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OS from HDD - SSD

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  • 20-11-2015 1:57pm
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    Damo 2k9
    Registered Users Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭


    So just got myself a SSD, now what I want to do is just transfer the Operating System from my 1TB HDD, to my new SSD. Now I realise theres loads of software to clone drives and just swap to new drive, but I want to leave the likes of games etc on the 1TB. So is there any way of swapping JUST the operating system, rather then bringing everything over? Or is a fresh install the easy way out.


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    yoyo
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    There are cloning tools but you'd likely need to get your 1tb drive down to under 256GB (o whatever the size of your SSD) before starting. I would recommend reinstalling over cloning. No harm doing so every so often either :) .

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    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    yoyo wrote: »
    There are cloning tools but you'd likely need to get your 1tb drive down to under 256GB (o whatever the size of your SSD) before starting. I would recommend reinstalling over cloning. No harm doing so every so often either :) .

    Nick

    +1 here.


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    killym
    Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭killym


    ESpecially when Your old system is old enough to put a brand new on brand new ssd. That's the way i see it.


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    PrzemoF
    Registered Users Posts: 1,931 ✭✭✭PrzemoF


    That depends on the system. I migrated fedora linux from a hdd to an sdd a while ago and the process was quick without any problems. Boot time went down from 57s to 17s


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