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Move the OS to an SSD

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Malekal_morte- Posted messages 178136 Registration date   Status Moderator, Security Contributor Last intervention   -
Hello,

I would like to move my Win10 to an SSD but I have no idea how to do it unless I manually move Windows, which I think is impossible.

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    Malekal_morte- Posted messages 178136 Registration date   Status Moderator, Security Contributor Last intervention   24 712
     
    Hello,

    Start by reading this: Advice for changing from HDD to SSD
    I recommend Clonezilla to copy the disk: How to clone your hard drive.

    If the destination hard drive (SSD) is smaller than the source hard drive (HDD), then you need to use utilities like Macrium, as they allow you to shrink partitions before copying.
    Of course, the amount of source data must be less than the capacity of the SSD, otherwise, you won't be able to copy everything.

    You can then free up space:
    - how to free up disk space on Windows
    - Delete user documents that take up space (videos, etc.), and in the end, you will still need to leave them on the HDD anyway.
    - It is also possible to move the user folder, though I personally do not recommend doing it, but rather just manually moving the data that takes up space.
    Otherwise see: how to move the user folder

    Lastly, as mentioned in the first link about disk changing advice, it might be simpler to directly reinstall Windows on the new disk, then reconfigure everything and move the user data.
    It's up to you.

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