Saving files on HD to transfer to new system?

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I'm getting all my parts from Newegg tomorrow, including a new SSD that I'm going to put my current Windows 7 license on. What I want to do, ideally, is keep all my media files from my current hard drive on it and put it in my new system as a slave drive. I'd like to get rid of everything else such as games, Windows 7, ect leaving my with a spacious hard drive for the future. What's my best plan of action? I did try partitioning some space, but disk management said I couldn't free up any extra space.


Also, going to work for a few hours after posting this. Will respond after if any info is needed.
 
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nice. I think PCs are so powerful and cheap now, really the only need for the average user for such power is gaming. Otherwise video editing. Mine runs great for everything I need it for... except gaming. Kinda sucks.. but couldn't dish out the extra 150 for a half-decent video and slightly better CPU.

did you find a solution, anyway? Why not just delete all old folders but your Home folder, then defrag?
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How much media do you have? If it's something relatively small like 8 or 10 gigs, you can use your phone, or buy a 16gb usb drive for 20 bucks and transfer that way. or just transfer to ssd, then format backup drive. next transfer back over via windows. if you have a ridiculous amount of media you could just CTRL+A, then CTRL+click folders you want.. to uncheck them. Then hit DEL! Assuming you're past all this by now though.
What specs for new system? Curious- just update myself w budget build.
 
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I have closer to 700GB of media data I wanted to keep. :( Here's what I'm running right now, prior to installing my old 2TB HDD.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme6 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($134.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($76.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($76.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($329.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT H630 (Black) ATX Full Tower Case ($159.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair Professional 850W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($169.99 @ TigerDirect)
Total: $1438.87
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-05 03:15 EDT-0400)
 
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nice. I think PCs are so powerful and cheap now, really the only need for the average user for such power is gaming. Otherwise video editing. Mine runs great for everything I need it for... except gaming. Kinda sucks.. but couldn't dish out the extra 150 for a half-decent video and slightly better CPU.

did you find a solution, anyway? Why not just delete all old folders but your Home folder, then defrag?
 
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