Windows hdd to sdd

[Utewar]

I have a 500 gb western digital blue drive that runs great but I filled it up so I bought a wd 2tb green and a 120 silicon power ssd. I know how to move my games but I want to know is there a way I can move just my os( Windows 7) to the ssd and make the 500gb blue hdd storage. If it's not that easy then what files make up Windows os so I can move all my personal files to the green drive then clone the oss to the ssd

[Enderman]

its called doing a clean install

 

then you plug in your old HDD and drag your files over

[ManIkWeet]

Windows files are mostly C:\Windows, C:\Users, C:\Program Files, C:\Program Files (x86)

 

It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to do a clean install though!

[G33k 4 L1F3]

Cloning is a thing. or make an image of your OS and install it onto your SSD.

[Captain_WD]

I have a 500 gb western digital blue drive that runs great but I filled it up so I bought a wd 2tb green and a 120 silicon power ssd. I know how to move my games but I want to know is there a way I can move just my os( Windows 7) to the ssd and make the 500gb blue hdd storage. If it's not that easy then what files make up Windows os so I can move all my personal files to the green drive then clone the oss to the ssd

 

Hey Utewar and welcome to the community

 

As the guys explained, you have a couple of options the the most problem-free and the most recommended one would be to simply make a clean install of your OS on the SSD an then reinstall all your programs and games. You can then access all your files on the HDD with no trouble. 

 

Another option is cloning, but it is not recommended to clone a larger HDD onto a smaller SSD because there's a chance that some of the data would be misses and the OS on the new drive would be corrupted. Also when moving the OS from a HDD to a SSD the newer drive has a chance to be recognized as a HDD and miss out important features such as TRIM and be harmful for the SSD. If you are going with cloning, I would recommend using Acronis True Image WD Edition: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=FwCwyF

 

As @G33k 4 L1F3 suggested, you can also create an image of your boot partition and restore in onto the SSD with a system repair disk. Here's a link with more explanations with that: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/restore-computer-from-system-image-backup#1TC=windows-7

 

Captain_WD.

[Sn4tchBandicoot]

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Most cloning applications that I have used don't actually allow you to clone a larger install to a smaller drive, like say you have a 100 gigs drive you are ghosting to and your OS is 110 gigs, they'll usually throw an error.

[Captain_WD]

Most cloning applications that I have used don't actually allow you to clone a larger install to a smaller drive, like say you have a 100 gigs drive you are ghosting to and your OS is 110 gigs, they'll usually throw an error.

 

Yes, that is true and it is always recommended to clone to a similar drive (HDD to HDD or SSD to SSD) and the destination drive to be as large or larger in capacity. Some applications do allow boot partition transfer as they are re-sizing them. Ultimately, a fresh install would be the most problem-free way.

 

Captain_WD.