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Re: /EDIT sorry, I had too much coffee
11/24/15 01:00 AM
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> > Welp, just bought my first SSD - Transcend 512GB. The question I have is, is it
> > possible to transfer the system over to the new drive, but delete just the OS from
> > the other drive and keep using it?
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> Yes of course, as long as...
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> > I currently have a 2TB HDD and I want to keep using it, but boot off the SSD.
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> You won't be able to clone the 2TB drive to the SSD at all if the data exceeds 512GB.
> Cloning software does not and cannot distinguish between what data belongs to your OS
> install and what data is your personal stuff.
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> /EDIT ok, sorry, I read the topic a bit more attentively, you're not that N00b.
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> Anyway what you're asking is pretty much the whole point of cloning software.
> Otherwise we'd be dragging and dropping folders onto the new drive and that would be
> it.
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> S
Just dragging and dropping the OS to the new drive would be nice. Windows, Users, both Program Files folders, and the hidden files and folders on C:. Make new drive bootable, remove boot capability from HDD. Delete said OS files and folders from HDD when SDD boots. Done. I'm just lazy I guess, looking for the quick and easy option. I'm also a little paranoid about something causing me to have to reinstall Windows completely so I want something safe. I have read some horror stories about installing SSD drives. But as long as the original drive is untouched after cloning until I decide to format it, I guess it is safe.
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