Windows 10: Addition of Storage Space in Windows 10 Computer With Solid State Drive

I previously posted on this matter, but that thread was locked: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/can-i-add-storage-memory-to-my-windows-10-pc/712a652b-12aa-488c-865c-693a065f016bI have now finally taken my computer to a repair shop and the technician there is planning to install a new solid state drive for storage, apparently eliminating the prior HDD drive.He said he will clone my HDD drive in order to do this, so that I won't lose any data.I'm writing to ask if this plan is sound.Previous answers to my question about adding storage space to a Windows 10 compute

:)

 

can't manage my storage spaces

Hi,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community. I will surely help you.

Storage Spaces lets you group drives together in a storage pool. Then you can use pool capacity to create storage spaces. All you need is one or more extra drives in addition to the drive on which Windows is installed. These drives can be internal or external
hard drives, or solid state drives. You can use a variety of types of drives with Storage Spaces, including USB, SATA, and SAS drives.

To understand the issue better, I would need more information from your end.

• What happens when you try to access manage storage spaces?
• Do you get any error messages? If yes, what is the complete error message?
• Do you have extra drives in addition to the drive on which Windows is installed?
  

Reply with required details which will help us to analyze and assist you in a better way.

 

How to remove a bad drive in Windows 10 storage spaces pool

Could someone list the steps involved in replacing a bad drive from a Windows 10 storage spaces pool? I cannot find any info on the Microsoft support site that is specific to Windows 10. Also, could you list the steps to remove a 'good' drive and replace
it with another drive if the process is different?

 

Moving windows from a hard drive to a solid state drive

i have windows 10 installed on my 1tb western digital blue hdd right now it. My computer came with windows 10 pre installed and id like to move it from the hard drive it originally came on to a solid state drive i bought recently but from what ive gathered
on apparently for some reason there is no way to just transfer all windows files from my hard drive to my solid state so that i am able to boot windows from my solid state. so from what ive gathered the best way to do this would be to reinstall windows and
choose my solid state as the download location. but i do not have a windows disk as my computer came with windows pre installed so i believe id have to use the windows media creation tool and either burn it to a disk or create a usb. but i do not have a product
key to activate windows after doing so because my windows is from the OEM so im wondering if i will have to activate my windows or will it automatically recognize that my computer has an OEM key attached to it. there is no sticker or card that came with the
computer so i assume the key is attached to my hardware someway or another. so if i use the media creation tool to create a usb for a clean windows 10 install to my solid state will i have to activate windows or will it be automatic and can i keep all my other
files on my hard drive with no problems? this is a very confusing just to get windows from one drive to another, i just want to be able to boot from my solid state, will i have to redownload programs if the are already on my hard drive? i plan to keep the
hard drive for storage and just put a few things including my OS onto the solid state, for reference my hard drive is a 1tb WD blue and my solid state is a crucial mx500 500gb my computer is an hp omen 870-224