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How to Migrate OS to SSD Kingston without Reinstalling?
In this post, you will know how to migrate OS to SSD Kingston in a stepwise manner with a professional tool.
By Lucas / Updated on May 12, 2023
About Kingston SSD
There are many memory product manufacturers around the world, and Kingston is a member of this team. In a nutshell, Kingston has released many high-performance memory storages till now, and the solid-state drives might be the product that they can be proud of.
Based on different user groups, Kingston SSD has been divided into three categories, Consumer, Business, and Enterprise. Among these SSDs, SSDNow V300 240GB, UV400 120GB, Hyperx Savage 240GB, KC400 512GB, and E50 480GB probably are more familiar to most users.
As new technology products, SSDs have better performance compared to the traditional hard disk drive (HDD). This also accounts for why SSD is more expensive. An SSD makes your computer run faster and shortens boot time and application load time due to no moving parts. Also, an SSD is more resistant to physical shock than an HDD, and it is more reliable and lighter.
Why migrate OS to Kingston SSD?
When it comes to why you want to transfer OS to Kingston SSD, the answer varies from one user to the other. Generally speaking, the following reasons take up the top 3 on the list.
▶Migrate OS to SSD to gain better performance
As covered before, SSD makes every piece of your computer runs faster. Kingston SSD like SSDNow V300 is suitable for both personal use and business use. It provides 120GB, 240GB, and 480GB capacity versions. What is worth mentioning is that it is ten times faster than a 7200RPM hard drive.
▶Upgrade disks
The current hard drive is functional yet it cannot afford operating systems and installed programs anymore. When booting the PC or starting an application, you hear more than the friction sound.
▶Migrate OS to SSD from HDD while keeping files on HDD to gain more disk space.
After using a period, your computer, with no exception, will produce many file garbage. Also, the downloaded software, created files, and stored videos are the main contents that occupy your hard drive. Thus, adding an SSD for OS only and making the current functional hard drive as storage is not a bad choice.
▶Save steps to reinstall Windows.
If migrating OS with Kingston SSD OS transfer software, a user saves time and effort to reinstall the system and programs. Likewise, all personal system configurations and files will be saved as well. That is, move OS to a new drive without data loss.
Reliable Kingston SSD Data Migration Software for Windows
If replacing the entire hard drive with Kingston SSD, you can clone the entire hard drive with Kingston SSD migration software. However, to move Windows OS only, you can turn to reliable and powerful software: AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional.
The “Migrate OS to SSD” feature in this software will help you move system files, installed programs, boot manager code, personal configuration data as well as required hidden partitions to target Kingston SSD to ensure success boot after cloning. And during the migration, you don't need to reboot your PC, all running programs can keep running when the task is executing.
AOMEI Partition Assistant has a graphical user-friendly interface and the steps are easy to follow. You can migrate Windows 11,10, 8, 7, XP, and Vista OS to a destination Kingston SSD like SSD V300, even from a large hard drive to a smaller SSD. Let’s take a closer look at how to migrate.
How to migrate OS to Kingston SSD without reinstalling?
Step 1. Connect Kingston SSD to your PC and be sure it can be recognized by Windows. Install and run AOMEI Partition Assistant on your PC. Click “Clone” on in the top toolbar, and choose “Migrate OS”.
Step 2. Glance over the introduction and select Kingston SSD as the destination path.
Note: It is suggested to select unallocated space as the destination path. If you have created partitions on Kingston SSD, please tick “I want to delete all partitions on this disk 2 to migrate system to the disk”. You can backup the partition before migrating if any important file exists.
Step 3. Do some personal settings here. You may want to enlarge the system partition.
Step 4. Bear this Note in mind. You may need it after migrating. Then click Finish.
Step 5. What you’re seeing here is the virtual result of the above operations. Click Apply to make it real.
It is a wise move to delete the previous system drive on disk 1 and gain more storage for files. To delete the C drive, you can create a bootable USB drive with the “Make Bootable Media” function in AOMEI Partition Assistant. Boot your PC with the bootable USB drive and format C drive in Windows PE mode.
Conclusion
Migrate OS to SSD, to Kingston SSD in this article, can be completed in a few steps. This OS migrating software can help you solve more practical issues. For instance, you can change the file system without formatting partition or extend the C drive into non-adjacent space to resize the system drive. If you’re Windows 8 or Windows 10 user, it is possible to create Windows to go USB even if it is not an Enterprise version.
