Paragon Migrate OS | Paragon Software

Since 2020, Drive Copy is part of the Hard Disk Manager functionality.
Below, choose the version that suits your needs:

Hard Disk Manager Advanced is designed for personal home use;
Hard Disk Manager for Business is intended for enterprise commercial use.

Install

Connect a new storage device to your computer, then download and install Hard Disk Manager for Windows

Select

Choose Windows installation you’d like to move to the new disk

Exclude

Exclude from the migration process unimportant files to fit in to small SSD or expand partitions to use all disk space on high-capacity HDD

Restart

Restart your Windows from the new disk. Now you can delete the Windows OS partition from the source disk and use it for storing documents, media files, whatever

“Paragon Software’s Migrate OS to SSD is easily the most efficient and quickest operating system migration software we have used to date… The ability to operate within the Windows operating system streamlines and accelerates the process significantly. Its “alignment aware” aspects keep our partition alignment concerns in check…Migrate OS to SSD is totally deserving of our “Top Value” award!”

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While the primary purpose of the software is to move your OS from a mechanical hard drive to an SSD, it should just as easily be able to migrate bootable system partitions between two SSDs of different sizes (or hard drives for that matter). That’s why Migrate OS to SSD continues to be our software of choice for this task.

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Streamline the migration process

Simply choose where you want your Windows and migrate the system in a single click. Carry on with your work while the process is performed in the background. No manual tweaks or reboot needed, just switch over when it’s ready.

Choose larger-capacity HDD or faster SSD

Use a new large-capacity HDD or switch to faster SSD. With Paragon Migrate OS, you can accurately downsize your Windows system and move it to a new disk while keeping the rest of the data on the other disk.

Play it safe

Paragon Migrate OS takes care of boot problems caused by worms, trojans and other viruses, by creating stand-by bootable media. You can always recover your system to a workable condition.

Migrate OS from large HDD to a smaller SSD
Automatically detects and copies MSR (Microsoft Reserved Partition)
Allows the user to exclude data during the setup in order to fit in to the destination disk
Exclude file types that could take plenty of disk space, like video, music, photos, etc
Transferring OS to SSD - partition alignment enabled
One-step migration to new SSD completed
Larger HDD as new boot device

Frequently Asked Questions

When trying to buy Migrate OS, I’m redirected to an on-line shop page of Drive Copy Advanced, which says it includes Migrate OS among other features. But I only need to migrate my Windows. Is there a way to purchase Migrate OS alone without extra charges?

Nope, Migrate OS is now available as part of Drive Copy Advanced, which is a component of Hard Disk Manager for Windows.

Can I use your product on the latest Windows 10 Creators Update?

Of course! Hard Disk Manager is fully compatible with the latest operating system.

Windows asks for activation after copying to another storage device.

Microsoft requires all changes in hardware devices to be tracked by the Windows operating system. As such, Hard Disk Manager is unable to circumvent this requirement.

Can I copy BitLocker-encrypted volumes?

Sure, you can copy this type of volumes when they are in an unlocked state. An unlocked BDE volume is a volume encrypted with BitLocker, which is open for access (password or recovery key is provided). For more information, please consult our Knowledge Base.

Does your product support Microsoft Dynamic Disks?

Nope. Paragon products provide limited support for MBR dynamic disks, while GPT dynamic disks are NOT supported at all. Unfortunately, disk copying is not on the list of supported features yet. For more information, please consult our Knowledge Base.

What RAID configuration does your product support?

Migrate OS supports all types of software and hardware RAID configuration with only one restriction: Your RAID should already be set up and recognized by your OS as a single disk. For more information, please consult our Knowledge Base.

My SATA/RAID controller is not recognized by the WinPE recovery media.

You should have already injected drivers for a controller during the creation of recovery media, which is a recommended one-time procedure. Alternatively, you can inject the drivers each time after booting from the recovery media through the corresponding dialog. For more information, please consult the Product Manual and/or our Knowledge Base.

What system folders are critical for OS startup, logon and proper operation of programs, and must not be excluded from copying?

Make sure the following folders are not added to the exclusion list:

Windows
Program Files
Program Files (x86)
ProgramData
Users
Boot (if exists on C:\)
‘bootmgr’ file (if exists on C:\)

Please note that you may exclude certain program folders from ‘Program Files’ and ‘Program Files (x86)’ as well as folders and individual files (documents, media) from your user account folder, but do not remove them entirely.

Can I re-activate my license on another computer?

Sure. Please re-activate the product following the steps below:

Log in to MyParagon portal.
Find your product in the list of My Products, then click “Show details”, press “Release license”.
License status will be marked as “Not in use”: article in Paragon Knowledge Base.
Then activate your product again.

How many times can I re-activate my license?

You can re-activate it up to 5 times. If you need to re-activate your license more than 5 times, please contact our Support or file a support ticket and we will help you to release the counter of licenses.

Features

Features	Benefits
Supported Windows Platform	Windows 7 SP1 to Windows 10 x86 / x64 UEFI boot
Target Disk	HDD SSD
MSR (Microsoft Reserved Partition)	Automatically detected and copied
System Downsize	Smart filters to exclude unnecessary files
Live Move	Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) is used for unobtrusive copying while in-use and restarting system without reboot
Partition Alignment	Automatic
Recovery	WinPE based bootable media (USB thumb drive or ISO image) Smart Boot Corrector

Resources

Product Documentation

Download Paragon Migrate OS One Pager

Need help?

Contact Support or file a support ticket

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