Question Transferring Programs from my OS drive to another drive?

[James1507]

My 500GB SSD that has windows 10 and all of my programs has only 11GB left on it. How can i transfer all of my data and programs to my 2TB Drive i added to the PC without having to reinstall all of my programs? All i want left on my SSD is the OS. I though about cloning my SSD but that would transfer my OS as well.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Clean install after backup is the best way to proceed. That way software from the secondary drive will run properly.

 

[ElectrO_90]

My 500GB SSD that has windows 10 and all of my programs has only 11GB left on it. How can i transfer all of my data and programs to my 2TB Drive i added to the PC without having to reinstall all of my programs? All i want left on my SSD is the OS. I though about cloning my SSD but that would transfer my OS as well.

There are some hacks you can do, but safest way is to install again.
You can try and move some programs over, but hit or miss if they work.
Since it's only 500gb... shouldn't take you long to reinstall

If they are GAMES from Steam, then its very easy to transfer them using Steam and no reinstallation.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I've done it , but there is always issues getting it all to run at 100% functionality.