I have an 80 GB OS drive running out of space and ......

[RobertShipley]

I have an 80 GB OS drive running out of space and i bought a 256 gb ssd to replace it. I also have a 256 gb ssd that i have all my games on and a 1 TB reg hard drive with some games and files etc...

My question is How do transfer my OS from the 80 GB SSD to the new SSD and making sure I can still access the games, programs etc... that are installed on my other hard drives?

 

[qazzi]

you can use "migration software" or cloning software. (Samsung has a migration software for download on there site.)

 

[Boogieman_WD]

Hey there, Robert.

Just as @qazzi suggested, this would be the best option to do this, having in mind you don't want to install Windows from scratch. Make sure that you do a backup of anything important you might have on that drive, just to be on the safe side. After that go ahead and clone it. I'd recommend that you disconnect all other drives during this process and the first boot. When you're done - go ahead and connect the secondary drives as well.

You could take a look at this link for tips on how to do everything: http://lifehacker.com/5837543/how-to-migrate-to-a-solid-state-drive-without-reinstalling-windows

Hope that helps.
Boogieman_WD

 

[RobertShipley]

thank you so much this makes it so much easyer.

Hey there, Robert.

Just as @qazzi suggested, this would be the best option to do this, having in mind you don't want to install Windows from scratch. Make sure that you do a backup of anything important you might have on that drive, just to be on the safe side. After that go ahead and clone it. I'd recommend that you disconnect all other drives during this process and the first boot. When you're done - go ahead and connect the secondary drives as well.

You could take a look at this link for tips on how to do everything: http://lifehacker.com/5837543/how-to-migrate-to-a-solid-state-drive-without-reinstalling-windows

Hope that helps.
Boogieman_WD