Windows 10: Booting Up on New SSD Instead of Old Hard Drive

Discus and support Booting Up on New SSD Instead of Old Hard Drive in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; Hi,I've installed a new Samsung SSD into my laptop. The hard-drive that came with the laptop is still in the computer AND it's still acting as the boot... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by cbabrun, Jan 21, 2023.

  1. CBABRUN
    cbabrun Win User

    Booting Up on New SSD Instead of Old Hard Drive


    Hi,I've installed a new Samsung SSD into my laptop. The hard-drive that came with the laptop is still in the computer AND it's still acting as the boot and operating drive whenever I use the laptop.I've cloned my Windows10 and everything else on my hard-drive over to the SSD. Now I want to make the SSD my boot/operating drive, ideally, while leaving the hard drive in the laptop for extra storage, but NOT as the drive housing Windows 10. It's not clear to me how I can now make my SSD the boot/operating drive while leaving the old hard-drive in the computer for extra storage space, but removi

    :)
     
    cbabrun, Jan 21, 2023
    #1
Thema:

Booting Up on New SSD Instead of Old Hard Drive

Loading...

  1. Booting Up on New SSD Instead of Old Hard Drive - Similar Threads - Booting SSD Instead

  2. Booting Up on New SSD Instead of Old Hard Drive

    in Windows 10 Software and Apps
    Booting Up on New SSD Instead of Old Hard Drive: Hi,I've installed a new Samsung SSD into my laptop. The hard-drive that came with the laptop is still in the computer AND it's still acting as the boot and operating drive whenever I use the laptop.I've cloned my Windows10 and everything else on my hard-drive over to the SSD....

  3. Booting Up on New SSD Instead of Old Hard Drive

    in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade
    Booting Up on New SSD Instead of Old Hard Drive: Hi,I've installed a new Samsung SSD into my laptop. The hard-drive that came with the laptop is still in the computer AND it's still acting as the boot and operating drive whenever I use the laptop.I've cloned my Windows10 and everything else on my hard-drive over to the SSD....

  4. .Getting new SSD drive to boot up

    in Windows 10 Gaming
    .Getting new SSD drive to boot up: I am running windows 11 Home insider preview. I have a 128 gb ssd that is getting very full. I purchased a new 512 gb ssd and cloned the C: drive using AOMEI partition Magic.. I appears to have cloned the drive correctly. I have all the same files on my new ssd drive. The old...

  5. .Getting new SSD drive to boot up

    in Windows 10 Software and Apps
    .Getting new SSD drive to boot up: I am running windows 11 Home insider preview. I have a 128 gb ssd that is getting very full. I purchased a new 512 gb ssd and cloned the C: drive using AOMEI partition Magic.. I appears to have cloned the drive correctly. I have all the same files on my new ssd drive. The old...

  6. Windows installed on hard-drive instead of SSD

    in Windows 10 Software and Apps
    Windows installed on hard-drive instead of SSD: HiI have an HP-Envy 360. It has both an SSD drive and a normal hard drive. Originally the SSD was allocated to be the C: drive and the hard drive D:. Windows was installed and booted of the SSD C: drive.I reinstalled Windows and this situation seems to have swapped over, i.e....

  7. Windows installed on hard-drive instead of SSD

    in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade
    Windows installed on hard-drive instead of SSD: HiI have an HP-Envy 360. It has both an SSD drive and a normal hard drive. Originally the SSD was allocated to be the C: drive and the hard drive D:. Windows was installed and booted of the SSD C: drive.I reinstalled Windows and this situation seems to have swapped over, i.e....

  8. Windows installed on hard-drive instead of SSD

    in Windows 10 Gaming
    Windows installed on hard-drive instead of SSD: HiI have an HP-Envy 360. It has both an SSD drive and a normal hard drive. Originally the SSD was allocated to be the C: drive and the hard drive D:. Windows was installed and booted of the SSD C: drive.I reinstalled Windows and this situation seems to have swapped over, i.e....

  9. How to install applications on the hard drive instead of the SSD drive?

    in Windows 10 Network and Sharing
    How to install applications on the hard drive instead of the SSD drive?: I actually have the answer to this. It doesn't have to be that hard. All of the stuff that the advisor told people to do is ridiculous. There are two methods.1 Go to Settings/System/Storage/Change where new content is saved. Here you can choose what types of files saved to...

  10. Download games on Hard Drive instead of SSD

    in Windows 10 Gaming
    Download games on Hard Drive instead of SSD: Hello, i currently got a new gaming PC and it came with a 256 GB SSD along with a hard drive. However, i have already used all the available space on the SSD, and would now like to download games and store it in the Hard Drive. I have already went to the settings and put...