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Clone a Windows 2016 Server HDD to a bootable SSD for replacement/backup
Does Server 2016 have an easy way to clone the HDD to an SSD, including replicating the drive partitions so that the drive can be simply swapped out of the machine? And a way to save a backup clone i...
The recommended method would be a bare metal backup.
Windows Server Backup Feature Overview | Microsoft Learn
Dave Patrick Do you know if it would include the recovery & related partitions? Do you have to reenter licensing information if you restore this way? From what I was reading it seemed like you need to use sysprep to strip away licensing and other info before making the backup, then put re-enter everything when you restore to a new drive?
Do you know if it would include the recovery & related partitions?It depends on what you selected to include in the backup. Should be no need to sysprep. As far as activation it might trigger, but you can simply do
slmgr /ipk xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx slmgr /ato
