How To Make SSD Primary Drive Windows 10? [Explained]

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To make your SSD the main boot drive for your Windows 10 PC, you don't need to be a computer guru.

And, as long as they do it correctly, it should be something that many people can accomplish at home. Because SSDs are becoming more affordable to the general population, it was only natural for Microsoft to make it as simple as possible for you to make the SSD your main boot disk.

How to make a solid-state drive (SSD) the primary drive Windows 10 is the latest version of Microsoft's operating

While HDDs remain the market leaders in terms of storage to price, SSDs are getting cheaper.

And, because more members of the general public can now afford SSDs, more individuals are using them not only as a backup drive for their PCs but also as the primary boot disk.

Of course, this is because SSDs are so much quicker than HDDs in terms of speed that they will make booting and running an OS much faster.

So, if you buy an SSD for your Windows 10 computer and want to make it your primary drive, how can you do it without taking your computer to a shop and having it done by an expert?

Here's how it's done:

Make the SSD ready.

As a result, the first step in making an SSD your primary drive for your Windows 10 computer is to prepare the SSD.

That implies you must purchase an SSD before purchasing anything else. While SSDs are more expensive than HDDs, they are becoming more affordable every year.

As a result, make sure you get an SSD that is equivalent to or larger than the space on your HDD in such a scenario.

If you've used up a lot of space on your HDD, this may be tough because you'll need to purchase an SSD with a high capacity, which may be rather costly.

As a result, you may back up files that aren't extremely critical on an external disk instead. That is unless you can buy a high-end SSD with enough storage capacity.

Install the solid-state drive

Following that, you should install the SSD you purchased. You may accomplish this by dismantling your computer's casing.

The SSD should then be inserted into a drive bay designated for it, and the accompanying connection cables should be used to connect the SSD to your computer.

Although the SSD may already be physically installed on your computer, you must install it electronically.

Using BIOS, enable the SSD (we will get there later). To access BIOS, you must restart the computer without going into too much detail. You'll be able to activate your SSD so that you may utilize it with your computer from there.

Install Windows 10 on your SSD.

You may now use your SSD as one of your hard drives on your computer once you've enabled it in BIOS. If you start your computer and then go to disk management, you'll be able to validate it.

If you can see your SSD there, that implies you can start storing data on it right now. You must, however, move your Windows 10 OS to it if you wish to utilize it as your primary drive.

The migration process is the most difficult aspect of making your SSD the primary drive for Windows 10, but we'll go over it in more depth later so you can understand it better.

However, if you utilize a third-party migration application, this step will be much easier.

Make the SSD your boot drive.

After you've finished migrating your Windows 10 OS to your SSD, restart your computer because it hasn't been assigned as the primary boot drive yet, despite the fact that it now contains your Windows 10 OS.

You must set it as the boot disk so that your operating system boots from it the first time you start on your computer. As a result, we arrive in the following conclusion...

In BIOS, how can I configure the SSD as the boot drive?

So, as previously said, you should utilize BIOS to not only designate your SSD as the primary boot drive but also to install or set it up on your computer once it has been physically inserted.

First and foremost, once you've physically fitted the SSD, you must restart your computer.

By restarting the computer and doing the following steps, you should be able to enable your SSD in BIOS: To enter BIOS, press F2, F8, F11, and DEL. Go to Setup > Turn on or activate the SSD > Exit after saving the changes.

After you've completed that step, your SSD should be installed on your computer. If you see it in disk management after starting up your OS, you can be sure. You are not, however, finished with the full procedure.

After you've migrated your Windows 10 OS to your SSD and completed the installation, you'll need to restart your computer to designate it as the boot drive for your Windows 10 OS.

Restart your computer, then press F2, F12, and DEL to enter BIOS once more. Look for the option to boot.

From there, you can easily alter the boot order to make your SSD the drive from which the operating system should boot. Though you don't do so, the machine will try to boot from your HDD, even if the OS is no longer there.

Save your modifications and then depart once you've chosen the SSD as the boot drive. Because your SSD is now your primary drive, your computer will now boot the Windows 10 operating system from it on a regular basis.

How do I move Windows 10 from a hard drive to an SSD?

Transferring the operating system to the SSD is one of the most critical stages in setting up your SSD as the primary disk for your Windows 10 machine.

Without the assistance of a third-party application or software that can make things easier for you, this can be a difficult task. As a result, in this instance, the best option is to employ a third-party migration program.

If you're seeking a solid migration program, EaseUS Partition Manager or EaseUS Todo Backup are two options.

Todo Backup is a free program, while Partition Manager is a premium product. Todo Backup should suffice if all you want to do is transfer your Windows 10 OS to your SSD.

Select the Migrate OS option after running the software you chose. For the migration, you can choose your SSD as the destination disk.

Make sure the SSD doesn't have anything on it because the migration procedure will wipe out everything on it. After that, click Migrate to begin the migration.

Following that, you'll be shown a diagram of what your destination disk will look like following the transfer.

However, you may change the layout to your liking, allowing you to choose how you wish to partition your SSD based on your own tastes.

After that, you may click the Proceed button to have the program complete the migration procedure for you. After that, all you have to do is sit back and wait for the program to work its magic.

However, you should keep in mind that the migration of your Windows 10 OS to your SSD is only the beginning.

As previously said, you must restart your computer and then utilize BIOS to choose your SSD as the boot drive for your operating system.

Otherwise, even if you've previously transferred the Windows 10 OS to your SSD, the machine will try to boot from the hard drive.

Check out the full steps we mentioned above to learn how to correctly configure your SSD as the boot drive for your Windows 10 operating system every time you power up your computer.

Conclusion

As you can see, turning your SSD into your main drive shouldn't be too difficult. You don't even need computer skills to figure things out.

All you have to do now is make sure you follow the instructions to take advantage of your new SSD's lightning-fast capabilities.