Question Upgrading my D drive(not OS drive). Can I simply copy contents from point A to point B?

[jaged]

Like the topic says, I want to change out my D drive.
I have software installed on this drive.
Can I install the new drive, copy the contents from the original drive to the new one, remove the old drive & re-letter the new one to D?

Thx

 

[SkyNetRising]

Recovery partition can not be deleted with Disk Management.
Have to use diskpart.

 

[USAFRet]

Might as well do it now.
860 evo is completely empty.

Yep.

 

[jaged]

Right.
The 1st and 3rd partitions are leftovers from the old OS.
Automatically created.

Just leave them for now.

Sometime in the future, when you really want to repurpose this drive, delete ALL partitions on it.
Or commandline diskpart /clean.

There are no other options except "Help". That's it.

 

[USAFRet]

There are no other options except "Help". That's it.

Then either leave it, or wipe the drive completely.
Commandline function diskpart, and the /clean command.

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