SOLVED How to Delete OS off of Hard Drive?

Twisted4000 · Feb 28, 2013

Hello, I just got a solid state drive and I'm going to be installing the OS on it tomorrow, and I want to take the OS off of my hard drive. HOWEVER I don't want to delete all of the programs and files off of it. Is there a way to do this, or do I have to wipe the drive completely?

voodoo do'er · Feb 28, 2013

back up the data and format the drive
or install the new os over the old one

idkfa · Feb 28, 2013

I think he means the data stored on his HDD. You could either make an image of that drive and clone it to your SSD and then delete your files. Because you can't use the programms on the HDD anymore when you install your OS on the SSD. My favorite would be voodoo's first option: Backup your files and and format the drive. The advantages of this method are that you have a clean install on your SSD, no clone, and your storage HDD is free of any programm or OS residues.

Twisted4000 · Feb 28, 2013

idkfa said:
I think he means the data stored on his HDD. You could either make an image of that drive and clone it to your SSD and then delete your files. Because you can't use the programms on the HDD anymore when you install your OS on the SSD. My favorite would be voodoo's first option: Backup your files and and format the drive. The advantages of this method are that you have a clean install on your SSD, no clone, and your storage HDD is free of any programm or OS residues.

So in other words I should just wipe the HDD completely after backing up my files, then putting the files back on it once I have installed the OS on the SSD?

idkfa · Feb 28, 2013

Twisted4000 said:
So in other words I should just wipe the HDD completely after backing up my files, then putting the files back on it once I have installed the OS on the SSD?

That's the way I'd do it - everything's nice and fresh then

Twisted4000 · Feb 28, 2013

idkfa said:
That's the way I'd do it - everything's nice and fresh then

What about, after everything's said and done, installing a program on the HDD, will that still work, or do ALL my programs have to be on the SSD?

redduc900 · Feb 28, 2013

Programs can be installed to any drive / partition you'd like.

Twisted4000 · Feb 28, 2013

redduc900 said:
Programs can be installed to any drive / partition you'd like.

Alright, thanks.

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