Ssd os intall ?

[SamuelMeller]

I am getting a new ssd tomorrow and need to know how to put the os on there so my pc will load up faster and how to transfer games onto it ?

 

[USAFRet]

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So your current drive is a 120GB drive?

No that's how my hdd I've used

Right. The current C drive. It appears to be a 120GB drive.
True?

That's what it says but I have a 1tb drive

OK then...you're going to have to do a screencap of your Disk Management window.

 

[SamuelMeller]

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So your current drive is a 120GB drive?

No that's how my hdd I've used

Right. The current C drive. It appears to be a 120GB drive.
True?

That's what it says but I have a 1tb drive

OK then...you're going to have to do a screencap of your Disk Management window.

I can't do that in till tomroow because it's late for me now if you reply to this saying "screen cap" then I will have a notification reminding me tomroow to do it, thanks for the help to say continue tomroow

 

[mjslakeridge]

In Windirstat there is an option to show unused space. I think the OP doesn't have that selected, so it is just showing the used space.

That being said, unless he can do some serious cleanup of the C drive, I wouldn't recommend cloning it to the new SSD. I guess the pagefile and hib file could remain on the HDD.

 

[USAFRet]

In Windirstat there is an option to show unused space. I think the OP doesn't have that selected, so it is just showing the used space.

That being said, unless he can do some serious cleanup of the C drive, I wouldn't recommend cloning it to the new SSD. I guess the pagefile and hib file could remain on the HDD.

Right. That is far too close to clone to a 120GB SSD.

 

[SamuelMeller]

In Windirstat there is an option to show unused space. I think the OP doesn't have that selected, so it is just showing the used space.

That being said, unless he can do some serious cleanup of the C drive, I wouldn't recommend cloning it to the new SSD. I guess the pagefile and hib file could remain on the HDD.

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[SamuelMeller]

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So your current drive is a 120GB drive?

No that's how my hdd I've used

Right. The current C drive. It appears to be a 120GB drive.
True?

That's what it says but I have a 1tb drive

OK then...you're going to have to do a screencap of your Disk Management window.

http://i63.tinypic.com/aabpe8.jpg

 

[USAFRet]

OK...as above, that WinDirStat is not showing the free space as well.

But you still have too much in there to even consider a clone thing.
Reduce that used space to below 90GB, and maybe.

And only you can tell what to get rid of.

 

[SamuelMeller]

OK...as above, that WinDirStat is not showing the free space as well.

But you still have too much in there to even consider a clone thing.
Reduce that used space to below 90GB, and maybe.

And only you can tell what to get rid of.

i dont what to get rid of anything i cant really

 

[USAFRet]

OK...as above, that WinDirStat is not showing the free space as well.

But you still have too much in there to even consider a clone thing.
Reduce that used space to below 90GB, and maybe.

And only you can tell what to get rid of.

i dont what to get rid of anything i cant really

Then you'll be doing a clean install on that SSD.

 

[SamuelMeller]

OK...as above, that WinDirStat is not showing the free space as well.

But you still have too much in there to even consider a clone thing.
Reduce that used space to below 90GB, and maybe.

And only you can tell what to get rid of.

i dont what to get rid of anything i cant really

Then you'll be doing a clean install on that SSD.

why do i have to put everything thats on my hdd on my ssd ?
should i just install my ssd now and then we can try and sort something ?

 

[USAFRet]

OK...as above, that WinDirStat is not showing the free space as well.

But you still have too much in there to even consider a clone thing.
Reduce that used space to below 90GB, and maybe.

And only you can tell what to get rid of.

i dont what to get rid of anything i cant really

Then you'll be doing a clean install on that SSD.

why do i have to put everything thats on my hdd on my ssd ?
should i just install my ssd now and then we can try and sort something ?

From your original:
"how to put the os on there so my pc will load up faster and how to transfer games onto it"

There are two ways to do this.
1. A clone operation. This requires that the used space on the C drive be significantly smaller than the new SSD.
You have a 120GB SSD, so that must be below 90GB.
Depending on the application you use, you can probably leave off things like doc/music/video. But other than that, everything goes.
OS, applications, etc.

2. Clean install of the OS (and everything else). This is starting with a bare bones OS install.
If you install the OS on this new SSD, you'll have to reinstall your applications. You can't use them in their current location on the HDD.
Steam games, probably.
But only you know what you have and where it is.


So...which way do you want to go?

 

[SamuelMeller]

OK...as above, that WinDirStat is not showing the free space as well.

But you still have too much in there to even consider a clone thing.
Reduce that used space to below 90GB, and maybe.

And only you can tell what to get rid of.

i dont what to get rid of anything i cant really

Then you'll be doing a clean install on that SSD.

why do i have to put everything thats on my hdd on my ssd ?
should i just install my ssd now and then we can try and sort something ?

From your original:
"how to put the os on there so my pc will load up faster and how to transfer games onto it"

There are two ways to do this.
1. A clone operation. This requires that the used space on the C drive be significantly smaller than the new SSD.
You have a 120GB SSD, so that must be below 90GB.
Depending on the application you use, you can probably leave off things like doc/music/video. But other than that, everything goes.
OS, applications, etc.

2. Clean install of the OS (and everything else). This is starting with a bare bones OS install.
If you install the OS on this new SSD, you'll have to reinstall your applications. You can't use them in their current location on the HDD.
Steam games, probably.
But only you know what you have and where it is.


So...which way do you want to go?

well 1 sounds easier but i dont know what to delete / uninstall ? after this main swap from drives can i install games onto the ssd not the hdd or cant i use all the space
i have 95 gb now http://i63.tinypic.com/t0m3yr.jpg

 

[USAFRet]

well 1 sounds easier but i dont know what to delete / uninstall ? after this main swap from drives can i install games onto the ssd not the hdd or cant i use all the space

For a 120GB SSD, you never, ever want to go above ~85-90GB used space.
After you get things on the SSD, you can have some stuff on the HDD as well as the SSD. Games, videos, etc, etc.

 

[SamuelMeller]

well 1 sounds easier but i dont know what to delete / uninstall ? after this main swap from drives can i install games onto the ssd not the hdd or cant i use all the space

For a 120GB SSD, you never, ever want to go above ~85-90GB used space.
After you get things on the SSD, you can have some stuff on the HDD as well as the SSD. Games, videos, etc, etc.[/quotem

so if i uninstall a few programmes that i can reinstall later after the drive clone

 

[USAFRet]

so if i uninstall a few programmes that i can reinstall later after the drive clone

Yes.

 

[SamuelMeller]

so if i uninstall a few programmes that i can reinstall later after the drive clone

Yes.

do i need windirstat

 

[USAFRet]

so if i uninstall a few programmes that i can reinstall later after the drive clone

Yes.

do i need windirstat

No, but in the context of finding ~20GB of stuff to remove, it is tiny.

 

[SamuelMeller]

so if i uninstall a few programmes that i can reinstall later after the drive clone

Yes.

do i need windirstat

No, but in the context of finding ~20GB of stuff to remove, it is tiny.

ive got rid of as much as i can its at 94 but photos and videos take up quite a bit

 

[USAFRet]

so if i uninstall a few programmes that i can reinstall later after the drive clone

Yes.

do i need windirstat

No, but in the context of finding ~20GB of stuff to remove, it is tiny.

ive got rid of as much as i can its at 94 but photos and videos take up quite a bit

94GB is still way too much.

 

[SamuelMeller]

so if i uninstall a few programmes that i can reinstall later after the drive clone

Yes.

do i need windirstat

No, but in the context of finding ~20GB of stuff to remove, it is tiny.

ive got rid of as much as i can its at 94 but photos and videos take up quite a bit

94GB is still way too much.

i have exactley 89.4gb now

 

[USAFRet]

OK...try this and see if it works:

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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)
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
Click the 'Clone' button
Wait until it is done
When it finishes, power off
Disconnect ALL drives except for the new 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 as necessary.
Delete the original boot partitions, here:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/4f1b84ac-b193-40e3-943a-f45d52e23685/cant-delete-extra-healthy-recovery-partitions-and-healthy-efi-system-partition?forum=w8itproinstall
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[SamuelMeller]

OK...try this and see if it works:

-----------------------------
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)
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
Click the 'Clone' button
Wait until it is done
When it finishes, power off
Disconnect ALL drives except for the new 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 as necessary.
Delete the original boot partitions, here:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/4f1b84ac-b193-40e3-943a-f45d52e23685/cant-delete-extra-healthy-recovery-partitions-and-healthy-efi-system-partition?forum=w8itproinstall
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its saying i have insufficient space

 

[USAFRet]

its saying i have insufficient space

Then you need to reduce some more.

 

[SamuelMeller]

its saying i have insufficient space

Then you need to reduce some more.

im only using 84gb
how do i unselect pictures and videos

 

[USAFRet]

its saying i have insufficient space

Then you need to reduce some more.

im only using 84gb
how do i unselect pictures and videos

There are only a couple of applications that have this functionality.
Samsung Data Migration, and I forget the other one.
And the Samsung only works if you are going to a Samsung drive.