Question... Im getting a 120 SSD today, and 1tb HDD tmrw...
Starting with a 5400rpm 500gb HDD with win 8.1
Can I clone windows onto the the SSD while keeping all of the rest of the data on the original HDD? Or am i going to have to uninstall and remove data until im below 120gb to clone...
I dont want to do a reinstall, mostly because I don't have my product key to reactivate, but if its significantly better to do that, then i might just run windows 10 unactivated for a little while...
last question involving this process,
If i do a fresh install of windows on the new SSD, can i leave my current HDD as it is and load my games from it, even if it is no longer the boot drive, and maybe be referenced by a different copy of windows altogether??? ex: i keep PuBG on my original HDD... and i now boot using a seperate, not cloned, copy of windows(8.1 or 10)... can i load pubg from the original drive while booted in a new OS... will pubg being installed into a drive already containing windows cause errors with loading (such as file paths or dll errors?)
honestly just looking for the least headache filled, yet effective method of migrating into a ssd
Starting with a 5400rpm 500gb HDD with win 8.1
Can I clone windows onto the the SSD while keeping all of the rest of the data on the original HDD? Or am i going to have to uninstall and remove data until im below 120gb to clone...
I dont want to do a reinstall, mostly because I don't have my product key to reactivate, but if its significantly better to do that, then i might just run windows 10 unactivated for a little while...
last question involving this process,
If i do a fresh install of windows on the new SSD, can i leave my current HDD as it is and load my games from it, even if it is no longer the boot drive, and maybe be referenced by a different copy of windows altogether??? ex: i keep PuBG on my original HDD... and i now boot using a seperate, not cloned, copy of windows(8.1 or 10)... can i load pubg from the original drive while booted in a new OS... will pubg being installed into a drive already containing windows cause errors with loading (such as file paths or dll errors?)
honestly just looking for the least headache filled, yet effective method of migrating into a ssd