Posted April 18, 2019 Hello lovely LTT-Community Since SSD's are getting cheaper want to get rid of my HDD. My plan is to buy a 1TB SSD but how do i move my Files from the HDD to the new SSD? Can i just move them or do i need to do more? My Windows is already installed on a Samsung 970 Evo. CPU: Ryzen 7 1700X @4GHz GPU: Asus Rog Strix GTX 1080 A8G Motherboard: Asus Rog Strix X370-F Gaming RAM: G.Skill TridenZ 2x8GB 3200MHz CL14 Case: Corsair Obsidian Series 750D Storages: Samsung 970 Evo 250GB, 250 SanDisk SSD, 2TB Toshiba HDD CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i 280mm AiO PSU: Corsair RM750X 750W Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64Bit Keyboard: Roccat Vulcan 120 Mouse: Roccat Kova Headset: HyperX Cloud 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 18, 2019 If it's not an OS, and just files, yeah dude. Drag and drop. Main Rig: R9 5950X @ PBO, RTX 3090, 64 GB DDR4 3666, InWin 101, Full Hardline Watercooling Server: R7 1700X @ 4.0 GHz, GTX 1080 Ti, 32GB DDR4 3000, Cooler Master NR200P, Full Soft Watercooling LAN Rig: R5 3600X @ PBO, RTX 2070, 32 GB DDR4 3200, Dan Case A4-SFV V4, 120mm AIO for the CPU HTPC: i7-7700K @ 4.6 GHz, GTX 1050 Ti, 16 GB DDR4 3200, AliExpress K39, IS-47K Cooler Router: R3 2200G @ stock, 4GB DDR4 2400, what are cases, stock cooler I don't have a problem... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 18, 2019 you can use the cloning software included with most SSDs or just connect it to your PC and normally select all files and copy to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 18, 2019 Author 1 minute ago, tarfeef101 said: If it's not an OS, and just files, yeah dude. Drag and drop. Nope no OS only Files. But what concerns me is that i had read few Months or maybe even Years back that this isn't possible due to Registry? CPU: Ryzen 7 1700X @4GHz GPU: Asus Rog Strix GTX 1080 A8G Motherboard: Asus Rog Strix X370-F Gaming RAM: G.Skill TridenZ 2x8GB 3200MHz CL14 Case: Corsair Obsidian Series 750D Storages: Samsung 970 Evo 250GB, 250 SanDisk SSD, 2TB Toshiba HDD CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i 280mm AiO PSU: Corsair RM750X 750W Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64Bit Keyboard: Roccat Vulcan 120 Mouse: Roccat Kova Headset: HyperX Cloud 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 18, 2019 If there's software installed to the HDD, you may have to reinstall it, since some software doesn't play nice when the drive letter changes. If all it is are Steam games and generic files, drag and drop. Primary PC: - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8G3tXv (Windows 10 Home) HTPC: - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KdBb4n (Windows 10 Home) Server: Dell Precision T7500 - Dual Xeon X5660's, 44GB ECC DDR3, Dell Nvidia GTX 645 (Windows Server 2019 Standard) *SLI Rig* - i7-920, MSI-X58 Platinum SLI, 12GB DDR3, Dual EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 in SLI - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/GHw6vW (Windows 7 Pro) HP DC7900 - Core 2 Duo E8400, 4GB DDR2, Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT (Windows Vista) Compaq Presario 5000 - Pentium 4 1.7Ghz, 1.7GB SDR, PowerColor Radeon 9600 Pro (Windows XP x86 Pro) Compaq Presario 8772 - Pentium MMX 200Mhz, 48MB PC66, 6GB Quantum HDD, "8GB" HP SATA SSD adapted to IDE (Windows 98 SE) Asus M32AD - Intel i3-4170, 8GB DDR3, 250GB Seagate 2.5" HDD (converting to SSD soon), EVGA GeForce GTS 250, OEM 350W PSU (Windows 10 Core) *Haswell Tower* - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3vw6vW (Windows 10 Home) *ITX Box* - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/r36s6R (Windows 10 Education) Dell Dimension XPS B800 - Pentium 3 800Mhz, RDRAM In progress projects: *Skylake Tower* - Pentium G4400, Asus H110 *Trash Can* - AMD A4-6300 *GPU Test Bench* *Pfsense router* - Pentium G3220, Asrock H97m Pro A4, 4GB DDR3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 18, 2019 Just now, JustEbu said: Nope no OS only Files. But what concerns me is that i had read few Months or maybe even Years back that this isn't possible due to Registry? You read something wrong. If it's just your random files, drag and drop away. You can always just not erase the old drive until you're sure all your stuff copied over properly. There should be no issues. Main Rig: R9 5950X @ PBO, RTX 3090, 64 GB DDR4 3666, InWin 101, Full Hardline Watercooling Server: R7 1700X @ 4.0 GHz, GTX 1080 Ti, 32GB DDR4 3000, Cooler Master NR200P, Full Soft Watercooling LAN Rig: R5 3600X @ PBO, RTX 2070, 32 GB DDR4 3200, Dan Case A4-SFV V4, 120mm AIO for the CPU HTPC: i7-7700K @ 4.6 GHz, GTX 1050 Ti, 16 GB DDR4 3200, AliExpress K39, IS-47K Cooler Router: R3 2200G @ stock, 4GB DDR4 2400, what are cases, stock cooler I don't have a problem... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 18, 2019 Author 1 minute ago, Eastman51 said: If there's software installed to the HDD, you may have to reinstall it, since some software doesn't play nice when the drive letter changes. If all it is are Steam games and generic files, drag and drop. Would it work if i change the letter what the HDD had? CPU: Ryzen 7 1700X @4GHz GPU: Asus Rog Strix GTX 1080 A8G Motherboard: Asus Rog Strix X370-F Gaming RAM: G.Skill TridenZ 2x8GB 3200MHz CL14 Case: Corsair Obsidian Series 750D Storages: Samsung 970 Evo 250GB, 250 SanDisk SSD, 2TB Toshiba HDD CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i 280mm AiO PSU: Corsair RM750X 750W Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64Bit Keyboard: Roccat Vulcan 120 Mouse: Roccat Kova Headset: HyperX Cloud 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 18, 2019 Just now, JustEbu said: Would it work if i change the letter what the HDD had? maybe You can try it and see, but a lot of times some software breaks because their registry entries point to certain drives and drive letters. Usually Windows can modify the registry on the fly to deal with this, but there's no way to know until you try. Steam games don't have registry entries (iirc), all Steam needs to know is what folder contains the games and it will detect them all; you can literally just drag and drop the steam folder and add new library and Steam will see them all (assuming Steam isn't installed on the HDD). Primary PC: - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8G3tXv (Windows 10 Home) HTPC: - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KdBb4n (Windows 10 Home) Server: Dell Precision T7500 - Dual Xeon X5660's, 44GB ECC DDR3, Dell Nvidia GTX 645 (Windows Server 2019 Standard) *SLI Rig* - i7-920, MSI-X58 Platinum SLI, 12GB DDR3, Dual EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 in SLI - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/GHw6vW (Windows 7 Pro) HP DC7900 - Core 2 Duo E8400, 4GB DDR2, Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT (Windows Vista) Compaq Presario 5000 - Pentium 4 1.7Ghz, 1.7GB SDR, PowerColor Radeon 9600 Pro (Windows XP x86 Pro) Compaq Presario 8772 - Pentium MMX 200Mhz, 48MB PC66, 6GB Quantum HDD, "8GB" HP SATA SSD adapted to IDE (Windows 98 SE) Asus M32AD - Intel i3-4170, 8GB DDR3, 250GB Seagate 2.5" HDD (converting to SSD soon), EVGA GeForce GTS 250, OEM 350W PSU (Windows 10 Core) *Haswell Tower* - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3vw6vW (Windows 10 Home) *ITX Box* - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/r36s6R (Windows 10 Education) Dell Dimension XPS B800 - Pentium 3 800Mhz, RDRAM In progress projects: *Skylake Tower* - Pentium G4400, Asus H110 *Trash Can* - AMD A4-6300 *GPU Test Bench* *Pfsense router* - Pentium G3220, Asrock H97m Pro A4, 4GB DDR3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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