How to Upgrade Laptop Hard Drive to SSD without Reinstalling Windows

An increasing number of computer users realize the advantage of using SSD and would like to upgrade their disk from HDD to SSD. Comparing to fresh install or clean install, they prefer changing a hard drive without reinstalling Windows. In general, two main factors may account for that phenomenon.

Fresh install loses personal configurations and some certain programs. Some customized user profile and system settings need to be reconfigured, and everything personal in the system drive will be lost. In addition, some certain programs for specific industry are hard to install the second time.

Fresh install is more complicated and error-prone for most PC users. Virtually all of the programs and applications need to be reinstalled after the system installation. You would understand that it is not always as simple as it might sound, if you have experienced installing piles of software once. And the installation of operating system might not smoothly sometimes since many users encounter the install Windows on GPT partition style error.

Surely, other factors could also be the reason. For example, creating bootable media and downloading ISO file are time-consuming when there is no installation disc around. Surely, some users are fond of clean install. Here is a brief guide on how to install Windows 10 to SSD that might be helpful.

Anyway, it is more important to know how to install an SSD without installing Windows now.