Installing OS on new SSD - is my idea possible?

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saifhaseeb

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At the moment I have windows 7 along with like 20 games installed on my 1tb HDD. But the problem is I can't duplicate the whole drive onto the 128gb SSD I purchased just for the OS and a couple of games/programs.

Is it possible I unplug my main HDD, plug in new SSD and install windows onto it, then plug the HDD in and when it asks for which drive to boot from I just choose SSD? And then copy the game install files/install them again on the SSD?

If above is possible, is there any way of removing the OS from my HDD?

Thanks.
 
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alexoiu
You can install Windows on the SSD (HDD removed), set it in BIOS as the 1st boot device, reattaching the HDD (power off), and then installing (not copying) some games on the SSD and reinstall the other on the HDD, after formatting it.
Games have a save folder. Save the folders and other needed data (before formatting the HDD) on a USB drive and you can use them after reinstalling.
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You can install Windows on the SSD (HDD removed), set it in BIOS as the 1st boot device, reattaching the HDD (power off), and then installing (not copying) some games on the SSD and reinstall the other on the HDD, after formatting it.
Games have a save folder. Save the folders and other needed data (before formatting the HDD) on a USB drive and you can use them after reinstalling.
 
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Not if booting from the SSD. But you can try. After installing and booting from the SSD, try running a game from the HDD. See if working.
You'll have to reinstall them. But copying the save folders will help you keeping the data. Google for each game for the save folder location.
 
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Not quite. You'll have to reinstall them on the HDD if booting from the SSD. No genuine application/ game (or almost none - excluding the simple programs) would run if booting from a different OS than the one they were initially installed on.
(It's about services running, registry entries that the application looks for when started a.s.o)
 
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