Reinstalling Win10 on a new SSD; Can I keep my previous files on my HDD

[luis_6143]

I am going to put my OS on a new SSD, but I am wondering if I put my OS on the new SSD will the applications and other software on my HDD be affected by moving the OS to another drive??? Will my PC Drivers and Steam Games be affected because Windows is on a different drive? Thanks for the help.

[Enzo1001]

1 minute ago, luis_6143 said:

I am going to put my OS on a new SSD, but I am wondering if I put my OS on the new SSD will the applications and other software on my HDD be affected by moving the OS to another drive??? Will my PC Drivers and Steam Games be affected because Windows is on a different drive? Thanks for the help.

Yes, im preatty sure this will be like a new, fresh windows and everything will be gone

[Enzo1001]

Just now, Enzo1001 said:

Yes, im preatty sure this will be like a new, fresh windows and everything will be gone

by that i mean that the files well be still tehre but i dont know I steam and stuff will recognize them

[Electronics Wizardy]

You can keep all the files on the hdd. Id unplug it to make sure it doesn't affec tthe drive. 

 

All the drives and files on the boot drive will be gone.

[parker13]

6 minutes ago, luis_6143 said:

I am going to put my OS on a new SSD, but I am wondering if I put my OS on the new SSD will the applications and other software on my HDD be affected by moving the OS to another drive??? Will my PC Drivers and Steam Games be affected because Windows is on a different drive? Thanks for the help.

You might lose your drivers but your steam games should be fine. Steam games are saved to a certain disk, they're just kinda like files. When you download games, you're given the option of which drive to install it on. You can keep HDD files. I've for sure make a back up of important files though just in case. Like game saves and so on.

[WhitetailAni]

I personally would delete some of the Windows files and partitions to avoid confusing your system.

Like deleting system32 on your HDD once you have Windows on your SSD.

[parker13]

Just now, parker13 said:

You might lose your drivers but your steam games should be fine. Steam games are saved to a certain disk, they're just kinda like files. When you download games, you're given the option of which drive to install it on. You can keep HDD files. I've for sure make a back up of important files though just in case. Like game saves and so on.

Also! Depending on your SSD or HDD speed, installing a game might not be that much of a worry. Like I said, save important game saves and then start the process of booting from the SSD.

[luis_6143]

Thank you everyone for helping me, I think I will just backup my games and important files and just really start fresh again haha. Thanks for your help!!!