Will I Lose Windows 10 If I Replace My Hard Drive?

Something is wrong with my hard drive, so I want to replace it with a new one. But I worry I will lose my Windows after replacing it. Will I lose my Windows 10 if I replace my hard drive?

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Jerry· Answered on May 29, 2024

Yes, if you replace your hard drive, you will lose everything on it, including the operating system and files. This is because your Windows and files are stored on the hard drive. If you replace it, everything will be gone. And you have to reinstall your Windows 10.

But this does not mean that you have nothing to do with it. There is another way to help you replace a hard drive without reinstalling Windows. It is called cloning.

Cloning, in essence, will copy everything on a disk to another one, including your system, data, etc. But it is worth noting that everything on the target disk will be wiped out in the cloning process. Therefore, you should back up data on the destination disk.

For cloning a hard drive, you have to use professional disk cloning software because Windows does not offer such an option. In that case, EaseUS Disk Copy, a professional disk cloning tool, comes to help.

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EaseUS Disk Copy can help you transfer Windows 10 from HDD to SSD without any data loss and install Windows 7/8/10/11 on an NVMe SSD. In addition, it lets you clone a disk with bad sectors and upgrade a hard drive with a bigger one.

If you replace a hard drive, you will lose your Windows. But if you use professional disk cloning software - EaseUS Disk Copy, you can replace a hard drive without reinstalling Windows.

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