Should I Install Windows on SSD or HDD?
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You’d better install Windows on SSD rather than HDD.
You may wonder “Should I install Windows on SSD or HDD?” The answer is that you can migrate your OS to SSD to get a better operating system running performance. For more detailed benefits, you can refer to the below points.
▶Excellent performance: SSDs are significantly faster than HDDs. You can enjoy overall better system performance due to their faster read and write speeds. They have faster transfer rates, quicker access times, and faster boot times.
▶Reliability: Unlike HDDs, SDDs are designed without any moving parts, which makes them less prone to mechanical failures and more durable.
▶Noise and Power: SSDs are generally silent since they don't have any moving parts, while HDDs can produce noise when they spin. Additionally, SSDs consume less power, leading to increased energy efficiency and potentially longer battery life in laptops.
In order to install Windows on SSD or HDD, you need to choose a reliable and easy cloning software since there’s no official or built-in cloning software for Windows. Some top-rated software like AOMEI Backupper Professional is a case in point. You can copy every sector from the source to the destination and keep the old partition layout, and its SSD alignment is empowered by 4K technology can effectively improve SSDs performance.
If you don’t know how to use this software to clone OS, you can follow the below guide:
✍Preparations:
◆Please download AOMEI Backupper and launch it.
◆Connect your new SSD with your computer properly.
◆Please make sure that the SSD storage location is bigger than the OS system.
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1Select Clone on the left-hand side and then choose System Clone.
2Then all the partitions included in the C drive will be selected by default.
3Then you need to find the target SSD as the destination disk.
Note: You can tick the box right before the SSD Alignment at the bottom to improve your SSD performance.
4Then choose Start Clone to run the process.
