I bought a new SSD and changed my whole system except the HDD. I have Windows 7 on my HDD. I want to install Windows 10 to my SSD but it's seems a bit complicated. I was planning on starting the Windows 10 setup, select the SSD for Windows 10 and just format the partition (on my HDD) on which the Windows 7 is installed.
Now from what I read I have to unplug my HDD then install the OS to my SSD then shut the PC and plug the HDD back. After that I guess I have to format all the partitions on my HDD. I have three part. on my HDD and two of them (the other part. is the OS one) contain valuable files and I don't have any external hard drives to which I can move my files. Do I have to format all the partitions after installing new OS to my SSD or can I just format the Win7 partition? Thank you.
Now from what I read I have to unplug my HDD then install the OS to my SSD then shut the PC and plug the HDD back. After that I guess I have to format all the partitions on my HDD. I have three part. on my HDD and two of them (the other part. is the OS one) contain valuable files and I don't have any external hard drives to which I can move my files. Do I have to format all the partitions after installing new OS to my SSD or can I just format the Win7 partition? Thank you.