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30 June 2024  Ashley S. Miller  Specialist of Customer Service Dept.
 

Summary
Learn how to clone windows 8 to SSD for a faster and smoother operating system experience in this article.



Table of contents

table iconI. Benefits of cloning/migrating a Windows 8 system to a solid-state drive (SSD)
table iconII. How to clone/migrate Windows 8 system to SSD?
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I. Benefits of cloning/migrating a Windows 8 system to a solid-state drive (SSD)

The Windows 8 system is outdated, with official support ending in 2016 (click here for the service life cycle information table). If you still want to use Windows 8 and improve its performance, consider cloning or migrating the system to a solid-state drive.
Compared to mechanical hard drives, solid-state drives (SSDs) offer fast read/write speeds, better stability, higher performance, smaller size, and quiet operation. SSDs are also less prone to damage since many mechanical hard drive failures result from mechanical issues. When a mechanical hard drive operates at high speed, high-intensity vibrations can cause the running head to damage the disc, leading to irreparable harm. SSDs lack small moving parts that are easily damaged. The flash memory chips used for storage are soldered directly onto the circuit board, reducing the likelihood of failure.
If the original mechanical hard disk is not faulty, it can be formatted and used as a data storage disk after migrating the system to a solid-state drive. View the specific steps for formatting the hard disk in Windows here.

II. How to clone/migrate Windows 8 system to SSD?

After you decide to clone/migrate Windows 8 system to SSD, you can do the following preparations:
1. Windows 8 computer running normally.
2. Select a solid-state drive (SSD) compatible with your computer motherboard’s interface. SSDs come in two types: SATA and M.2. Choose based on your motherboard’s interface. SATA is highly compatible and common in most computers, while M.2 is typically found on newer motherboards. Older motherboards may lack M.2 interfaces. Ensure the SSD’s capacity is larger than the used capacity of your Windows 8 system disk, which can be checked in Disk Management. For specific steps, click here.
3. The SSD is connected to an external hard disk box or a SATA-to-USB adapter cable, which is used to connect the SSD to the computer.
4. SSD installation tools such as screwdrivers and anti-static gloves. The SSD can be installed in the computer after cloning/migrating the Windows 8 system to the SSD. Different interfaces can be viewed in this tutorial for SSD installation on desktop computers and notebooks.
5. A professional and user-friendly system cloning software, such as Renee Becca, offers hard disk, system, and file backup and restore functions, as well as cloning capabilities for hard disks, partitions, and systems to meet various user needs.

1. Use Renee Becca to migrate Windows 8 system to SSD

Migrating only the Windows 8 system to the solid-state drive saves time and avoids cloning unnecessary data, preserving space on the new drive. Below are the features of Renee Becca and the detailed system migration steps.
Renee Becca is a reliable tool for system and hard disk data backup and restoration. It helps back up and restore essential data such as programs, system configurations, emails, photos, videos, documents, and bookmarks. Additionally, it supports disk and system data cloning with three methods: hard disk cloning/cloning system hard disk, partition cloning, and system migration. Choose the most suitable method based on your needs.
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With the help of Renee Becca, it is very convenient to migrate the Windows 8 system to the solid-state hard disk and turn it into a system disk. The steps are as follows:
Step 1: Connect the new solid-state drive to the computer through an external hard drive box. Download, install, and run Renee Becca on the computer. Select the (System Redeploy) option.
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Step 2: In the “System Redeploy” window, select the new SSD as the Target location and the system partition as the Source. Click the Redeploy button. Wait until the progress bar reaches 100%. Once successful, remove the old hard disk, install the new SSD, and set it as the first boot device in the BIOS.
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TipsThe new SSD’s total capacity must exceed the size of the system to be migrated. Additionally, since all data on the target disk (the SSD) will be erased during the migration, ensure there is no important data on it. Perform a file backup in advance.

2. Use Renee Becca to clone all system disk data to SSD

If the old hard disk contains very important personal files in addition to the Windows 8 system, you can choose to clone the entire hard disk where the system is located to the SSD. The specific steps are as follows:
Step 1: Download, install, and run Renee Becca. Select the (Hard Disk Clone/Clone System Disk) option in the main interface.
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Step 2: In the “hard disk clone” pop-up window, select the system hard disk as the source and the pre-replaced solid-state hard disk as the destination. Use the mouse to adjust the partition size and position. Click virtual view to create a new partition, eliminating the need for partition creation in disk management post-cloning. Click the (Options) button to confirm whether to check (ignore bad sectors), which is usually checked by default. This option allows the software to use intelligent algorithms to read readable data in bad sectors and ignore unreadable data.
Step 3: Click the (Clone) button to execute the command to clone the hard disk. Cloning will overwrite the data on the target hard disk, so please back up your files in advance. After cloning, to start Windows 8 from the new SSD, install or connect the SSD to the computer. Enter the BIOS using shortcut keys (e.g., F2/F10/Del/Esc) during startup and set the SSD as the first boot item. The BIOS shortcut key usually appears briefly on a black screen during startup; consider taking a photo or recording a video to capture it. After successfully starting the system from the SSD, check the SSD optimization methods to maximize its performance.
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