How Do I Transfer Windows 8 From One Laptop to Another?

I'm about to sell my old laptop since I got a new one last Christmas. But I want to skip those system installation processes because it's troublesome to me. Can you tell me how to transfer Windows 8 from one laptop to another without reinstalling it? Appreciate your help!

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Jerry· Answered on Jan 05, 2024

You can transfer Windows 8 from one laptop to another by performing a universal restore. Transferring the operating system from one laptop to another requires powerful and reliable universal restore software like EaseUS Todo Backup.

This software provides you with a feature to perform a universal restore. To do so, first, you need to create a system image backup, where EaseUS Todo Backup plays its role. Then, you can store the image file on a USB drive or other external drive. Finally, restore the system image on the new laptop.

Check out the guide below to perform the universal restore on another laptop.

Stage 1. Create a system image backup on an external drive.

Step 1. Launch EaseUS Todo Backup and click "Create Backup".

Step 2. Click "OS" and select the USB or other device for exporting the system image backup.

Step 3. Click "Options" and set the backup mode as "Image mode".

Step 4. Click "Backup Now" to start the process.

Stage 2. Restore the image backup to the new laptop​​​​​​.

Step 1. Open EaseUS Todo Backup on the new laptop, and click "Browse to Recover".

Step 2. Guide to your backup destination and choose the system image file in your USB or other device.

Step 3. Choose the recovery disk. (The partition style of the source and recovery disks should be the same.)

Step 4. Click "Proceed" to perform system backup recovery.

Now, you shall be able to see a Windows 8 on the new laptop. In addition, you can also clone the OS to another laptop using this tool. However, it might cause incompatibility issues, so performing universal restore is your best choice.

EaseUS Todo Backup also has the ability to create a scheduled backup, differential and incremental backups, WinPE bootable disk, and so on.

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