Need Help with Boot SSD.

[Squiga]

     Can anyone help me? first time posting on the forums. So my internet is slow..very slow > http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/5549220856 . I currently have a 1tb hard drive that is almost full and I just got a new 240gb SSD I want to use as my boot drive. I do not have an external hard drive so I cannot back up my data in order to clone my disk. So I wanted to do a clean install, but I don't know how to delete the old Operating system on my hard drive in order to use it as a storage drive. The college I go to has very good internet and I was wondering if there is a way to download programs drivers and such without bringing my entire PC to school. I have a laptop (very small storage) I use and do not have an  SATA to USB cable and a 1tb Microsoft OneDrive account. I could really use some help, Thank you

[Electronics Wizardy]

You just install windows on the ssd and set it as the boot drive. 

 

You can download the files and copy it over the network from your laptop to your desktop using folder sharing in windows.

[MattLY]

Clone the hhd to the ssd via some cloning software then delete your hhd and configure it to hild whatever you want 

watch this video

[xDanielxOossiex]

Just install fresh Windows onto the SSD.

[Squiga]

3 minutes ago, MattLY said:

Clone the hhd to the ssd via some cloning software then delete your hhd and configure it to hild whatever you want 

watch this video

 

Will this software work with a non intel SSD?

[MattLY]

2 minutes ago, xDanielxOossiex said:

Just install fresh Windows onto the SSD.

Why make everything more complicated than it needs to be?

[MattLY]

Just now, Squiga said:

Will this software work with a non intel SSD?

There are other programs that could do the same thing just look up the best ones that work for you

[Ingrid_W]

You can backup crucial files to your OneDrive account since it has 1 TB storage. Install the new SSD to your PC, and migrate OS to the new SSD using some third party software (my suggestion is Partition Assistant standard). These kind of tools help you move operating system to new hard disk in several clicks. After completing, change the boot settings in BIOS, or unplug the old drive to test if the new OS works. 

As you mentioned you want to keep the old drive as the storage device meaning delete the previous C drive. If everything works fine. Name the new system drive as C drive and delete the previous one using the same tool in Windows PE mode.