Hi people.

A bit of a wrinkle in the plans... still need to transfer the operating system though.

The deal to buy the used computer fell through.  It wasn't what I wanted anyway. So I purchased and assembled a new machine.  I will not be installing Windows on it.

Here is the problem... my old operating system is on an M.SATA drive.    My new computer has 2 M.2 drives.   I didn't realize there was a difference, because M.2 does both PCIE and SATA.   But it turns out that M.SATA is a different form factor than M.2 and I cannot plug my old M.SATA drive into my new motherboard.

Here is an explanation of the differences between M.2 and M.SATA.
https://searchstorage.techtarget.com/definition/mSATA-SSD-mSATA-solid-state-drive

So how do I transfer my old operating system from the M.SATA drive in my old computer to the M.2 drive in my new computer ?     rsync over the network while running the new computer off a USB drive ?

Thanks





On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 11:35 AM linux guy <linuxguy123@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi people.

I'm about to purchase a new workstation computer because my current workstation is too slow.  The new computer comes with Windows 10 installed on it.  I rarely use Windows, but occasionally it comes in handy to troubleshoot something, so I'd like to leave it on the hard drive.

Question:   how do I transfer my current workstation installation to the new hard drive and retain Windows ?   I don't want to start over building my workstation installation from a fresh install.

Thanks

LG