I am in process of building a new machine.
My old setup has an SSD which is its boot drive - which i would like to strip out, format and put in my new system as a boot drive. The old rig would still be a functioning setup, but i can make one of the mechanical HDD's in there it's boot drive. All the software is currently installed on the SSD also, so will i need to re install all the programmes on the newly appointed drive? Or can this drive be 'cloned' (a term I've heard but don't really understand) to a HDD?
What would be the best way to make this transition as seamless as possible?
My old setup has an SSD which is its boot drive - which i would like to strip out, format and put in my new system as a boot drive. The old rig would still be a functioning setup, but i can make one of the mechanical HDD's in there it's boot drive. All the software is currently installed on the SSD also, so will i need to re install all the programmes on the newly appointed drive? Or can this drive be 'cloned' (a term I've heard but don't really understand) to a HDD?
What would be the best way to make this transition as seamless as possible?