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Saab Dastard
What size is your HDD? How many partitions, of what size, particularly the one containing the C drive?
What OS is on the HDD?
Yes, that's correct.
Do you still have the installation media / licence keys for the applications you want to keep?
I would think about cloning the existing C drive to the SSD (assuming that the original OS is what you want), provided that the C drive partition is the same size or smaller than the SSD.
It's possible to use disk tools to split and / or resize existing partitions, but it might be simpler to just buy a bigger SSD - storage is so cheap nowadays, about £50 for a 1TB SSD.
What size is your HDD? How many partitions, of what size, particularly the one containing the C drive?
**HDD is 2TB, no made partitions.
What OS is on the HDD?
**Windows 10 Home Edition 64 bit fully up to date. Original and activated.
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If I do a clean install of Windows 10 on the SSD, I assume I will have to reinstall all the programs that were installed through Windows in the past onto the HDD.
Yes, that's correct.
Do you still have the installation media / licence keys for the applications you want to keep?
**Yes I still have the original Windows 7 64 bit. I can download Win 10 from the Microsoft site through my account.
I would think about cloning the existing C drive to the SSD (assuming that the original OS is what you want), provided that the C drive partition is the same size or smaller than the SSD.
**I am hoping to just have just the OS transferred and I assume all the previously attached apps available as what would be a short cut.
It's possible to use disk tools to split and / or resize existing partitions, but it might be simpler to just buy a bigger SSD - storage is so cheap nowadays, about £50 for a 1TB SSD.
**The computer came with an SSD and for the cheap price the 256GB was the largest one to choose from. A clean install of Win 10 is about 27 GB if memory serves me right. If I take that option all other programs except WhatsApp and a few others would be on the HDD in the hope of keeping speed.