jeckh21 :
1. I currently have two drives: The 1TB drive that came with my pc, which currently has 643 GBs, and a second 2TB drive, which is only using about 100GBs. Both are HDDs
2. My 1TB drive consists of my OS, all of my games and applications, and some miscellaneous videos and pictures. The second 2TB drive consists solely of videos.
3. I hope that the second 2TB drives counts as 'another drive', as I don't see why it wouldn't.
OK then...this is a potential clone candidate.
From the 1TB OS drive, if you can move some stuff off to the 2TB, to get to below 400GB...we can clone the whole thing over to a new 500GB SSD.
Things to consider moving or deleting:
Pics/doc/video
Junk you've downloaded and no longer need.
Uninstall some applications you no longer use.
Steam games can easily be moved to the 2TB drive.
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To move an already installed game
Games library
Right click the game
Properties
Local Files
Move Install Folder
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If you can get to that 400GB used space point..clone it over to the new SSD.
Just like this:
Specific steps for a successful clone operation:
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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
This is to allow the system to try to boot from ONLY the 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 450MB Recovery Partition, 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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