However, since I didn't want to spend a lot of time installing everything again (too much work this week), I decided to clone my system partition to the SSD (I used EaseUS Todo Backup).Ģ) After cloned, I removed my HDD and installed the SSD in its place. Just wanted to update on the status of my SSD installation:ġ) I created the USB recovery drive. Just wanted to be certain.Ģ) Does this recovery partition relies on already having the system on the HDD? Or, if I remove the HDD with the recovery partition and install a blank one, will the USB recovery drive that I created using those steps still install Windows correctly?ģ) This recovery partition is affected by windows update? I mean, does windows update 'embed' its updates in the recovery partition or will I get a 'fresh from the box' install? I have seen the following article on backing up my laptop's recovery partition:ġ) Regarding activation, will anything change? Since I'll be creating the recovery from my computer's partition, I don't think I'll have any problems with that. That said, I have a SSD and caddy available, which i'll use to swap with my optical drive. I have been having problems with my wifi connection since one of Windows 10's updates and want to do a fresh install of windows, to start over from scratch.

Fresh install of windows 10 on ssd