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If you just want the os on the new drive do a reinstall.

 

Id get a 250gb or 500gb ssd.

 

What drive? Id get a 250gb sata over a 120gb nvme anyday.

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Im getting a new m.2, and was wondering what the best way would be to transfer windows to the new m.2. Im not sure if it would be possible to have the m.2 ass a boot device, only containing data need to boot, then storing programs else ware. the m.2 is 120gb so i cant just put all of my programs on it (i have 900gb of data right now).  

 

the current drive is a hdd which has windows and programs, l would like to boot off of the m.2 but keep the programs on the hdd

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Just now, butters9m said:

ok, im just new to this stuff, so if I install windows onto the new drive, how can i access my old programs?

You can transfer the rest of your data onto another drive (1TB WD Blue is about $40) and access it from there

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2 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

If you just want the os on the new drive do a reinstall.

 

Id get a 250gb or 500gb ssd.

 

What drive? Id get a 250gb sata over a 120gb nvme anyday.

ok, im new to this, so how can i access my old programs if i install windows on the new drive and boot off of it?

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ok, im new to this, so how can i access my old programs if i install windows on the new drive and boot off of it?

Normally you need to reinstall programs due to how the files are in the registry. You can sometimes just copy files. Depends on the programs.

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1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Normally you need to reinstall programs due to how the files are in the registry. You can sometimes just copy files. Depends on the programs.

what about settings, its not a big deal but would they reset because its a fresh install?

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there are apps that claim to move boot files from one drive to the other, but those never worked properly for me.... better do a full reinstall on the new SSD instead.

 

You need not clear up the old boot drive yer, you can do that after the new SSD sucessfully starts up and works properly,

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windows 10

its a corsair 120gb

what drive? Why that model? Id probably just get a drive like a mx500 250gb here.  120gb is just too small.

 

you should be able to sync settings in your microsoft account, but normally all settings are reset

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3 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

what drive? Why that model? Id probably just get a drive like a mx500 250gb here.  120gb is just too small.

 

you should be able to sync settings in your microsoft account, but normally all settings are reset

mp300 i think

 

im getting it for windows only so i dont really care

 

that was another thing i meant to ask about, product keys how do they work with the reinstall?

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m getting it for windows only so i dont really care

Problem is that windows gets bigger over time with updates.

 

Also bigger drives are faster.

 

And you want programs and some games on a ssd, it makes them much faster.

 

1 minute ago, butters9m said:

that was another thing i meant to ask about, product keys how do they work with the reinstall?

Should just transfer over, try the old key again.

 

1 minute ago, butters9m said:

mx300 i think

That drive is old, unless its very cheap get the newer faster mx500. Also thats a micron drive, not corsair.

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1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Problem is that windows gets bigger over time with updates.

 

Also bigger drives are faster.

 

And you want programs and some games on a ssd, it makes them much faster.

 

Should just transfer over, try the old key again.

 

That drive is old, unless its very cheap get the newer faster mx500. Also thats a micron drive, not corsair.

https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-CSSD-F120GBMP300-Network-Attached-Storage/dp/B07D9C2WPV/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1535664506&sr=1-1&keywords=corsair+force+mp300+m.2+2280+120gb

 

i will consider the new one, can you provide a link?

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1 minute ago, butters9m said:

https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-CSSD-F120GBMP300-Network-Attached-Storage/dp/B07D9C2WPV/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1535664506&sr=1-1&keywords=corsair+force+mp300+m.2+2280+120gb

Really, id get this. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0764WCXCV/ref=twister_B07GSGXKG3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

 

Bigger and the m.2 speed difference won't matter.

 

or this if you want it cheaper https://www.amazon.com/Inland-Professional-240GB-Internal-Solid/dp/B076XXMJZH/ref=sr_1_4?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1535664777&sr=1-4&keywords=240gb+ssd

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12 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Really, id get this. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0764WCXCV/ref=twister_B07GSGXKG3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

 

Bigger and the m.2 speed difference won't matter.

 

or this if you want it cheaper https://www.amazon.com/Inland-Professional-240GB-Internal-Solid/dp/B076XXMJZH/ref=sr_1_4?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1535664777&sr=1-4&keywords=240gb+ssd

ok, i will try to return the old one, thanks for the help! any last links or any info that i should know about reinstalling windows?

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ok, i will try to return the old one, thanks for the help! any last links or any info that i should know about reinstalling windows?

Just make a bootable usb and install from there. Id unplug all other drives. Whats the rest of the system?

 

 

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