Cloning PC drives

 There are many ways to clone PC drives.

• 2025-Dec-16: YouTube: How to Clone Windows 11/10 to a New SSD/HDD Without Any Software - by Meink WeLab
• (00:30) Make sure which drive to be cloned into which drive.
• (01:20) Run command prompt to back the C drive all into an iamge in D drive (file: backup.wlm):>   dism/capture-image /imagefile:D:\backup.wim /capturedir:C:\ /name:"WinBackup" /compress:max/checkintegrity 
  
  
  
• (03:05) Format disk #0  >   Choose partition style: MBR or GPT:

  

  
  
• (03:41) Use "diskpart" to identify your partition style: list disk  ->   sel disk 0  ->   

  

  
  
• (03:50) Create partition command:>   cre par efi size=512 

  

  
  
• format fs=fat32 quick label="System Boot" 
• assign letter S
• (04:13) done:   

  

  
  
• (04:16) the EFI partition has been created successfully, allowing WIndows to boot properly 

  

  
  
• (04:25) Right-click to make a New simple partition/volume W: 

  

  
  
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• (04:50) Run command prompt as administrator to extract the backup.wlm from D: drive to install Windows onto W drive: