Best Way to Transfer OS to a New SSD

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DaTruPotato

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Hi I i am thinking about buying a 250gb SSD drive for my computer. I currently have a 1TB HDD drive that works great but i am looking to be able to use the SSD to have my pc boot up quicker and run some games that i put on it smoother. I have the Windows disk but i have heard that reinstalling the OS on the SSD can be troublesome. But then i have also heard that cloning the OS over to the SSD can be troublesome as well. If you could shed some light on this it would be most appreciated.
 
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OK, so move a bunch of that static data off to the other drive.
For a successful cloning operation into a 250GB SSD, you need to get the actual used space of the C partition to below 200GB.

Once you have that C drive below 200GB, then we can talk about the cloning procedures.
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Either can work well, if you do it properly.

How much current used space is on your C drive?
How much of that is doc/music/funny cat video/Steam games?
Do you have another drive, either internal or external?
Does it currently work to your satisfaction?
 
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566gb of my c drive is being used. 512gb is everything else besides the OS. I potentially have another drive.



 
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OK, so move a bunch of that static data off to the other drive.
For a successful cloning operation into a 250GB SSD, you need to get the actual used space of the C partition to below 200GB.

Once you have that C drive below 200GB, then we can talk about the cloning procedures.
 
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Well i haven't bought the SSD yet i am more of looking to see which way would be easiest before i buy to see if its worth the trouble.So in essence i would just move all my non OS files to an external drive. Delete them off the HDD and then clone the OS on the HDD to the SSD. Then i would delete the OS off the HDD and move the files from the external back onto the HDD?
 
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Thats the basics, yes.
And by 'non OS files', this is just doc/music/video.
 
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