Question: So, I have the following setup on my PC: a 240gb kingston ssd (which has Win 10 installed and is SATA) and a 1tb hdd for general storage.
I’m about to buy a m.2 1tb ssd, which I intend to use as a replacement for the HDD (due to a few reasons, I don’t want to keep the HDD).
So, I found out there’s some freeware that would allow me to clone the data from the hdd to the ssd, so far so good.
My question here is if I can just clone my hdd to the m.2 ssd, take out the hdd and call it a day, or if there’s a catch? Because all of the programs and data would be installed in the D: drive, correct? If I were to remove the hdd after cloning and boot up the PC, would there be some sort of conflict in that regard? If so, what am I supposed to do so that this procedure is as easy and hassle free aa possible?
Thanks in advance!
Answer:
Yes, the HDD is a secondary drive and the m.2 ssd would still be as such (at least until I feel like going through the hassle of cloning windows to it).
I was under the impression that cloning was needed because there’s a few games and programs installed in the hdd, and just copying and pasting wouldn’t do the trick.
And as for the swapping drive letters around, how do I do that? I’m sorry if this is coming out as way too clueless of me.
For a secondary drive, no…cloning is not really needed.
Cloning is only needed for the OS drive.
Copy/paste from old to new.
Do it in parts, not the whole thing at once.
After, swap drive letters in Disk Management
Assume 3 drives:
C (OS which you’re not touching)
D, old HDD
E, new SSD
Right click on the D drive, the old HDD.
Change Drive letter or path
Change it to X
Right click on the new SSD, the displayed E
Change it to D
Then, change the visible X (the old HDD) to whatever you wish.