New SSD: Need some advice for booting and file transfers!

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Hey all,

So I just installed a new Samsung 850 EVO SSD, and once I finally learned how to activate/discover the drive through the disk management program, I was successfully able to clone my old C drive (after moving/deleting hundreds of gigs, so what's left would fit).

So now, I just booted my PC for the first time since the clone, and I told BIOS to boot from the new SSD. However in doing so, it made my SSD the C: drive. I was hoping to leave it as something else and delete everything that's not Windows, in order to use the SSD exclusively for the OS and games. So my questions are as follows:

1) Is it possible to boot Windows from a drive that isn't C (the new SSD, presumably), while maintaining all common user profile and desktop files on the original C drive? Probably a noob question.

2) If this is not the case, what files/folders are or are not safe to delete off this new drive in order to create enough space for a few high-end games? And am I stuck re-mapping all of my shortcuts (since they all link to the copy of their program that is on "C," which is now the SSD)?

I'm running Windows 10, ASUS BIOS if that info helps.

Any advice or assistance would be awesome, thanks!
 
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geofelt
Most files are not large enough to be worth the micromanagement of deleting them.
Video files tend to be the largest.
You might run a space analysis program like windirstat to see how much you are using and what it is.
For any file you are considering deleting, use google to be certain.
Before undertaking the clean up program take a system checkpoint so you can recover if a disaster occurs.
Deleted files will go into the recycle bin; the actual space is not recovered until you empty the recycle bin.
Uninstall any programs that are not needed.
Run the system tool to cleanup the disk.

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Not a problem.
You have a clone which is a exact copy of your original hard drive.
Your shortcuts and everything else will work.
Just continue to use the ssd as the boot "C" drive.
You can delete anything you don't need from the ssd "C" drive.
You can also access and delete anything else you want from your old hard drive(probably "D"). That includes all windows
files and program files. You could wipe/reformat the complete hard drive if you wanted to.
The Samsung migration tool allowed you to omit cloning some files from the original hard drive. They are still there on the hard drive if you want them.
 
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Thanks geofelt,

I just want to make sure I don't delete anything that totally screws up my desktop or anything like that. Are there certain folders or files on C (besides the windows folder) that I should not touch? For instance, "Users," "Program Files x86," etc. I'm assuming keep those folders, but delete anything that's not Windows or seems directly related to common functions.
 
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Most files are not large enough to be worth the micromanagement of deleting them.
Video files tend to be the largest.
You might run a space analysis program like windirstat to see how much you are using and what it is.
For any file you are considering deleting, use google to be certain.
Before undertaking the clean up program take a system checkpoint so you can recover if a disaster occurs.
Deleted files will go into the recycle bin; the actual space is not recovered until you empty the recycle bin.
Uninstall any programs that are not needed.
Run the system tool to cleanup the disk.

 
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