How would I "move" over to an NVME boot drive without messing everything up?

[beany_bot]

Hi.
At the moment I have everything (windows, office and games on a 1TB SSD).

If I were to get a new mobo, CPU and NVME boot drive (say 250GB). How would I get windows and a few select programs onto it?

Any time in the past I have tried to clone drives or do such things it has ended in disaster.

Simply put. New mobo CPU and NVME drive. How do I get windows, office and GIMP on it while leaving everything else (including steam and games) on the SSD?

 

[beany_bot]

Thanks all. That makes it easier I guess. Most if not all y stuff is stored in the cloud now anyway so thats fine. I've learned tha windows licences are tied to mobos now too which is good. I always wondered.

 

[beany_bot]

I definitely can't claim to understand how Microsoft enforce their OS licensing policy but I would have thought that one couldn't use the same key on different motherboards.

Also, I don't understand why you say that that is good for you?

Its good to learn stuff?