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Flawizz
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can i literally just copy and paste my ssd to my hdd as a backup, got lots of space on my hdd dw

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Using software is usually better, you can have up to date backups with timestamps, but I have manually backed up before so I know how effective it can be.

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Just now, fasauceome said:

Using software is usually better, you can have up to date backups with timestamps, but I have manually backed up before so I know how effective it can be.

no im just gonna reinstall windows and start clean, see if that solves an issue i have with my gpu, if not il just load the ssd data from my hdd back over to my ssd

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If you want something that can be restored to have full functionality o the OS, just copy/pasting the files will not work. You need an image-level backup. If you are comfortable with risking the destruction of your data (as this tool is somewhat error prone if you haven't had a lot of practice with it), you can use the Linux tool dd, for which you will need to boot into a Linux live system (ie. from a usb disk). There is also probably at least one image-creating tool for Windows, but I don't know what it is called. Additionally, most imaging tools require that the disk you are imaging isn't being used during the process, necessitating the use of a live system anyway.

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https://www.easyuefi.com/wintohdd/index.html

 

allows cloning and other options with OS

 

mklink and robocopy commands also allow moving of installed programs. for example..

 

robocopy "C:\Program Files (x86)\Bethesda Softworks" "k:\Program Files (x86)\Bethesda Softworks" /sec /move /e

 

mklink "c:\Program Files (x86)\Bethesda Softworks\" "k:\Program Files (x86)\Bethesda Softworks\" /j

 

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robocopy "C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\My Games"

 

"k:\Users\Administrator\Documents\My Games" /sec /move /e

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