How to Migrate Windows 7, 8, 10 or 11 OS to SanDisk SSD Safely

Why migrate OS to SanDisk SSD?

In some forums, you may see something like this: "I bought a new 480GB SanDisk SSD, and want to move Windows 10 to SSD drive, I don’t know how to do that, can anyone help me to migrate OS to SanDisk SSD? Any help would be appreciated.".

You might ask why to move the operating system to SanDisk SSD. It’s necessary to mention the reasons for OS migration because the SSD is more reliable than a traditional HDD due to its excellent performance. Because of the advantages, many users have migrated OS to SSD drive to get better performance, like shorter boot time, faster speed of reading and writing, launch programs faster, etc.

SanDisk SSD drive is widely used for hard drive replacement, including SanDisk SSD Plus, SanDisk Extreme SSD drives, SanDisk Extreme Pro SSD, and many more. Thus, migrating OS to SanDisk SSD is the ideal solution to extend system partition for better computer performance.

How to migrate OS to SanDisk SSD

To transfer OS to SanDisk SSD, you need the best SanDisk SSD OS migration software - AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional, which is a comprehensive disk partitioning software that permits you to migrate Windows 7 to SSD SanDisk disk safely, Windows 11/8/8.1/XP are also available. To migrate Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012, and 2008, you can use AOMEI Partition Assistant Server. 

Besides, AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional can increase C drive space to solve the low disk space warning problem, copy hard drive to SSD, allocate free space from one to the other, recover deleted partitions... Users have various choices to manage their devices quickly and safely.

Step 1. Firstly, connect the new SanDisk SSD drive with your computer; install and launch AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional. To migrate OS to SanDisk SSD, please, click “Clone” on in the top toolbar, and choose “Migrate OS”. Click Next to continue in the new window.

Step 2. Select the unallocated space on the SanDisk SSD drive. If there is no one, please check the "I want to delete all partitions on disk 2 to migrate system to the disk" option. Then click Next.

Step 3. Resize the partition on SanDisk SSD, including the partition size or the location, according to your demands. Click Next.

Step 4. Then you will receive a boot note. Read it carefully if necessary and click Finish​​​​​​.

Step 5. Click Apply to migrate OS to SanDisk SSD drive.

Once done, the operating system and boot manager will be moved to the new SSD disk. To see if you can boot from the cloned SSD drive, remove the current HDD and replace it with the SSD drive in your computer. You may also restart your computer, enter BIOS, and alter the boot order to make the cloned SSD the first boot device to test whether your machine can boot from the cloned drive.

 Conclusion

With AOMEI Partition Assistant, you can migrate OS to SanDisk SSD safely and conveniently. In addition, AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional also allows you to create bootable media, convert partitions between primary and logical, merge partitions... Many other helpful features can manage your disks and partitions efficiently.