Over the last summer I created a dream machine PC. Everything is top of the line, but now that I have received a larger payroll since then, I thought I might as well get a decent SSD. I am running all of my software and OS on a Western Digital 500GB Caviar Blue Hard Drive, it's a decent one at best. Boot up time is pretty good, but applications are constantly "not responding". I play a fair bit of Steam and love the non-existent load times with an SSD. My questions is this. Can I buy a 100 or so GB SSD and transfer my OS (windows 8) and most important applications (Firefox, steam & more) without having to re-purchase a copy of Windows 8? And will all my info be transferred uncorrupted onto the SSD? I've got very important information on my hard drive, so I really don't want to be losing that. If this is possible, would any of you kind folks mine explaining to me what I can do and what I'll need to make this possible?
(Links to a good SSD would help (needs to be relatively cheap))
(Links to a good SSD would help (needs to be relatively cheap))