Installing samsung ssd questions to my pc

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angelbenoit

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Hi, I recently bought a 250gb samsung evo ssd and I'm a complete noob when it comes to hardware. A year ago I built my pc without an ssd and cd drive.

  • If I connect my ssd to motherboard, will I be able to start windows normally or will it ask me to install windows again? I saw a video where the guy connects his ssd and as soon as he restarts his computer, it's asking him to install windows(not sure if he edited that)

    If I can continue to my windows as normal, how do I install windows to ssd without the dvd? I had windows installed at a computer repair shop. Do i have to buy windows again? can I copy paste windows folders to ssd?

    I've also heard about downloading "Windows ISO" and doing something with it, What exactly is that?

    I hear stuff about "migrating" windows to ssd. How does that work?

Again I'm a complete noob to this.Right now, I think I'm ready to connect my ssd to the motherboard, I have the ssd with the mount and the sata cables. I'm just unsure of what to do after. What are the steps to doing this? Any help would be appreciated.
 
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terry4536
If you are just reinstalling the operating system,then you will not be required to buy another copy of Windows. If you bought an OEM version of Windows, then it can be reinstalled on the same system but not on a different PC. And even then you may be able to buy a new license for the old version of Windows, but it gets a little complicated.
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terry4536

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If you are simply adding another drive to your PC, then no you will not need to reinstall windows.

If you want to move the operating system to the SSD in order to take advantage of the faster boot up times (and better performance), then maybe. You can clone the current operating system (and the rest of the system drive) to the new SSD. Or you can reinstall the operating system on the new SSD.

But be advised that the entire system drive may be too large for the SSD.
 
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terry4536

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The Windows ISO is simply a the result of downloading a new installation optical disc (or USB drive). You would then use that to install Windows.

The "migrating" term that you mentioned is the process of cloning the Windows system drive (usually C : ) to another drive.
 
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If you are just reinstalling the operating system,then you will not be required to buy another copy of Windows. If you bought an OEM version of Windows, then it can be reinstalled on the same system but not on a different PC. And even then you may be able to buy a new license for the old version of Windows, but it gets a little complicated.
 
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Ancient_Fox

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If you plug in you ssd, your system wont give a damn about it when booting.. It will only acknowledge that it was connected.. It will boot the OS it can find, considering theres only one, so it boots windows from your hdd.. If you want to have your OS on it without reinstall, you would need to reduce the hdd size to less than +- 220 GB and clone it to the ssd.. If you dont have that option well then the reinstall is the only way..
 
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