Migrating OS (only, from its own partition) from HDD to SSD whiel keeping all other files on HDD

[kuftebg101]

I have a 1TB HDD and soon going to buy the Solid State Drive (SSD) Kingston A400, 240GB, 2.5", SATA III, the HDD is partition - C: (OS), D: (files,programs,games). I am probably going to use EaseUS Partition Master. How can I migrate only the OS partition? How do I then rename the SSD partition C:? How do I reformat the OS partition on the HDD and add it to the other partition? If possible a step by step gued will be great for me other people in the future.

 

[ProperlyPsychotic]

I heard something about some SSD company (I think it was kingston) That has software to move ONLY the OS to your SSD. Not sure what it's called.

 

[USAFRet]

I have a 1TB HDD and soon going to buy the Solid State Drive (SSD) Kingston A400, 240GB, 2.5", SATA III, the HDD is partition - C: (OS), D: (files,programs,games). I am probably going to use EaseUS Partition Master. How can I migrate only the OS partition? How do I then rename the SSD partition C:? How do I reformat the OS partition on the HDD and add it to the other partition? If possible a step by step gued will be great for me other people in the future.

What size is the OS partition, specifically?
Please show us a screencap of your current Disk Management window.

 

[USAFRet]

I heard something about some SSD company (I think it was kingston) That has software to move ONLY the OS to your SSD. Not sure what it's called.

I've seen one or two of those in the past.
And they never ever actually work the way you think they should.

Let's see what his current partition scheme looks like.

 

[ProperlyPsychotic]

I heard something about some SSD company (I think it was kingston) That has software to move ONLY the OS to your SSD. Not sure what it's called.

I've seen one or two of those in the past.
And they never ever actually work the way you think they should.

Let's see what his current partition scheme looks like.

Ok thanks for telling me, good to know.

 

[kuftebg101]

I have a 1TB HDD and soon going to buy the Solid State Drive (SSD) Kingston A400, 240GB, 2.5", SATA III, the HDD is partition - C: (OS), D: (files,programs,games). I am probably going to use EaseUS Partition Master. How can I migrate only the OS partition? How do I then rename the SSD partition C:? How do I reformat the OS partition on the HDD and add it to the other partition? If possible a step by step gued will be great for me other people in the future.

What size is the OS partition, specifically?
Please show us a screencap of your current Disk Management window.

Here you go.

 

[scout_03]

did you check this http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3641347/clone-hdd-ssd.html

 

[ephraim3]

I didn't start this thread, but I have the same question. I currently have a Windows 10 system with two 2GB HDDs in a (motherboard-based) software RAID-1 configuration partitioned as follows according to the Disk Management utility:

"System Reserved" 100 MB, Healthy (System, Active, Primary Partition)
(C: ) 390.09 GB NTFS, Healthy (Boot, Crash Dump, Primary Partition)
450 MB, Healthy (Recovery Partition)
(D: ) 1269.53 GB NTFS, Healthy (Page File, Primary Partition)
202.86 GB Unallocated

The C: partition is the boot drive with most program files. Most, but not all, of the user files (\Users) are on D: rather than C:.

I would like to move all of the files on the boot partition (C: ) to a 500 GB SSD.

So, a few questions:

(1) How do I transfer the OS and all files on C: to a new SSD and have the system boot from that SSD?
(2) How do I do this while maintaining D: on the old HDD as most of the User files?
(3) Is there anything special that I need to do with my Windows 10 license to make it work on the new SSD?
(4) Do I need to do anything in BIOS so that the RAID-1 configuration remains on the old HDD but the system now boots from a new SSD?

Thanks in advance.

 

[USAFRet]

I didn't start this thread, but I have the same question.

One at a time...:lol:
Your condition is slightly different that the OP.

We'll end up with conflicting recommendations.

Start a new thread for yours, and send me the link.
I think your situation is a bit easier, and it probably CAN be done.

 

[ephraim3]

USAFRet, here's that link: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3737945/migrating-boot-partition-multi-partition-hdd-ssd.html

Thanks.