How to make my new SSD card my primary one?

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I have already one 120gb SSD (PnY) card which is FULL, I went out and bought a second SSD card 240GB (PnY), How can I now make my new SSD card which is Free of space, now my primary SSD card?
 
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A clone operation can work. I've done it many, many times.
Of course, if your current install is borked up, you'll just be moving that to a new drive.

A clean install does work, but it is not the only solution.

For your 120GB drive? Yes, that is pretty small and what you are seeing often happens. Running out of space.
Especially if it is the only drive.

Move some stuff off to the new drive.
Doc/Music/Video/Downloads.... Read here:
Win 7 & 8: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1834397/ssd-redirecting-static-files.html
Win 8.1 & 10: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2024314/windows-redirecting-folders-drives.html


Steam games...
Steam games location
In the steam client:
Steam
Settings
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Steam...
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If I didn't know any better, I'd think that you're considering cloning the old drive to the new. Don't do it. It's better to back up all your data on the old drive (use an external backup HDD for this), then remove the old SSD. Install the new one and reload Win10 (or whatever it is you're using for an OS). You'll then want to reload your applications onto the new drive, along with the data you want to keep. Afterwards, if you want to use your old SSD as an additional drive, plug it in, delete all the partitions in it, repartition/reformat it, and off you go.
 
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Doing this now then, Currently backing all data onto my external HDD. But, can I just keep my windows on the old SSD? and just reload my applications onto the new drive?
 
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meaing what?? cloning?
 
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A clone operation can work. I've done it many, many times.
Of course, if your current install is borked up, you'll just be moving that to a new drive.

A clean install does work, but it is not the only solution.

For your 120GB drive? Yes, that is pretty small and what you are seeing often happens. Running out of space.
Especially if it is the only drive.

Move some stuff off to the new drive.
Doc/Music/Video/Downloads.... Read here:
Win 7 & 8: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1834397/ssd-redirecting-static-files.html
Win 8.1 & 10: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2024314/windows-redirecting-folders-drives.html


Steam games...
Steam games location
In the steam client:
Steam
Settings
Downloads
Steam Library Folders
Add library folder
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To move an already installed game
Games library
Right click the game
Properties
Local Files
Move Install Folder
 
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