ZhoubaWiki:HowToCloneHddWin10ToSSD

How to clone a HDD w/ Win10 to an SSD

First

dd id=/dev/source of=/dev/target bs=64K conv=sync,noerror status=progress

Then

ntfsfix /dev/target

Finally boot the target system using the freshly cloned disk

Usually auto-repair or something similar is triggered on first Win10 run from the clone-target device, also some reboots. But generally it works. The last time I did it it behaved like this:

1. Booted, Win logo, some message about running auto-repair, spinner spinning
2. Reboot
3. Booted, Win logo, spinner spinning indefinitely (no CPU or disk utilization)
4. Manual power-cycle executed
5. Booted, Win logo, auto disk-check w/ options: do-scan or skip
6. Do scan selected
7. Text GUI showing check progress
8. Reboot
9. Booted, Win logo, booted successful to the login screen