I am running an older (2012) Acer M3970G system that was upgraded from Win7 Home to Win 7 Ultimate.
It has been great & flawless for 8 years.
1TB WD HDD 75% full.
Graphics upgraded to NVidia GTX 660Ti
Primary use is personal business and son's gaming.
We are going to install a new Samsung 860 EVO 500 GB and after that upgrade from the Win7 Ultimate to windows 10.
My plan is to take out the WD HDD and do a fresh install of Win 7 Ultimate on the SSD as the main/boot drive.
Finish all the updates to get Win 7 current.
Reinstall the HDD as a secondary drive, then reinstall or move (if possible) all the programs back to the SSD.
After that do the Win 10 upgrade.
I essentially did this with my other system, a Gigabyte rig I put together from all new components, and it still runs great.
I don't remember how I moved the programs from the HDD to the new SSD.
I thought I just opened the files and copied them or dragged them from one drive to the other.
I don't remember using any cloning software or anything else, which similar posts say I need to do.
I'm pretty sure I just copied to the new drive.
Am I correct, or mistaken in what I remember?
I can give more details if needed.
I'm just looking for the simplest, easiest move to accomplish this without having to clone, buy software, and all that.
Thanks for your help.
-DB
It has been great & flawless for 8 years.
1TB WD HDD 75% full.
Graphics upgraded to NVidia GTX 660Ti
Primary use is personal business and son's gaming.
We are going to install a new Samsung 860 EVO 500 GB and after that upgrade from the Win7 Ultimate to windows 10.
My plan is to take out the WD HDD and do a fresh install of Win 7 Ultimate on the SSD as the main/boot drive.
Finish all the updates to get Win 7 current.
Reinstall the HDD as a secondary drive, then reinstall or move (if possible) all the programs back to the SSD.
After that do the Win 10 upgrade.
I essentially did this with my other system, a Gigabyte rig I put together from all new components, and it still runs great.
I don't remember how I moved the programs from the HDD to the new SSD.
I thought I just opened the files and copied them or dragged them from one drive to the other.
I don't remember using any cloning software or anything else, which similar posts say I need to do.
I'm pretty sure I just copied to the new drive.
Am I correct, or mistaken in what I remember?
I can give more details if needed.
I'm just looking for the simplest, easiest move to accomplish this without having to clone, buy software, and all that.
Thanks for your help.
-DB