- Aug 15, 2013
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So im not entirely sure if this post is in the right place. ohwell, here it goes.
its late at night, so please forgive any weird text.
HDD- WTB 1TB
SSD- Kingstone SSD 240GB
external Hard drive - toshiba 1TB
I have had a SSD for quite some time now and i have been trying to get the OS from the HDD over to the SSD, but because the HDD was using MUCH more than the SSD could hold i never figured it out even after researching about it on the internet.
After my last attempt both my SSD and my HDD have installed OS. (but the when i try to boot it from the SSD it gets a weird screen resolution) <---- this is not the problem, im just saying that is what happens, im only booting from and using the HDD OS.
Here is the situation right now, today i went and bought an external drive (i didnt just buy it for this, but thought maybe it could work) i thought maby i could do a backup on the external and then delete alot of the stuff on my HDD.
I currently have 693,3 GB space used out of 931,5GB, and my program files is 542,2GB, and thats where all my steam and non-steam games are. so if i delete only the games (not the entire program file) i have enough space and can clone the rest(?) from my HDD to the SSD (i guess i should wipe the SSD first, can you tell me how to do that too?) after i have cloned it (i think i have a cloning software)over i wipe the HDD? then restore it? and then delete the OS? im not really sure how backup wo. should i rather just move the files like all the steam games, and non-steamgames and do a symlink (not really sure how symlink works, have only read about it) between the non-steam games?
so if somone could confirm this could work and maybe give some tips.
Any help will be greatly appreciated
its late at night, so please forgive any weird text.
HDD- WTB 1TB
SSD- Kingstone SSD 240GB
external Hard drive - toshiba 1TB
I have had a SSD for quite some time now and i have been trying to get the OS from the HDD over to the SSD, but because the HDD was using MUCH more than the SSD could hold i never figured it out even after researching about it on the internet.
After my last attempt both my SSD and my HDD have installed OS. (but the when i try to boot it from the SSD it gets a weird screen resolution) <---- this is not the problem, im just saying that is what happens, im only booting from and using the HDD OS.
Here is the situation right now, today i went and bought an external drive (i didnt just buy it for this, but thought maybe it could work) i thought maby i could do a backup on the external and then delete alot of the stuff on my HDD.
I currently have 693,3 GB space used out of 931,5GB, and my program files is 542,2GB, and thats where all my steam and non-steam games are. so if i delete only the games (not the entire program file) i have enough space and can clone the rest(?) from my HDD to the SSD (i guess i should wipe the SSD first, can you tell me how to do that too?) after i have cloned it (i think i have a cloning software)over i wipe the HDD? then restore it? and then delete the OS? im not really sure how backup wo. should i rather just move the files like all the steam games, and non-steamgames and do a symlink (not really sure how symlink works, have only read about it) between the non-steam games?
so if somone could confirm this could work and maybe give some tips.
Any help will be greatly appreciated
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