[SOLVED] Moving drives to a new PC help

[WhatIsTechnology]

Hello,

So currently I have a rig that has a 240GB SSD and 1TB HDD and my OS is on the 240GB SSD. I am building a new PC and I want to wipe that SSD and use it as my OS again with 1TB m.2 as main storage.

My old rig will still be used but I will reinstall OS on HDD and I want a clean slate on this HDD as well.

My new rig will have OS on SSD, but I want to make sure all data is wiped so I have the full storage amount.

I have some thoughts about going about this and it seems easy, but I want to be as efficient as possible and I want to hear what you guys would advise me to do.

(I have two copies of OS on hand and ready)

 

[rocktalkrock]

Download MiniTool Partition Wizard Free 12.1 software. It has various tools you can use like Migrate OS to SSD/HD Wizzard, Copy Partition Wizzard and Wipe Disk.

https://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html

 

[USAFRet]

For a whole new system, you do NOT want to try to "migrate" the OS drive.

Clean install, one whichever drive, when it is in the new system.
Start fresh.

How To - Windows 10 clean install tutorial

If you are looking for the Windows 11 Clean install tutorial, you can find that here: Windows 11 Clean install tutorial (Click here) Otherwise, welcome to the Windows 10 Clean install tutorial This tutorial is intended to help you, step by step, to perform a clean install of Windows...

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Also, your Win 10 license:
For the OS activation, read and do this before you change any parts:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/20530/windows-10-reactivating-after-hardware-change

 

[WhatIsTechnology]

For a whole new system, you do NOT want to try to "migrate" the OS drive.

Clean install, one whichever drive, when it is in the new system.
Start fresh.

How To - Windows 10 clean install tutorial

If you are looking for the Windows 11 Clean install tutorial, you can find that here: Windows 11 Clean install tutorial (Click here) Otherwise, welcome to the Windows 10 Clean install tutorial This tutorial is intended to help you, step by step, to perform a clean install of Windows...

forums.tomshardware.com

Also, your Win 10 license:
For the OS activation, read and do this before you change any parts:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/20530/windows-10-reactivating-after-hardware-change

Should I clear my disks before I clean install? or will clean install do that for me?

 

[USAFRet]

Should I clear my disks before I clean install? or will clean install do that for me?

You do that during the install.
Read the above link. It goes through all the details.