I'm sorry if this this should be in the OS thread but I have a question on the easiest way to swap drives.
So I have a Lenovo y510p laptop with a measly 1tb 5400 rpm HDD and a 28GB SSD (msata i think). I want to swap the HDD with an SSD. The OS is installed on the HDD currently. So my question is which is the easiest way to go about reloading the OS onto the SSD? Should I reinstall then clone the base OS onto the 28gb SSD then install the 1TB SSD and clone it back? Or is there a way to just reinstall after installing the 1TB? The laptop came with windows 8.1 and we've upgraded to windows 10. I just want to throw that back onto the PC as I do not have a cd or usb with windows 8 on it. So I cant just use the key on the system with windows 10... Or can I?
So I have a Lenovo y510p laptop with a measly 1tb 5400 rpm HDD and a 28GB SSD (msata i think). I want to swap the HDD with an SSD. The OS is installed on the HDD currently. So my question is which is the easiest way to go about reloading the OS onto the SSD? Should I reinstall then clone the base OS onto the 28gb SSD then install the 1TB SSD and clone it back? Or is there a way to just reinstall after installing the 1TB? The laptop came with windows 8.1 and we've upgraded to windows 10. I just want to throw that back onto the PC as I do not have a cd or usb with windows 8 on it. So I cant just use the key on the system with windows 10... Or can I?