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Use this tool for a quick migration: <a href="http://www.paragon-software.com/technologies/components/migrate-OS-to-SSD/" rel="ugc">http://www.paragon-software.com/technologies/components/migrate-OS-to-SSD/</a><br />
Once the cloning is done - go to BIOS and change the boot order of the drive.
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Use this tool for a quick migration: http://www.paragon-software.com/technologies/components/migrate-OS-to-SSD/ [http://www.paragon-software.com/technologies/components/migrate-OS-to-SSD/]
Once the cloning is done - go to BIOS and change the boot order of the drive.

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You can go to Windows Disk Management and see which drive is marked as System and Boot. If you see such partition then the Windows is starting from this HDD or SSD exactly.
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You can go to Windows Disk Management and see which drive is marked as System and Boot. If you see such partition then the Windows is starting from this HDD or SSD exactly.

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This worked; I had to change the UEFI boot order, and that was all. &nbsp;Of course, unrelated Windows 10 issues meant I had to do a full fresh install anyway.
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This worked; I had to change the UEFI boot order, and that was all.  Of course, unrelated Windows 10 issues meant I had to do a full fresh install anyway.

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I am adding an SSD drive to my Lenovo Yoga 2. &nbsp;I currently have Windows 10 running on the machine, on the existing HDD. &nbsp;My plan is to clone the existing HDD to the SSD, and use the SSD as my boot drive, and the original HDD for additional storage. &nbsp;In the past when I've done this, I've just swapped the new drive in place of the old one, and that was it. &nbsp;How do I do this with the new UEFI boot method? &nbsp;Is it really as simple as changing the boot device in the firmware? &nbsp;How can I be sure I'm not booting from the original HDD without disconnecting it?
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I am adding an SSD drive to my Lenovo Yoga 2.  I currently have Windows 10 running on the machine, on the existing HDD.  My plan is to clone the existing HDD to the SSD, and use the SSD as my boot drive, and the original HDD for additional storage.  In the past when I've done this, I've just swapped the new drive in place of the old one, and that was it.  How do I do this with the new UEFI boot method?  Is it really as simple as changing the boot device in the firmware?  How can I be sure I'm not booting from the original HDD without disconnecting it?

Change Boot Drive for Windows 10

Storage devices include any device used for storing and retrieving digital information. Hard disk drives (HDDs) use one or more rigid ("hard") rapidly rotating disks (platters) coated with magnetic material. Data is accessed in a random-access manner, meaning that individual blocks of data can be stored or retrieved in any order and not only sequentially. The primary competing technology for secondary storage is flash memory in the form of solid-state drives (SSDs), but HDDs remain the dominant medium for secondary storage due to advantages in price per bit and per-device recording capacity. CD-RW (Compact Disc-ReWritable) is a digital optical disc storage format that allows information to be stored outside the mechanical HDD.

Storage Hardware

Computer data storage, often called storage or memory, is a technology consisting of computer components and recording media used to retain digital data. In addition to local storage devices like CD and DVD readers, hard drives and flash drives, solid state drives can hold enormous amounts of data in a very small device. Cloud services and other new forms of remote storage also add to the capacity of devices and their ability to access more data without building additional data storage into a device.

Storage

Windows 10 is a personal computer operating system featuring the "universal application architecture" (UAP); apps can be designed to run across multiple devices with nearly identical code, including PCs, tablets, smartphones, embedded systems, Xbox One, Surface Hub and HoloLens. Windows 10 also includes a virtual desktop system, a window and desktop management feature called Task View, the Microsoft Edge web browser, support for fingerprint and face recognition login, voice-based search (Cortana), new security features for enterprise environments, and DirectX 12 and WDDM 2.0 to improve the operating system's graphics capabilities for games.