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Just backup what you want to keep and then reformat

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im buying an ssd soon and i wanna know how do i remove the os (NOT FORMAT THE HARD DRIVE ONLY REMOVE WINDOWS OS FILES) on my current hdd so i can install a fresh win 7 on my new ssd. i want my data to still be on my hdd though.
also i do not want to backup data because i have way too much movies, music, games etc. on my hdd. around (600gb)
thanks in advance guys
 

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just delete it?

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yeah..i mean completely uninstall it(os) from my old hdd

can you delete the windows folder?

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im buying an ssd soon and i wanna know how do i remove the os (NOT FORMAT THE HARD DRIVE ONLY REMOVE WINDOWS OS FILES) on my current hdd so i can install a fresh win 7 on my new ssd. i want my data to still be on my hdd though.

also i do not want to backup data because i have way too much movies, music, games etc. on my hdd. around (600gb)

thanks in advance guys

 

Don't think that this can be done.  You might be better off finding a way to make a backup.

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Just delete the windows folder on the HDD, then install it on the SSD

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