moving os to ssd.

[yeetyeetyeeter]

if i move my Windows to my ssd from my hdd.

does it remove everything on it.

for example my download.

game settings

stuff like that, if not how do i do that. what software should i use and how do i use it.

how much free space should i have.

and how long does it take.

thanks :)

[inalone]

The typical way of doing this would be to shrink your C:/ drive to the size of the SSD, then clone the partition - if the C:/ drive is too small you'd need to start uninstalling programs, deleting files etc. so that it fits. Time wise, shouldn't take too long but depends on the hard drive, SSD and how large the partition you're transferring across is but it shouldn't take that long.

[yeetyeetyeeter]

1 minute ago, inalone said:

The typical way of doing this would be to shrink your C:/ drive to the size of the SSD, then clone the partition - if the C:/ drive is too small you'd need to start uninstalling programs, deleting files etc. so that it fits. Time wise, shouldn't take too long but depends on the hard drive, SSD and how large the partition you're transferring across is but it shouldn't take that long.

what do you mean with shrinking my C:/ drive?

and what is the best software to do all this

[inalone]

4 minutes ago, yeetyeetyeeter said:

what do you mean with shrinking my C:/ drive?

and what is the best software to do all this

Essentially, your C:/ drive lives on a partition on your hard drive at the moment and if you want to transfer it to an SSD, you'd need to make it so that the partition is able to fit onto the SSD given the SSD's capacity (e.g. if you have a 1TB C:/ drive at the moment (which is where your windows install lives), and only a 250GB SSD, you'd need to make that 1TB partition into a 250GB one).

 

When it comes to cloning software, someone else would have to chip in I'm afraid as I've never done that before, but for shrinking the partition I think Windows' built in Disk Management program is good.

 

EDIT: Shrinking is just the first step though, as a Windows install is typically made up of 3 partitions I think, including the bootloader, so someone else would have to chip in for how to properly transfer the full Windows install across.

[yeetyeetyeeter]

Just now, inalone said:

Essentially, your C:/ drive lives on a partition on your hard drive at the moment and if you want to transfer it to an SSD, you'd need to make it so that the partition is able to fit onto the SSD given the SSD's capacity (e.g. if you have a 1TB C:/ drive at the moment (which is where your windows install lives), and only a 250GB SSD, you'd need to make that 1TB partition into a 250GB one).

 

When it comes to cloning software, someone else would have to chip in I'm afraid as I've never done that before, but for shrinking the partition I think Windows' built in Disk Management program is good.

ok thanks alot for that.

ill wait for someone to explain what the better software for this is and how to do it.

[NineEyeRon]

Removing programs etc is windows stuff.

 

Then Disk Manager to shrink the volume, again windows stuff so simple.

 

Clone with Macrium Reflect, free download.

[yeetyeetyeeter]

Just now, NineEyeRon said:

Removing programs etc is windows stuff.

 

Then Disk Manager to shrink the volume, again windows stuff so simple.

 

Clone with Macrium Reflect, free download.

alrighty then i got all of my answers,

thanks alot man appreciate the help

[NineEyeRon]

6 minutes ago, yeetyeetyeeter said:

alrighty then i got all of my answers,

thanks alot man appreciate the help

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