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Setting up Operating system in a smaller SSD drive

RandomRunner
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Hi Guys

 I want  to put my operating system on SSD drive -  from a 2T hard drive.

How do I do this. I want the drivers etc to be picked up from the 2t hard drive

So far all I have seen is 1) start fresh 2) try to copy hard drive to hard drive  - not going to work in my case.

 

Is there a program that would just move the operating system and important drivers?

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Be specific.

 

What's the capacity?

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Is there a program that would just move the operating system and important drivers?

There is no such programs just to move OS and drivers.

 

For that you'd have to Make Clean Installation.

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There is no such programs just to move OS and drivers.

For that you'd have to Make Clean Installation.

i think there is cloning software for os, with that being said if you do clone it, clean install after. Clonezilla is one,normally they come with the ssd
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i think there is cloning software for os, with that being said if you do clone it, clean install after. Clonezilla is one,normally they come with the ssd

I thought he was saying Only OS files and drivers from the OS drive not any other files.

 

My mistake.

 

Clonezilla, I'd have recommended that.

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I don't know of any software that can clone only your OS and drivers. This would be pretty complex and I have never seen any software to do it.

 

You could do a clean isntallation of your OS, which would leave you with a cleaner OS and shouldn't be too hard if you have your licences handy.

Alternatively you could reduce the amount of data on the drive to fit onto the SSD then clone it, but this would require you to move your data off the HDD.

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Thanks guys

Samsung ssd 120g

 

I want the SSD be the boot drive / OS

Then run most of the software /games from the hard drive.

  I was not looking forward to install all the drivers . Computer is Alieware Auror bought in April 2010.

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