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CookiezFort
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I may get an SSD sometime soon as a small upgrade (120Gb)

 

i have a half filled 1TB WD Blue drive, how can I put my windows on my ssd without having to re-install windows? Is it possible or not?

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MOBO: MSI B450 Tomahawk Max, CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600, Cooler: BeQuiet! Dark Rock 3, GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1050ti D5 4G, Ram: 16GB (2x8) HyperX Fury DDR4, Case: NZXT S340, Psu: Be Quiet! Pure Power 11 600W , HDD's: WD 1TB Caviar Blue, WD 256GB Scorpio Blue, WD 2TB Caviar Blue  SSD: Sandisk SSD PLUS 240Gb

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Hey there CookiezFort,
 
There are third-party tools that can clone only the OS partition of your HDD onto the SSD but I wouldn't recommend that since this involves a large amount of risk for compatibility and driver issues such as the SSD being recognized as a HDD and thus treated as one. 
I would suggest doing a fresh install of the OS and the programs/games onto the SSD (without the HDD being connected to the system while doing so) and then transfer everything that you want from the HDD to the SSD, and then wipe the old boot partition. :)
 
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Hey there CookiezFort,
 
There are third-party tools that can clone only the OS partition of your HDD onto the SSD but I wouldn't recommend that since this involves a large amount of risk for compatibility and driver issues such as the SSD being recognized as a HDD and thus treated as one. 
I would suggest doing a fresh install of the OS and the programs/games onto the SSD (without the HDD being connected to the system while doing so) and then transfer everything that you want from the HDD to the SSD, and then wipe the old boot partition. :)
 
Captain_WD.

 

Ok thank you :)

 

I have a 320Gb (shows 280 as it is from a laptop that is now dead) scorpio blue aswell so I can back up some things there aswell, thanks :)

My PC:

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MOBO: MSI B450 Tomahawk Max, CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600, Cooler: BeQuiet! Dark Rock 3, GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1050ti D5 4G, Ram: 16GB (2x8) HyperX Fury DDR4, Case: NZXT S340, Psu: Be Quiet! Pure Power 11 600W , HDD's: WD 1TB Caviar Blue, WD 256GB Scorpio Blue, WD 2TB Caviar Blue  SSD: Sandisk SSD PLUS 240Gb

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I'd first check the health of that drive before trusting it with backups. A good tool to do that is WD Data Lifeguard Diagnostic: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=7FQC4Z
Post back when you are done to share the results. :)
 
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I'd first check the health of that drive before trusting it with backups. A good tool to do that is WD Data Lifeguard Diagnostic: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=7FQC4Z
Post back when you are done to share the results. :)
 
Captain_WD.

 

https://gyazo.com/a1863e8614c760110362f509c1f84c74

 

that is the results from a quick test

My PC:

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MOBO: MSI B450 Tomahawk Max, CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600, Cooler: BeQuiet! Dark Rock 3, GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1050ti D5 4G, Ram: 16GB (2x8) HyperX Fury DDR4, Case: NZXT S340, Psu: Be Quiet! Pure Power 11 600W , HDD's: WD 1TB Caviar Blue, WD 256GB Scorpio Blue, WD 2TB Caviar Blue  SSD: Sandisk SSD PLUS 240Gb

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This means the drive should be safe to operate. Did you run the extended test? Have in mind that it will take quite some time. 
 
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This means the drive should be safe to operate. Did you run the extended test? Have in mind that it will take quite some time. 
 
Captain_WD.

 

Haven't had the time to run the extended test, I may do when I have time however

My PC:

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MOBO: MSI B450 Tomahawk Max, CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600, Cooler: BeQuiet! Dark Rock 3, GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1050ti D5 4G, Ram: 16GB (2x8) HyperX Fury DDR4, Case: NZXT S340, Psu: Be Quiet! Pure Power 11 600W , HDD's: WD 1TB Caviar Blue, WD 256GB Scorpio Blue, WD 2TB Caviar Blue  SSD: Sandisk SSD PLUS 240Gb

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