[SOLVED] Will this migration work

[EyyMunchian]

So I have a 3 terabyte hard drive which I also installed my host OS (windows 10) to. At the time is was budget restrained so I skipped over an SSD as a possibility. Now after working and whatnot, I have bought myself a nice 128gb SSD in which I would like to install windows on. I tried using some software but got no results as my drive was "too big to clone" even though I was trying to clone to OS only. So I had the idea of a fresh install of windows 10 on the new ssd. Will all my drivers and programs like directX, visual c++, etc still be accessible to my ssd or would i need to reinstall those?

 

[lthampton]

Yes your drivers will still be acessible, and i recommend doing the fresh install aswell.

 

[EyyMunchian]

Yes your drivers will still be acessible, and i recommend doing the fresh install aswell.

thanks

 

[USAFRet]

So I have a 3 terabyte hard drive which I also installed my host OS (windows 10) to. At the time is was budget restrained so I skipped over an SSD as a possibility. Now after working and whatnot, I have bought myself a nice 128gb SSD in which I would like to install windows on. I tried using some software but got no results as my drive was "too big to clone" even though I was trying to clone to OS only. So I had the idea of a fresh install of windows 10 on the new ssd. Will all my drivers and programs like directX, visual c++, etc still be accessible to my ssd or would i need to reinstall those?

You will be doing a new OS install on this 128GB SSD.
Therefore, you will also need to reinstall your drivers.

 

[USAFRet]

Yes your drivers will still be acessible, and i recommend doing the fresh install aswell.

Sorry, but no. I had to deselect this as the BA.

The "drivers" from the old install will also need to be reinstalled after the new OS install.