Making SSD the boot drive

[RoboticTaco]

I recently bought a 120 GB SSD to add to my existing PC. The problem is, i have no idea how to make it the boot drive. I've already used 400GB on my current 1TB HDD (Mostly games and video editing files). Please help>>>>>>>>>>>>

[Colt_0pz]

have the same question. i have a g750 laptop and if i switch to an ssd, how can i change it to be the boot drive

[Infernal Burrito]

There are transfer tools. They are, however controversial in that they are known to cause errors. Reinstalling to the SSD is an option, however you will most likely lose data. It is up to you if it is data or the lifespan of the SSD that you want to risk.

[Enderman]

turn your pc off, unplug your hdd, plug in your ssd, boot from cd/ubs or whatever you use to install windows

 

install windows on the drive that shows up which is your ssd, finish installing windows, power off, connect your hdd, boot back into windows

(make sure you set the ssd as priority boot drive in UEFI)

 

now you have a fresh copy of windows installed on an ssd and all your files are on the hdd

you will need to reinstall programs, but your files are still accessible on the hdd

 

if you want you can reformat the hdd to have a clean drive

[RoboticTaco]

turn your pc off, unplug your hdd, plug in your ssd, boot from cd/ubs or whatever you use to install windows

 

install windows on the drive that shows up which is your ssd, finish installing windows, power off, connect your hdd, boot back into windows

(make sure you set the ssd as priority boot drive in UEFI)

 

now you have a fresh copy of windows installed on an ssd and all your files are on the hdd

you will need to reinstall programs, but your files are still accessible on the hdd

 

if you want you can reformat the hdd to have a clean drive

Thanks I'll give that a try. Appreciate the help

 

Edit: So i need to reinstall every .exe file? 

[Enderman]

Thanks I'll give that a try. Appreciate the help

 

Edit: So i need to reinstall every .exe file? 

all the programs you use, yeah

they need to be redownloaded and installed on the new SSD

 

but its worth it, programs will load an run much faster

[RoboticTaco]

all the programs you use, yeah

they need to be redownloaded and installed on the new SSD

 

but its worth it, programs will load an run much faster

about 100gb on my HDD are games, so i dont think ill be able to install them all onto the SSD.

But will all my files still be on my HDD? My friend said there could be a problem because windows is installed on both drives

[Enderman]

about 100gb on my HDD are games, so i dont think ill be able to install them all onto the SSD.

But will all my files still be on my HDD? My friend said there could be a problem because windows is installed on both drives

yeah keep games and files on the HDD

os and programs on the SSD

 

i think you can isntall some programs on the HDD too if theyre not really that important, but i dont know the procedure for doing that

someone else can help you with that

 

all your files will be on the HDD

once you have windows on the SSD (and you are booted into the SSD) then you can just delete all the windows files and programs that are on the HDD

the best way would be to temporarily move your files to another usb/drive and format the HDD, but if you want you can just delete the windows and system files leaving only your documents/files

[RoboticTaco]

yeah keep games and files on the HDD

os and programs on the SSD

 

i think you can isntall some programs on the HDD too if theyre not really that important, but i dont know the procedure for doing that

someone else can help you with that

 

all your files will be on the HDD

once you have windows on the SSD (and you are booted into the SSD) then you can just delete all the windows files and programs that are on the HDD

the best way would be to temporarily move your files to another usb/drive and format the HDD, but if you want you can just delete the windows and system files leaving only your documents/files

By programs do you mean like Google Chrome, skype etc? 

[techguru]

By programs do you mean like Google Chrome, skype etc? 

basically...your gonna have to reinstall windows on the ssd

and then reinstall your programs you want on the ssd as well

then you plug the hdd back into the pc and copy the data you want to the ssd

and keep the bigger stuff on the hdd

 

the best way to do this is to have a 3rd hdd..backup all the important data from the hdd to the 3rd hdd...then format the first hdd...and copy your data from the 3rd hdd to the first..and keep very little on the ssd

just the os and some programs

[techguru]

since you have enough space

what you could also do is create another partition on the hdd with a tool like partition magic

copy your important data to that partition..then format the first partition

[RoboticTaco]

since you have enough space

what you could also do is create another partition on the hdd with a tool like partition magic

copy your important data to that partition..then format the first partition

Thanks for the help

[RoboticTaco]

since you have enough space

what you could also do is create another partition on the hdd with a tool like partition magic

copy your important data to that partition..then format the first partition

is partition magic stable? 

[Enderman]

By programs do you mean like Google Chrome, skype etc? 

yup