Moving main harddrive info

[SnooglesBrother]

Ok first im not tech savvy (not the best at spelling too) so i miss use a word sorry 

 

So in detail i have two harddrives in my pc my main one is 223gb give or take and it has like i think the OS and all the imponent stuff like that but i want to move all of it to my new 2tb harddrive cause i heard that a full harddrive can impact pc speed if im mistaken let me know and id like to know if it would be a easy to set up like a plug and play or is a hole thing it being easy would be nice but im up for it not to be i can go in more detail or i can try to be really if i could get help soon that would be great cause i have like 3gb left and i dont want to max out the drive cause idk what well happen 

 

[ethan308666]

if you wanna move all the data you need like a disk clone software and just clone it to the new drive 

[SnooglesBrother]

Just now, ethan308666 said:

if you wanna move all the data you need like a disk clone software and just clone it to the new drive 

would the soft ware also be able to just move the data over instead of cloning it 

 

[ethan308666]

1 minute ago, SnooglesBrother said:

would the soft ware also be able to just move the data over instead of cloning it 

 

oh so your saying you wanna move the data not the os am i right?

[SnooglesBrother]

1 minute ago, ethan308666 said:

oh so your saying you wanna move the data not the os am i right?

yes i want the OS to stay on the small hard drive but everything else on the 2tb hard drive 

[Kilrah]

Merged with original thread.

 

Just manually move what you want to be on the 2nd drive then. 

[SnooglesBrother]

1 minute ago, Kilrah said:

Merged with original thread.

 

Just manually move what you want to be on the 2nd drive then. 

how do i know what is and is not the OS 

 

[Kilrah]

The only things you can safely move are things within your user profile i.e. your documents, downloads, movies, pictures etc.

If you want to move apps you'll have to uninstall them and reinstall them on the other drive.

If you've got e.g. a Steam library then use the feature in Steam to move games to another library. 

[SnooglesBrother]

Just now, Kilrah said:

The only things you can safely move are things within your user profile i.e. your documents, downloads, movies, pictures etc.

If you want to move apps you'll have to uninstall them and reinstall them on the other drive.

If you've got e.g. a Steam library then use the feature in Steam to move games to another library. 

ok ima try doing that ill be back if im still having trouble thx for the help

[IPD]

Yes, a full HDD can impact speed.  But you'll be a lot faster if you just have a boot on an SSD than any HDD boot disk.