Transferring to SSD While Installing Everything Else On Another HDD

MystoPigz · Oct 10, 2015

I was wondering if I could transfer everything from my current hard drive to an SSD without reinstalling Windows, and if I could install applications (After I transfer) only to my new hard drive. Is this possible, or would I have to fill my SSD first to let anything install on my new hard drive? Thank you.

USAFRet · Oct 10, 2015

MystoPigz :

So...current HDD, want new SSD.

Before we go down that road of how, let's discover what we have:

Size of the proposed SSD?
Size of the total used space on the current drive?
How long since the last full OS install?
Does everything currently work to your satisfaction?

MystoPigz · Oct 10, 2015

I was planning on getting a 512GB SSD and a 1TB hard drive. I have currently used up 409GB of storage out of 500GB of a Western Digital HDD. I installed the OS about 6 months ago. Currently, boot up time takes about a two minutes (To fully boot up without having slowness).

USAFRet · Oct 10, 2015

OK...~400GB, going into a 500GB SSD.
That will work.

Any of the current cloning tools will do this. Acronis Trueimage, Macrium Reflect, Casper, Easus Todo, Samsung Data Migration (if you have a Samsung drive).

So....
Install one of the above applications
Disconnect all drives except the old HDD and the new SSD
Run that application, and do whatever it says
Hopefully, it actually works
Power off, and disconnect everything except the new SSD
See if it boots correctly.
If so, then you're golden. Wipe the old HDD

As far as new applications and games? You can install them on whichever drive you choose.
During the install, select Custom or Advanced. This gices you the option of 'where'. Also, you should do this always anyways. You can prevent many applications from installing their included junkware.

Steam games? Directly in the Steam client, you can designate other folders and drives to install to.

MystoPigz · Oct 11, 2015

USAFRet :

OK...~400GB, going into a 500GB SSD.
That will work.

Any of the current cloning tools will do this. Acronis Trueimage, Macrium Reflect, Casper, Easus Todo, Samsung Data Migration (if you have a Samsung drive).

So....
Install one of the above applications
Disconnect all drives except the old HDD and the new SSD
Run that application, and do whatever it says
Hopefully, it actually works
Power off, and disconnect everything except the new SSD
See if it boots correctly.
If so, then you're golden. Wipe the old HDD

As far as new applications and games? You can install them on whichever drive you choose.
During the install, select Custom or Advanced. This gices you the option of 'where'. Also, you should do this always anyways. You can prevent many applications from installing their included junkware.

Steam games? Directly in the Steam client, you can designate other folders and drives to install to.

Thank you!

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