HDD to SSD Migration on Acer laptop

GamerBro10

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I am currently running Windows 10 as it came from Acer on a 1TB HD but I plan on purchasing a new SSD. I have always built PCs but I know with computer manufacturers, like Acer, they tend to have recovery and other random partitions on the hard drive.

Laptop: acer aspire e 15 e5-575-33bm

If I completely wipe the PC and install Windows 10 from scratch would I face any driver inconsistencies since the PC came preinstalled with Acer drivers specific to the laptop or should it work fine?

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This is what the partitions look like currently on my HD. Since I am cloning to a 128GB SSD is it ok to resize the C drive to match used space once I delete some programs and then move the recovery partition to look like this?

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Will everything still work and recovery media still be available once I then clone that to the SSD? I have used minitool partition wizard before and like it but any other good recommendations?
 
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Is there no way you could swing for a 250 GB - or better yet, a 256 GB SSD - in lieu of the 128 GB SSD and by so doing easily clone the Acer's current C (boot) partition + the System & Recovery partitions (perhaps deleting/moving some unnecessary data from that partition prior to the disk-cloning operation) to the new SSD? A 128 GB SSD is a pitifully small-capacity boot drive to install in today's PC environment and you would be well-advised to purchase a larger capacity SSD for that purpose for a relatively few $ more.
Is there no way you could swing for a 250 GB - or better yet, a 256 GB SSD - in lieu of the 128 GB SSD and by so doing easily clone the Acer's current C (boot) partition + the System & Recovery partitions (perhaps deleting/moving some unnecessary data from that partition prior to the disk-cloning operation) to the new SSD? A 128 GB SSD is a pitifully small-capacity boot drive to install in today's PC environment and you would be well-advised to purchase a larger capacity SSD for that purpose for a relatively few $ more.
 
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