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You could clone your drive but a fresh install of your OS on a new drive is the way to go. Don't forget that hard drives are like light bulbs. Not a matter of if they are going to fail but when. I would highly recommend you disconnect your old hard drive when you go about installing your OS on your new drive to avoid potential complications that could arise. 


Good luck. 

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4 minutes ago, PcGaming said:

My boot drive is almost always full it has like 3-6gb free sometimes. I wanted to know if i can transfer windows and the rest of the data to a bigger boot drive the current one is 120 i think. Thanks for the help

You could use samsung magician. But a fresh install is usually better 

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This is exactly why I spec a 1TB primary drive minimum in anything I recommend or build.

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You could clone your drive but a fresh install of your OS on a new drive is the way to go. Don't forget that hard drives are like light bulbs. Not a matter of if they are going to fail but when. I would highly recommend you disconnect your old hard drive when you go about installing your OS on your new drive to avoid potential complications that could arise. 


Good luck. 

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