Migrating OS to SSD

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Migrating OS to SSD 2016-06-17 19:46:11 Post No. 55127925
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Migrating OS to SSD Anonymous 2016-06-17 19:46:11 Post No. 55127925 [Report]

I'm not very tech-savvy, and I could use some help /g/. Googling hasn't produced any solid answers except for jews wanting me to buy 20-30 dollar programs to clone my HDD.

I'm running Windows 8.1 on my laptops HDD that I bought a couple months ago, but it came with a SSD. The OS is on the HDD though, so my SSD is pretty useless except for some programs I have on it. I want to move my OS to my SSD, and I have no idea how.

I'm perfectly fine with doing a clean install of Windows 8.1 on my SSD, I can just reinstall everything, but people are telling me I need to disconnect my HDD, I need to download this or that program, etc. I could just use some incidence on what to do.

My laptop didn't come with a Windows 8.1 CD either. Do I need a registry key?

Anonymous 2016-06-17 20:02:02 Post No.55128156
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Anonymous 2016-06-17 20:06:17 Post No.55128209
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Anonymous 2016-06-17 20:06:17 Post No.55128209 [Report]

shrink your os partition by uninstalling programs/deleting files until it's as big as your ssd's partition, then clone your os partition on the ssd with dd, gparted or easeus todo backup. after that delete the os partition from the hdd.

next time use sqt

Anonymous 2016-06-17 20:14:08 Post No.55128308
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>>55128209
what if I don't want to clone my OS? I really want a fresh install

Anonymous 2016-06-17 20:14:32 Post No.55128316
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Anonymous 2016-06-17 20:14:32 Post No.55128316 [Report]

>>55128308
then you need a windows install dvd

Anonymous 2016-06-17 20:15:15 Post No.55128329
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Anonymous 2016-06-17 20:15:15 Post No.55128329 [Report]

>>55128316
I thought all laptops come with a registry key or something?

Anyways thanks for the help and clarifying what I need to do. Cheers.

Anonymous 2016-06-17 20:16:28 Post No.55128348
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Anonymous 2016-06-17 20:16:28 Post No.55128348 [Report]

>>55128329
they usually come with a recovery partition for factory resets. you can try booting from that and see if it has an installer on there.

Anonymous 2016-06-17 20:18:13 Post No.55128371
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>>55128348
Alright thanks

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I'm aware that Imgur.com will stop allowing adult images since 15th of May. I'm taking actions to backup as much data as possible.
Read more on this topic here - https://archived.moe/talk/thread/1694/