How to move only OS to new hdd ?

[bfk1298]

guys, i've got a new hdd to replacing, and i just want to move only my windows 7 OS to there and leave other apps like games , music and others at my old hdd. What should i do ? Guide me guys....

 

[DarkOutlaw]

move your personal files to an external media, format both hard drives, reinstall windows.

 

[kevin83]

what you are suggesting isn't exactly possible. Games are installed to a specific drive and can only be moved if you clone the drive to the new one. I would do a clean install on the new drive and reinstall the games you want to the secondary drive. If you can't do that why not just clone the whole drive?

 

[bfk1298]

what you are suggesting isn't exactly possible. Games are installed to a specific drive and can only be moved if you clone the drive to the new one. I would do a clean install on the new drive and reinstall the games you want to the secondary drive. If you can't do that why not just clone the whole drive?

Oh yes... i think clone all the driver to the new hdd is best and easy way. Just let my old hdd 4 secondary drive. Which clone software should i choose ?

 

[kevin83]

I usually use a clonezilla livecd.

 

[jsrudd]

Some games will work using this method other will not. All steam games will work (you just have to reinstall steam.exe.).

 

[bfk1298]

Best answer selected by bfk1298.

 

[DarkOutlaw]

what you are suggesting isn't exactly possible. Games are installed to a specific drive and can only be moved if you clone the drive to the new one. I would do a clean install on the new drive and reinstall the games you want to the secondary drive. If you can't do that why not just clone the whole drive?

I am not saying to copy games, I said copy personal files. Documents, Pictures, maybe saved game files depending on the game, etc. Then do a clean install. Cloning can cause issues, I would rather do a clean install as you first suggested.