Question SSD and HDD

[Bjarke Ipsen]

Hello, a while ago i installed a M.2 SSD in my laptop, and i cloned everything from my HDD onto the SSD, but i still have the HDD with the OS and everything (i got the same files on my SSD as i have on my HDD.
I was wondering if i could remove everything other than the OS from the SSD and just have everything else on the HDD and how i do it if possible.
Although i want to ahve some games on my SSD so that they start up faster.

I hope someone can help me

PS: i used Macrium Reflect to cloned the HDD to the SSD.

 

[USAFRet]

1. You need to fully wipe the old HDD. Having another OS on that serves no purpose.
2. The only things you can really 'move' to the HDD are your personal docs, and Steam/Origin games. Anything else, like applications, would need to be uninstalled from the SSD and then reinstalled on the HDD.

 

[Bjarke Ipsen]

1. You need to fully wipe the old HDD. Having another OS on that serves no purpose.
2. The only things you can really 'move' to the HDD are your personal docs, and Steam/Origin games. Anything else, like applications, would need to be uninstalled from the SSD and then reinstalled on the HDD.

but would i be able to use macrium reflect to remove it, or do i need to do something else?

 

[USAFRet]

Not Macrium.

First, you 100% verify the system works with just the SSD>
Power off, physically disconnect the HDD, and ppower up.
Does it boot correctly?
If so, then you wipe the HDD clean.

Commandline tool diskpart, and the clean command will do this.

How to Diskpart Erase/Clean a Drive Through the Command Prompt | Support Seagate US

This article explains the Microsoft Diskpart Erase utility. The command that erases the drive during this process is "Clean". In this article "Clean" and erase are used interchangeably. Cleaning or erasing a storage device removes all data and partitions from the drive.

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