Transfer Only Win7 to SSD From Larger HDD

Seth12821

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Hi,

I was wondering if there was an easy way to transfer just the windows install to a new SSD. I just want the faster load times. Maybe for some steam games too, but I can research that later. I have a 1TB HDD installed currently with 569 GB used. I want to transfer Win7 to a 128GB SSD. What's the best way to go about this? I would like to avoid a fresh install because of the amount of data I have.

Thanks!
 

Seth12821

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Oct 21, 2013
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Sadly, the lifehacker solution won't work because I don't have an external HD to use for backups. The program shown in the video doesn't work for me because the HDD is too full to fully transfer to the SSD.

I'm attempting to use Pargon now. What files do I need to transfer to just transfer the windows important install info?