[SOLVED] Moving file from hdd to ssd

[Stormer_Ils]

Hello everyone, I recenltly bought an ssd and got an hdd from a friend.
my hdd is 500 go my ssd is 240 and my friend's hdd is 320 go.
I want to move my windows 10 from my hdd to the ssd, I can't simply clone because the sizes don't match.
The thing is I want to keep my games but not all of them are on steam or blizzard so I can't use the backup tool in steam.
So how can I do everything without having the need to reinstall them?
I don't have the install files anymore and redownloading them would take months (3rd world country obliges).
So if I move my games folder (it's 300 go) to the new disk to the 320 go one, then clone the ssd woud my games still work?

 

[USAFRet]

How much space is consumed or your current 500GB C drive?

You can move Steam games to a different drive.
You cannot move standalone games. Won't work.

 

[Stormer_Ils]

How much space is consumed or your current 500GB C drive?

You can move Steam games to a different drive.
You cannot move standalone games. Won't work.

it's full it's mostly games xD
even then most of them are vn's so there won't be much issue the only thing bothering me is my ac odyssey with it's whooping 100go and yakuza 0 that I recently got

 

[USAFRet]

it's full it's mostly games xD
even then most of them are vn's so there won't be much issue the only thing bothering me is my ac odyssey with it's whooping 100go and yakuza 0 that I recently got

Well then...you're out of luck.
Buy a larger SSD, and all will be good.

You simply have too much stuff, and you cannot split it out like you're thinking.

 

[Stormer_Ils]

Well then...you're out of luck.
Buy a larger SSD, and all will be good.

You simply have too much stuff, and you cannot split it out like you're thinking.

well figured that much reading other threads but thought (deluded myself into believing) it would be different for standalone games.
Thank your for your attention and have a nice day.
Edit: Another thing, what would be the best way to clone my disk?

 

[USAFRet]

Edit: Another thing, what would be the best way to clone my disk?

You need a drive significantly larger than what you have.
A 1TB for instance.


Get that, and then this....

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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)
If you are cloning from a SATA drive to PCIe/NVMe, install the relevant driver for this new NVMe/PCIe drive.
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

If you are going from a smaller drive to a larger, by default, the target partition size will be the same as the Source. You probably don't want that
You can manipulate the size of the partitions on the target (larger)drive
Click on "Cloned Partition Properties", and you can specifiy the resulting partition size, to even include the whole thing

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 all partitions on it.
This will probably require the commandline diskpart function, and the clean command.

Ask questions if anything is unclear.
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[Stormer_Ils]

You need a drive significantly larger than what you have.
A 1TB for instance.


Get that, and then this....

-----------------------------
Specific steps for a successful clone operation:
-----------------------------
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)
If you are cloning from a SATA drive to PCIe/NVMe, install the relevant driver for this new NVMe/PCIe drive.
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

If you are going from a smaller drive to a larger, by default, the target partition size will be the same as the Source. You probably don't want that
You can manipulate the size of the partitions on the target (larger)drive
Click on "Cloned Partition Properties", and you can specifiy the resulting partition size, to even include the whole thing

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 all partitions on it.
This will probably require the commandline diskpart function, and the clean command.

Ask questions if anything is unclear.
-----------------------------

Thanks again.