What to do with data on HDD after cloning to SSD

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DillonJ3K

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So i bought a 500GB 850 evo an cloned my 1tb WD blue to it, All went well in the process but now that I'm done idk what to do with the os an all the duplicates on the hdd or how to move certain things to the hdd. Ideally I want to store my library's on the hdd like photos, movies, music an some files. And everything else on the ssd like all my useful programs an games.
Any insight on what to do would be appreciated thankyou.
 
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azaran
Easiest thing is to first format the HDD. Then copy (don't move at first, till you know its setup right) the files over to where you want them on the HDD. Then go in to Windows Explorer and redirect the library locations to where you want them. After you have everything setup, then erase it off the SDD.
Here's a good how to post on redirecting libraries:
http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2024314/redirect-folders-drives-windows-windows.html

This will work fine for changing out things like document locations, pictures locations, etc. I wouldn't recommend doing it for something like an installed program. With a 500GB drive you probably wont need to worry about program location anyway. If you really need to change the location of a...
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Probably best to reformat the HDD and then move what can be manually moved from the SSD to the HDD. For the items that have to have pointers/links in the Registry, you may have to re-install their apps on the SSD and then make the HDD the location to save those to. That way Win will know where to find them. It can get dicey trying to make Win aware of what is located where when you move its data around.
 
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Easiest thing is to first format the HDD. Then copy (don't move at first, till you know its setup right) the files over to where you want them on the HDD. Then go in to Windows Explorer and redirect the library locations to where you want them. After you have everything setup, then erase it off the SDD.
Here's a good how to post on redirecting libraries:
http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2024314/redirect-folders-drives-windows-windows.html

This will work fine for changing out things like document locations, pictures locations, etc. I wouldn't recommend doing it for something like an installed program. With a 500GB drive you probably wont need to worry about program location anyway. If you really need to change the location of a program, you'd be better off uninstalling and reinstalling it to the new location.
 
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