Migration of windows 10 to SSD from old HDD?

[wotwotwotwot]

So i've been running windows and all my application off a HDD for 2 years now, and want to upgrade. I'm about to buy the "Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD" off an online parts store.

From what i understand, the HDD must take up less space then the SSD capacity, because you have to migrate the whole drive, not just windows. Well my 1TB HDD has been stripped as much as i can get it, and it's only taking up 250gb ( i can probably get it down more if needs be ), so it should work. I would also have half the drive left over for steam games hopefully.

What programs do i need to use to do this? Is it a difficult, or risky procedure? I'm a teenager that can't afford to break my pc or corrupt anything, and $200 (aud) for the SSD isn't exactly a small amount of money for me, so i only want to go ahead with this if it can definitely be done, and relatively easily.

Thanks

 

[USAFRet]

Macrium Reflect will do exactly what you need.
Or, the Samsung Data Migration

Both free, both work.

 

[BadActor]

You can use Macrium Reflect Free for cloning your HDD to the SSD. It's a fairly simple process. Make sure you have your Windows 10 key in case something goes wrong. You can use Nirsoft's Produkey to retrieve it in case you've upgraded from an earlier version.

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html

http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx

 

[Dex does Computers]

If your filled hdd is still less than your ssd then you can just clone it. I recommend using aomei partition assistant. its free and easy. One cons is that you need to reactivate Windows sometimes

 

[wotwotwotwot]

Thanks, i just ordered then so i'm excited to get it started.