Let's take a quick look at a step-by-step guide detailing how to turn an SSD into a boot drive for your new or existing computer.

If you're upgrading from an HDD to an SSD, make the most of the extra speed it offers by setting the SSD as your boot drive.

How do I install Windows on a SSD instead of HDD? To set up Windows on an SSD instead of HDD, connect the SSD and a bootable USB drive with the Windows installation files.

Installing a larger SSD in your PC or laptop is a common upgrade. If you're worried about losing your data then our step-by-step cloning guide will help.

If your current PC is only using a mechanical hard-disk drive (HDD) and it's here that your Windows install lives, it's a great time to make the upgrade to a solid-state drive (SSD).

If not, I suppose I could just move the HDD (the one with the partition) into the primary drive bay, and put my SSD into the optibay. My question then is, am I able to choose the default boot drive?

The Pi-Desktop Kit add-on board includes a connection for an mSATA SSD drive. I am going to look at adding one, and using it for simple disk storage expansion and for booting the Raspberry Pi.

If you're having issues whereby the Cloned SSD or HDD won't boot Windows 11/10 on your computer, then these fixes are sure to help you.