lucasaaron813 :
USAFRet :
"Just" the OS? No.
How much total space is consumed on your current drive?
Do you have (or can borrow) another drive with some free space on it?
i do have another hdd connected with 720 GB free. I have used around 550 GB on the drive that windows is currently installed on. Should i move the files to the other drive then?
It depends on what these "files" are.
Doc/Music/Photo....yes.
Steamgames, yes.
Other applications? No.
For Steam games, just copy your whole SteamApps folder off to that other drive.
For a successful clone operation, you need to get the actual used space to below 20)GB.
Then...
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 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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