If reinstalling the OS from scratch is a valid option for you do that instead of cloning as you get rid of unused files/programs/accounts.Ġ) Backup all relevant data (user accounts)ġ) Add second disk with a partition for windows. The recipe below did work for my PC and I expect it will work for others too but use it at your own risk 🙂 I have done it yesterday with Win XP SP2, so it’s possible but it took me ~20 hours to find out why just cloning the partition didn’t work correctly. You’re still booting form the old one with the properly upgraded operating Sure it’s all working and then re-install the new drive, and make sure that Might even go so far as to remove the second drive, perform the upgrade, make Re-upgrade, making sure that the upgrade happens to the drive you expect. That brings me to what I’d expect to be required: reinstall. With, I can think of several issues that might invalidate this attempt. Depending on the exact configuration you ended up Vary on your motherboard, your bios, and your drive types. Primary, and see if that results in what you want. Installed the new operating system on the wrong drive. Pointing out that the drives are primary and secondary, and it’s apparently In your shoes I would try one thing: swapping the hard drives.
So the ultimate answer to your question is no, I would not recommend Things to go wrong, putting you back where you started, or worse. Moving an existing installation of Windows is theoretically Impact the success of the suggestions to follow. In the latter case, youĬould certainly have selected the new drive.īut the bottom line is that why it installed on the new drive may Upgrade in existing installation or set up a new one. When you install Windows, it will also present you with an opportunity to Unless, perhaps, your BIOS is smart enough to If your new drive had been installed as primary by mistake, I would haveĮxpected your first reboot thereafter to fail, because the new drive would not Secondary, and not participate in the boot process at all. Typically when you install a second drive it will be the Primary is of course, the boot drive, and is where Windows expects When you add a hard drive, it’s usually designated in the BIOS as primary or ThereĪre approaches to moving the operating system, but my advice is not to.
My first concern would be why the situation arose in the first place.
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