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Question when Moving from HDD to SSD

Peepnbrick
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While installing my new SSD, I attempted to follow this video from NCIX. The bios ordering went fine, but I want to know if creating a new volume with my SSD in Computer Management installs the OS on it? After I did that, I rebooted (with the SSD set to boot first), and the boot actually took longer than before.

 

I just want to know If I actually installed the OS on the SSD (Samsung 850 EVO 250GB). It says that there is only 232.9Gb left on the drive, so something is on there.

 

 

The computer Management part starts at 2:30.

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You choose which drive to install the OS on during installation.

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You choose which drive to install the OS on during installation.

Do I need to uninstall windows on my HDD after I install it on my SSD?

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since you are buying a samsung drive, use the samsung magician software, heard some good things about it

I tried that, but I would need to clone my entire HDD over to my SSD, which has more data than the SSD has capacity. If I choose to exclude programs from the migration, they will be deleted from my HDD. Plus, I don't want everything on my SSD, just my OS and a couple of programs.

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Hey there Peepnbrick,
 
When installing a new OS on a new drive, it is recommended to have all the other drives disconnected so the OS does not put anything there by mistake. During the installation, the wizard will ask you how and which drive to partition and will give you the option to create one or more partitions on the SSD and then assign the letter C to it.
After you are done, you can connect your other drives (while the computer is powered down), make sure you have the old drive off the boot list (or at least lower than the SSD) and then backup everything you need from the old boot partition and then format it completely. :) This should do the trick for you. 
I wouldn't suggest cloning especially when it's from a larger HDD to a smaller SSD since there's a good chance of data loss and Os corruption. Moreover, cloning a HDD to a SSD has a pretty high risk of causing the SSD to be recognized as a HDD and be susceptible to defragging and missing out on features such as TRIM.
 
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Thanks for the reply, that made it pretty clear. I was very new to this, but now I feel like I could do it for a living! And my PC boots in a fraction of the time that it did with my HDD!

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