Leftovers after migrating OS to SSD

topend77

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I removed all of my documents, pics, videos, etc to an optical drive before migrating OS to SSD.

I'm wondering why the partitions marked in red in the images below (old System and OS) still have content in them. Shouldn't everything have been moved?

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Disk Management 1

Disk Management 2

Leftover Folders

Since the Recovery partition didn't migrate to SSD I copied it to new, faster HDD (E:\) then deleted original partition which is now unallocated space. Or should the Recovery partition be on the SSD?

G:/ is where I originally had docs, pics, etc. The third image shows what's left, including Program Files.

I want to put at least the resource heavy programs on the SSD, correct? What's the correct way to move them and into just a folder or a partition? I'm not sure why but I thought they were going to move when I did the OS migration.

I'm looking to either use the G:\ disc drive as backup or possibly move it to a different computer, so i'd like to remove all data and partitions. What about the rest of the folders/files? Do I move them to E:\ as the primary HDD? Do I need all of them and are any tied to the drive letter? I didn't want to just do it and cause myself a headache.

Thanks for your help!
Tim
 
Solution
Couple of issues:

1. Directly after the clone operation, you need to power off, disconnect the old drive, and attempt to power up with only the new drive connected

2. Disk 0 is the new OS drive? You need to remove that drive letter A.


Also, cloning from one drive to another does NOT automagically delete stuff off the old drive.
This is a good thing.
Cloning doesn't remove anything. It makes a copy.
So if you want to remove old data, you have to delete it manually.

First you need to verify, that system can boot without the old drive connected.
After that, if everything is ok, just clean the old drive (delete all partitions, recreate one big partition, using all the space, and format it).
 

USAFRet

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Couple of issues:

1. Directly after the clone operation, you need to power off, disconnect the old drive, and attempt to power up with only the new drive connected

2. Disk 0 is the new OS drive? You need to remove that drive letter A.


Also, cloning from one drive to another does NOT automagically delete stuff off the old drive.
This is a good thing.
 
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