[SOLVED] Question about migrating OS

[MrKerix]

Hello,
I have recently bought an m.2 SSD (replacement for the old HDD) for my notebook to finally make it usable.
I want to migrate the OS (W10 Home), but I cant find information about the transfer as a whole.
Will the migration copy all SYSTEM RELATED FILES to the SSD or ALL FILES to the SSD?
Any answer will be appreciated

 

[SkyNetRising]

Will the migration copy all SYSTEM RELATED FILES to the SSD or ALL FILES to the SSD?

All files.
Cloned drive becomes identical copy of source drive. That's why it's called CLONE.
So SSD must have enough capacity to hold all the data from HDD.

Also this depends on, how your hdd is partitioned.
If OS is partitioned separately from user data, then it may be possible to clone just OS partition. But usually this is not the case.

 

[MrKerix]

All files.
Cloned drive becomes identical copy of source drive. That's why it's called CLONE.

Also this depends on, how your hdd is partitioned.
If OS is partitioned separately from user data, then it may be possible to clone just OS partition. But usually this is not the case.

Damn it, I doubt I have it partitioned like that.

Thanks for the answer I'll prolly be off with a new OS.

 

[USAFRet]

How much space is consumed on your current drive?
What is the size/make/model of the new SSD?
What laptop is this?

 

[MrKerix]

How much space is consumed on your current drive?
What is the size/make/model of the new SSD?
What laptop is this?

The size of the SSD is 128gb
I think the current size is arround 300gb.
Lenovo IdeaPad S145-15AST

 

[SkyNetRising]

The size of the SSD is 128gb
I think the current size is arround 300gb.

Then obviously a bigger capacity SSD is needed for cloning to be possible - 500GB that is.

 

[MrKerix]

Then obviously a bigger capacity SSD is needed for cloning to be possible - 500GB that is.

I have figured that out.
The question was if its possible just to clone the OS required files and not all of the files.
But a new question arises.
What should I do to the old OS on the HDD?
I do not want to format my HDD completely.

 

[USAFRet]

The size of the SSD is 128gb
I think the current size is arround 300gb.
Lenovo IdeaPad S145-15AST

And that will not work.
As mentioned, you need at least a 500GB SSD to do this.

 

[USAFRet]

I have figured that out.
The question was if its possible just to clone the OS required files and not all of the files.
But a new question arises.
What should I do to the old OS on the HDD?
I do not want to format my HDD completely.

No.
You can't split off just the OS.
There is no function or application to do that.

 

[MrKerix]

No.
You can't split off just the OS.
There is no function or application to do that.

Shame.
Thanks for the answer!

 

[SkyNetRising]

What should I do to the old OS on the HDD?
I do not want to format my HDD completely.

Delete it manually, I guess.
Windows lives in folders:

\Windows​

\Program Files​

\Program Files (x86)​

\Program Data​

User profiles with user data lives in

\Users​

​

If you delete windows folders, old windows is gone.

 

[USAFRet]

I do not want to format my HDD completely.

What exists on the old drive that you wish to retain?

 

[MrKerix]

What exists on the old drive that you wish to retain?

Installed games and movies because downloading with my internet is a nightmare.
I do have some large USBs but not for all the games and movies I have.

 

[USAFRet]

Installed games and movies because downloading with my internet is a nightmare.
I do have some large USBs but not for all the games and movies I have.

Games, if they are from one of the main platforms like Steam, are probably OK.
You need to be careful of what folders you 'delete' from the old OS isntall.
These games will be subfolders of the ProgramFiles(x86).

You'll have to tell the NEW steam client you install with the new OS where these things live.

Movies are fine.
If they live in one of the User "Library" folders, you'll have to delve into Take Ownership. Those Libraries belong to the old user.