clone or reinstall?

[IrshaadH]

Hey guys,

When I first built my PC, I opted for a 64gig SSD due to high prices at the time. Now, I'd really like to upgrade to a larger drive in order to put some games on it. Is it really necessary for me to reinstall windows, or can I get away with cloning?

Thanks

[theelitegamer]

You don't have to reinstall Windows, just use it as your 2nd drive. Plug it in, and it should start working. Then you can use steam (or any other game service you use) and have them use that drive for games 

[IrshaadH]

Thanks.

I'd ideally want to load windows on the larger drive as well (by larger I mean 500gig to 1tb). Then, I'd use my current ssd for other things (caching mmy HDD, installing on an old laptop, etc).

[dadasmithywinkle]

I'd do a fresh reinstall. It's always best when getting a new SSD, and you can transfer any necessary files over from the other.

[ChineseChef]

Since you are going from SSD to SSD, I don't see any issues with just doing a windows image to an external or cloning.  But clean install is always recommended.