Help with changing ssd's and clean install of windows 10

[RyanKSG]

Hi, so I just bought the Corsair MX300 275GB SSD. My old 120GB OCZ is running out of space and is quite a few years old so it was time for an upgrade. This will be my first time switching the OS to a new drive so I'm a little nervous. Ideally what I'd like to do (because on my current ssd windows is taking up a total of almost 60gb which seems a little ridiculous) is keep everything on my old drive for now, and just do a clean install of windows on my new ssd. Is that possible? If so, that would be great, as then I would like to just take the remaining files like appdata and other needed files from my old ssd to my new one. Also, currently under "users" the person who previously owned my pc has there initials as the user... I'd like to change that to my name or initials. Can I do that when reinstalling windows? Another thing to note is my os was originally windows 7... then I did the free upgrade to windows 10. So with all that being said, could anyone help me out? Hope I am making sense explaining what I want to do. Thanks in advance to any replies!

 

[USAFRet]

It's all ready to go now! And there's only 25gb used up on my ssd so far. On my previous one, windows took up almost 60gb. Much, much better. Now I need to plug in my other drives right? Then move my files over, install the rest of my programs and then I'll have to erase my old drive.

That 25GB will increase as time goes on. You'll see that 60GB again, quite soon.

Verify all the updates are run, and it actually works 100%.
Then, reconnect the old drive (power off when you do this).

Boot up and proceed...

 

[RyanKSG]

It's all ready to go now! And there's only 25gb used up on my ssd so far. On my previous one, windows took up almost 60gb. Much, much better. Now I need to plug in my other drives right? Then move my files over, install the rest of my programs and then I'll have to erase my old drive.

That 25GB will increase as time goes on. You'll see that 60GB again, quite soon.

Verify all the updates are run, and it actually works 100%.
Then, reconnect the old drive (power off when you do this).

Boot up and proceed...

Okay, thank you so much for all your help! If there is anything else may I come back and ask for your assistance?
I really appreciate your help and time spent with aiding me today. Again, thank you!

 

[RealBeast]

Ryan good job, just keep following USAFRet and you cannot go wrong.

<And an off topic shout out to SgtScream -- congratulations, every single answer that you gave the OP was wrong.

Never seen that level of fail continued in a single thread. Please learn stuff before commenting in future posts. We are here to actually help people and not guess at things we do not know. And you indeed can still do a free upgrade to W10 by simply using an assistive technology -- see HERE.>

 

[SgtScream]

Ryan good job, just keep following USAFRet and you cannot go wrong.

<And an off topic shout out to SgtScream -- congratulations, every single answer that you gave the OP was wrong.

Never seen that level of fail continued in a single thread. Please learn stuff before commenting in future posts. We are here to actually help people and not guess at things we do not know. And you indeed can still do a free upgrade to W10 by simply using an assistive technology -- see HERE.>

Thanks man, I appreciate your advice