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Partitioning a hard drive for the OS

British_Monarchy
By British_Monarchy
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Hi, I am going to be building my first PC in the summer but while I want an SSD for my OS my budget won't allow for it. I am wondering whether it would be possible for me to partition off the OS and only the OS in one part and have all the documents and programs in the other part of the HDD. When I do accumulate enough money to get and SSD would I be able to then just shift the partition with the OS in it to the SSD (I will also have some larger games in there, looking at you GTA V) or is this not possible/too difficult. 

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You can use programs that will clone the HDD to the SSD. Retail SSDs normally come with software for that.

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You can use programs that will clone the HDD to the SSD. Retail SSDs normally come with software for that

Will I just be able to clone just one partition or will the whole thing shift over??

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Will I just be able to clone just one partition or will the whole thing shift over??

You should be able to clone both partitions over.

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whats the budget for this pc you are building?

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whats the budget for this pc you are building?

£700 and I have hit it on the nail with this:

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£144.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI H97M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£65.19 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case  (£26.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£13.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: LG 22MP55HQ-P 60Hz 22.0" Monitor  (£102.88 @ More Computers) 
Other: Windows 8.1 (£14.00)
Total: £701.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-10 23:02 BST+0100
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