✴️ Transferring system data to a replacement drive needn't be difficult. In fact, being prepared for a transfer is a side effect of backing up regularly.

✴️ Transferring a system to a replacement drive
  - Make an image backup of the existing drive.
  - Replace the drive.
  - Restore the image backup to the replacement drive.
  - Adjust partitions as needed to fully use the replacement drive.
  - Your entire system — Windows, installed programs, and data — will be ready to use as if nothing had happened.

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Chapters
0:00 Transfer system to replacement drive
1:15 Step 1: Make an image backup
2:54 Step 1a: Making an image backup if you can’t
4:15 Step 2: Install the replacement drive
5:00 Step 3: Restore the backup image
5:50 Step 4: Tweak partitions

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