Added new SSD to MSI Laptop, how to make it my 'primary' drive (move windows from laptop hdd to new ssd)?

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Sorry if I chose the wrong Category and if my title was confusing, I'm new to this.
Anyways, I am about to get my MSI GL62M-7RDX and my ADATA 128 SSD in the mail today. I have built my own computer and installed a fresh copy of windows which was pretty simple but I am not 100% sure on what to do when I've installed the ssd into the laptop. I want to move Windows 10 onto the ssd and wipe out the hdd to make it my misc. storage space. I have a windows 10 install disc.

Feel free to ask questions cause this probably makes little to no sense.
 
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You can clone your existing drive to the SSD, as long as the space you are using is smaller than the drive of-course.

Or just use the Windows 10 disk you have and install Windows clean on the SSD. 128 GB is pretty small for a gaming system though, 256 should be the minimum if you are expecting to have more than one or two games on the system and 500GB+ is ideal.

Just Windows 10, update files, virtual memory file, etc.. will be in the 30 GB range or more. That is about 1/4 of the usable space of a 128 GB drive. New games take up a lot of space, so you are looking at a full drive with two games.
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You can clone your existing drive to the SSD, as long as the space you are using is smaller than the drive of-course.

Or just use the Windows 10 disk you have and install Windows clean on the SSD. 128 GB is pretty small for a gaming system though, 256 should be the minimum if you are expecting to have more than one or two games on the system and 500GB+ is ideal.

Just Windows 10, update files, virtual memory file, etc.. will be in the 30 GB range or more. That is about 1/4 of the usable space of a 128 GB drive. New games take up a lot of space, so you are looking at a full drive with two games.
 
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hang-the-9

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You can clone your existing drive to the SSD, as long as the space you are using is smaller than the drive of-course.

Or just use the Windows 10 disk you have and install Windows clean on the SSD. 128 GB is pretty small for a gaming system though, 256 should be the minimum if you are expecting to have more than one or two games on the system and 500GB+ is ideal.

Just Windows 10, update files, virtual memory file, etc.. will be in the 30 GB range or more. That is about 1/4 of the usable space of a 128 GB drive. New games take up a lot of space, so you are looking at a full drive with two games.
 
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