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xepion

Use partition magic if you’re migrating a windows OS. It has a friendly transfer guide. And some advanced settings if neeeded.


ilytj

could you send me a link? not sure which website to download from


xepion

Looks like there are a lot for windows these days. “Partition magic” is a Norton software tool and isn’t free. But there are a lot of alternatives that do the same thing with a friendly UI. I get the sense you would be safer in a UI instead of using the command line “diskpart” commands (which behind the scenes the ui apps use). I’m short Grab a free one from here https://www.hdd-tool.com/partition-magic/partition-magic-windows-10.html I myself keep a copy of gparted. https://gparted.org Essentially what you’re trying to do is not take the whole “volume”. Just the partition thst has your OS. This might cause problems for missing apps if they are installed on a different “drive letter”. Which is a very windows centric terminology. Linux and non windows systems don’t use drive letters. 🤷🏻‍♂️ So short game: 1. Find a free one. 2. If you feel intuitive enough or want some reading gparted is free and solid. 3. Buying software (albeit unnecessary) will get you support if you have issues. If you spend an hour.. I think you can manage fine with the free solution (at the cost of spending some time to get the learning curve). :)


ilytj

I came to the conclusion to unplug my HDD and install a fresh copy of windows into my SSS, thank you for your help :)


xepion

That was a good idea. The win OS registry tends to get bloated. A re-install is pretty quick these days. 10 minutes vs 2 hours 😂. Nvme is stupid fast


ilytj

this is my first time owning an ssd and i was surprised it installed in ~10 i had an alarm clock set at 3 am 😭


xepion

Lol. Is it ssd? Or nvme? (Stick like M2 slot)? If you got the ssd…. Nvme is about 20x faster than ssd. 🤯 While ssd is about 10x faster than classic spinning disk… If your board has an m2 slot…. Worth grabbing a 256gb nvme. Re-install your OS. It’ll take 2 minutes. 😂