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How to clone Windows 10 HDD to SSD free without software?
I was in the same boat with my painfully slow PC, and while there's no truly "software-free" way, I used the DiskCopy and it cloned everything perfectly—this is the tutorial that saved me.
ArthurClark Disk cloning is the process of creating an exact, one-to-one copy of the contents of a storage device to another storage device. You can clone all data, including the boot information, from an HDD to an SSD. When you perform a full disk clone, not only are your files, applications, and settings copied, but the cloning process also includes the boot partition and system files needed to make the new SSD bootable.
This is commonly used when upgrading from an old HDD to a new SSD or when creating backups of critical system files. After cloning Windows 10 HDD to SSD , the target SSD will contain a fully functional copy of your original operating system, and it can boot your system just like the HDD.