Just got a new ssd, recognized in my bios but not on windows, I have no clue what to do

[THEswagmaster]

Title pretty much. 

[Moonzy]

go to "create and format disk partitions"

see if its there, if it is then assign it

[19_blackie_73]

does it appear in the disk managment?

If yes, you only need to create a partition on it.

[THEswagmaster]

1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

go to "create and format disk partitions"

see if its there, if it is then assign it

Its there, how do I assign it? I haven't gotten a new drive in a while so im a bit rusty

 

[Moonzy]

Just now, THEswagmaster said:

Its there, how do I assign it? I haven't gotten a new drive in a while so im a bit rusty

right click it -> Create new volume (iirc) -> then configure it and you're done

[THEswagmaster]

3 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

go to "create and format disk partitions"

see if its there, if it is then assign it

Nevermind I did the simple volume thing, thank you!!

[THEswagmaster]

4 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

go to "create and format disk partitions"

see if its there, if it is then assign it

one more question, how do i move my os onto the ssd now? 

[Moonzy]

Just now, THEswagmaster said:

one more question, how do i move my os onto the ssd now? 

you can clone the hard disk onto the ssd, but need to be of the same capacity

you can shrink the hdd's partition to be smaller than the SSD

 

or what i always recommend people and i would do is

i will do a backup and then do a clean installation of windows

to remove bloatwares of junkwares that i no longer need and have a fresh start on my new SSD  

[Energycore]

5 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

you can clone the hard disk onto the ssd, but need to be of the same capacity

you can shrink the hdd's partition to be smaller than the SSD

 

or what i always recommend people and i would do is

i will do a backup and then do a clean installation of windows

to remove bloatwares of junkwares that i no longer need and have a fresh start on my new SSD  

I actually never knew how to switch OS to a new drive until now. Cheers!

 

With Windows 10 though, there's bloatware that you can't remove like the "mobile" stuff. Ew.

[Godlygamer23]

9 minutes ago, THEswagmaster said:

one more question, how do i move my os onto the ssd now? 

A fresh install of Windows is recommended, but not required. You can use programs like MiniTool Partition Wizard to clone the hard drive over to the SSD.

[Tosa]

Wow, first you ask how to make the SSD show up in Windows, inevitably leading to an explaination for how to create a new partition and assign it a drive letter. Then you ask how to move the already existing OS partition from your HDD over to the new SSD. Well, I don't know if you have to delete that new partition you created before you can move the OS over, but your new, empty partition is certainly not needed.

 

Some SSD producers bundle tools to move the OS over to the new SSD. Which SSD (brand) did you buy?