Moving hdd to ssd (bigger drive to smaller)

Tony Williams

Tony Williams

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I have a 500 GB HARD DISK with Windows 8 on and I wanna merge it to my 240GB SSD. 140ish GB O/S and rest is for user data. So 500 to 140?

Can I clear out downloads mking 500gb drive less then shrink so it matches then clone over? or a good program to do it? I don't wanna format but if I did how can all software and settings be migrated?

Also I am installing summit for image backup making
 
just delete all the crap /uninstall large programs and install them to another drive.
clone the hdd to ssd

make sure you have ahci enabled in the bios first though and in windows with the registry edit if you need to.

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That's with 45gb of games on the ssd, most of my games and programs are on E: though , I just use steammover to move whatever I'm playing at the minute to my ssd as I generally don't replay my games anyway

I've got a 1tb hdd as well but I'm to lazy to install it even though the spinpoint drive is dying , you can guess how old it is from the size though lol ,I must have had it for nearly 10 years if not more :O (the odd time it won't post and it some times makes heavy clunk sounds lol)

I've been thinking about getting a 512gb ssd but don't really know if I really need one.
 
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Look at Partition Wizard from Minitool.

If you can move files to an external drive I would do that. Or delete anything you know you can download again.
Then shrink your 500Gb partition down until it fits on the SSD.
Then copy it to the SSD.
Test that - make sure it boots.
Then you can expand your 500GB back again and put all your files back on.

I don't see the advantage of partitioning your SSD into an OS and a user area. Just use your 500GB for media files and games, and all the SSD for OS, documents and stuff.

Would be easier just to reinstall though windows 8.1 from fresh on the SSD though. Then attach the 500GB.
 
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