HD+SSD

[Whackapuss]

 Right now I have a 1TB HD with a Windows 10 pro install. I recently got a 240gb SSD. Is there way that I can move only Windows and a few choice applications over while storing all the other stuff on my HD? I dont want to make an exact mirror of my HD on my SSD.

 

EDIT: NO LONGER HAVE INSTALL DISK

[Enderman]

yeah, do a clean install

then plug in your old drive and delete the windows files off it

[Captain_WD]

10 hours ago, Whackapuss said:

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Hey there

 

My two cents on this is that you should do a clean install as cloning a HDD on a SSD can involve quite a lot of risks due to things such as the SSD being recognized as a HDD (thus missing out on the TRIM function and being susceptible to defragmentation), missed or corrupted data during the process and problems with booting from the new drive. 

 

You can easily download an image file of the OS from the website and create a bootable Thumb Drive in order to install it. If you don't know your key, you can find it like this:
Assuming you can boot your computer without any problems, you can easily create a simple VBscript that will read the value out of the registry and then translate it into the format that you need for reinstalling. Copy and paste the following into a Notepad window:
 
Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
MsgBox ConvertToKey(WshShell.RegRead("HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\DigitalProductId"))
Function ConvertToKey(Key)
Const KeyOffset = 52
i = 28
Chars = "BCDFGHJKMPQRTVWXY2346789"
Do
Cur = 0
x = 14
Do
Cur = Cur * 256
Cur = Key(x + KeyOffset) + Cur
Key(x + KeyOffset) = (Cur \ 24) And 255
Cur = Cur Mod 24
x = x -1
Loop While x >= 0
i = i -1
KeyOutput = Mid(Chars, Cur + 1, 1) & KeyOutput
If (((29 - i) Mod 6) = 0) And (i <> -1) Then
i = i -1
KeyOutput = "-" & KeyOutput
End If
Loop While i >= 0
ConvertToKey = KeyOutput
End Function
 
You’ll need to use File -> Save As, change the “Save as type” to “All Files” and then name it productkey.vbs or something similar ending with the vbs extension. Once you’ve saved it, you can just double-click and the popup window will show you your product key. If you use CTRL + C when the popup window is active, it will copy the contents of the window to the clipboard, and then you can paste it into Notepad or somewhere else.

 

Post back if you need any help

 

Captain_WD.