” step, you can preview the changes. There are additional options, set them according to your requirements. When all is OK, click “Start Clone” to perform the operation. Wait minutes, when it is done, click Finish to exit the task. On the software side, it has completed, on the hardware side, you should shut down the computer, replace the disk, and reset boot menu to make it boot normally next time.

Summary

AOMEI Backupper as an all-in-one Windows optimization tool, clone as well as migration is only one its function, it has other powerful functions in backup field to protect your data and system. In a word, it is easy to use and reliable, if you are interested in it, you can try the backup freeware AOMEI Backupper Standard Edition to start.