SSD Upgrading

[Creechm]

So i had a pre built that runs decent, but i want to upgrade a little and my first step i want to take is to get an SSD for booting and keep my current HD for storage, would it be easy to keep the current files on the swap or would it need to be re formatted?

 

[MrDrWho13]

1 minute ago, Creechm said:

So i had a pre built that runs decent, but i want to upgrade a little and my first step i want to take is to get an SSD for booting and keep my current HD for storage, would it be easy to keep the current files on the swap or would it need to be re formatted?

 

You should be able to keep the files on your HDD, but it's best if you install Windows fresh on the SSD. Here's my guide to setting Windows 10 up for multiple drives: 

 

[Creechm]

Thanks abunch

 

[xentropa]

Your individual files can be copy pasted but for the OS, it's probably better to install from scratch.

[Enderman]

First you install windows on the SSD http://www.howtogeek.com/224342/how-to-clean-install-windows-10/, then plug in the HDD and use it like that.

But the proper way would be to move the files to the SSD, format the HDD, then move the files back so that the HDD is clean and only has your files, not a bunch of OS and program stuff that isn't being used.

 

Either way windows should be clean installed to the SSD first.

[m0k]

i just popped my new ssd and my old boot hdd into a external dock and copied files over. 
1 year later i still have no problems, even did the upgrade from win7 to win10 on it