was supposed to be easy. Well that hasn’t worked out.
Need to restate ‘goal’ - Replace failing internal hard drive with SSD
Regarding: Use a program like Aomei Partition Assistant to install windows 10 onto the SSD - never done that. Just looking for a way to replace hard drive. I have done many a "clean installations" in the past on "my" computer, that's what I meant to state.
“What I'm using when cloning is not an option is to create the W10 installation media (99.99% of the time it's the USB stick) then boot that stick and install to a blank SSD or HDD. After that, create TWO local login accounts, make them admin capable and then create the user account which could be the email version or local”
Baby steps please, senior citizen moving kind of slow these days.
Step A: Downloaded and installed Windows 10 with media creation tool to usb – Done
1. Do I now need to go into “BIOS”, change boot order so that USB is “first” boot. Reboot computer. Computer will “see” windows 10 setup in USB and start the process of installing windows 10 on the USB. – “OR”
2. Simply click the “setup” file on the USB and it will start the process of installing Windows 10 on the USB
3. After #1 “OR” #2 is done, then “copy” contents of USB to SSD. Then turn off PC, replace internal hard drive with SSD. Reboot and I should be good to go. That is to say, from here will need to reinstall “my” programs and maybe some “drivers”.
“OR”
Step B: With windows 10 on USB, copy contents to SSD. Turn off PC, replace internal hard drive with SSD. Start PC, Windows will see the setup file on the SSD and start a “clean installation”. "OR" will this process cause Windows to see that 'setup' file after every reboot in the future?
Since the ‘goal’ is to: Replace failing internal hard drive with SSD – I don’t understand the following part of your message: After that, create TWO local login accounts, make them admin capable and then create the user account which could be the email version or local”
Again, thanks very much for your assistance