New system question
New system question
Someone could guide you on this process. You should consider creating a partition on the new Windows 11 SSD and then transfer Windows 10 from your old SSD to that new partition. There are recommended tools for this task. You don’t necessarily have to keep your old SSD in the new system; you can move it externally if needed. Setting up dual boot in BIOS is also something you should explore. Tutorials or suggestions are available if you need further help.
I assume by "
migrate"
you mean you're going to
clone
Windows 10 into that partition? I don't recommend cloning, as you have a higher chance of stuff refusing to work. Fresh install is recommended.
Since Windows 11 is already on the drive (?), you need to create a separate partition, and then install a fresh Windows 10 copy using bootable media into that partition, making sure to select that partition for where Windows will be installed while installing.
Make sure to backup your existing Windows 11 data, because things could go wrong and you can lose your data at worse.
Separate BIOS configurations need not be made, because its booting from the same drive. The option to select what OS to boot from will appear once it starts booting into Windows right before the lock screen appears. Once both OSes are on those separate partitions, Windows will TC of the rest, you only need to choose what OS you need to boot from.
This was useful. I didn't want to do a clean install since it usually requires a month of reinstalling programs and online re-licensing. Pain in the royal arse.
Cloning it might not succeed or fail consistently. After installation, I believe a new entry appears in the boot manager, displaying two boot options. If you clone it, you won’t see this automatically and will need to add entries yourself, which can be difficult and may still lead to issues afterward.
You could back up your data and recover after installing a fresh Windows 10 version.