How do I move OS to new drive?

alucardseres · Sep 30, 2014

This is a fairly simple question and I have thought about it but I have never done it. So I have a 7200 rpm drive as my startup and drive for everything but wanted an SSD for startup to be quicker and to put certain games there as well. So my question is with video or instructions : Can someone tell me how to make the SSD my primary drive along with having windows and such on it ? Is that possible ?

qazzi · Sep 30, 2014

to move the OS to the SSD use this http://www.paragon-software.com/technologies/components/migrate-OS-to-SSD/ then set the boot priority in the BIOS to make the SSD a the Boot Divice and your done.

SuperSoph_WD · Sep 30, 2014

Hey there, alucardseres!

You have the option to clone your OS to the SSD, and there are quite a lot of software applications just like the one @qazzi suggested, that can do that for you.
I personally like Acronis True Image, you can clone automatically or manually and also select what gets cloned:
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3682
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3680

Usually, the best-case practices show that performing a clean install on the SSD is the preferred option. This way you are not getting all the junk and redundant files from your previous OS usage. IMO re-installing is much better.
However, if you don't have a factory Windows recovery disk, cloning is the way to do it.
You can check this thread as well:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2316274/transfer-windows-hdd-ssd.html

Hope I helped.
SuperSoph_WD

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