migrating os from hdd to ssd

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I just got my new samsung 960 evo 250gb, but i only want to tranfer the os (windows 10 pro) to my ssd, does anyone know how to do it?
 
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You can't transfer "only the OS".
All your applications, and most other stuff, goes as well.

How much space is consumed on your current drive?
What, exactly, constitutes this space?

If you use the Samsung Data Migration tool to do this, you can leave off things like music/video/downloads.
Other than that, everything goes to the new drive.

Going into a 250GB drive, your actual consumed space must be below 200GB.

Specific steps for a successful clone operation:
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Verify the actual used space on the current drive is significantly below the size of the...
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You can't transfer "only the OS".
All your applications, and most other stuff, goes as well.

How much space is consumed on your current drive?
What, exactly, constitutes this space?

If you use the Samsung Data Migration tool to do this, you can leave off things like music/video/downloads.
Other than that, everything goes to the new drive.

Going into a 250GB drive, your actual consumed space must be below 200GB.

Specific steps for a successful clone operation:
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Verify the actual used space on the current drive is significantly below the size of the new SSD
Download and install Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration, if a Samsung SSD)
Power off
Disconnect ALL drives except the current C and the new SSD
Power up
Run the Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration)
Select ALL the partitions on the existing C drive
Click the 'Clone' button
Wait until it is done
When it finishes, power off
Disconnect ALL drives except for the new SSD
This is to allow the system to try to boot from ONLY the SSD
Swap the SATA cables around so that the new drive is connected to the same SATA port as the old drive
Power up, and verify the BIOS boot order
If good, continue the power up

It should boot from the new drive, just like the old drive.
Maybe reboot a time or two, just to make sure.

If it works, and it should, all is good.

Later, reconnect the old drive and wipe as necessary.
Delete the 450MB Recovery Partition, here:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/4f1b84ac-b193-40e3-943a-f45d52e23685/cant-delete-extra-healthy-recovery-partitions-and-healthy-efi-system-partition?forum=w8itproinstall
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well, its a m.2 ssd and there is 750gb used space on my hdd right, now, is it possible to remove windows from the hdd and install it again on the ssd?
 
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Yes, but you have the order of operations backwards.

You install on the new drive first. Then later, when it is all working, you reconnect your old drive and wipe it.
You'll also have to reinstall all your applications. You can't use the applications from the previous install.

This is why I mentioned what exactly takes up that space. Games, video, music,....what?
Depending on exactly what it is, different ways forward present themselves.

And do you have or can borrow another drive, to move things to temporarily?
 
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What I did was copy the os from my hd to my ssd. Then I had a clean slate to work with. I then installed on ssd the games and apps I wanted on my ssd. Everything else I kept or used/ stored on my old hard drive. Any redundant files/programs/apps on my hd I erased. To move your operating system you can use https://www.backup-utility.com/clone/migrate-operating-system-to-ssd.html or find one you are comfortable with yourself.
 
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Which doesn't do anything different than what I mentioned above.
It does NOT copy "only the OS" to a new drive.

And using the word "copy" here is a bit misleading. Some people out there will think it is simply a copy/paste action. It is not.
 
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i cleaned my hdd to 249 gigs, will it work or do i have as you mentioned have 200 or less, because all my stuff is on it now
 
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can i like migrate it over in parts or nah?

 
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Not sure what you mean here.

To boot from the SSD, you need to put the OS on the SSD.
Making any OS on the HDD irrelevant.

Sure, if you delete/uninstall everything except the OS from the HDD, you can migrate to the SSD.
But if all you're left with is the bare OS, it's easier and faster to just do a clean install on the SSD by itself.
 
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