Cloning of a certified Dell Optiplex 3020 to an SSD

Hello

As explained in my topic, is it possible to clone an existing HDD given by dell itself to an SSD. I heard that the BIOS is set to identify the HARD drive which is signed by Dell to maintain and deliver windows serial keys.

If Yes, what is the best way to clone the drive. If there is no possibility to do so, can I get the key from the BIOS itself in the case?

Please advise me on this

Hello

My apologies for the delay in responding. I managed to clone the drive using the software from Samsung and the PC was working fine without any problems. Even I managed to upgrade the system to Windows 10 as well.

I just used the Samsung software disk that came with the product and the options to do the cloning.

Thank you

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