Windows 10: Migrating 1TB HDD to a 250GB SSD

I've got a 2TB C drive that I'm running at the moment. The thing takes ages to load up. I've also had a 250GB SSD sitting on my shelf for a while.

The issue is that there is no boot partition on the old the HDD so the OS is just lumped in there with everything else. Currently, I'm using up about 0.98 of a TB on the HDD.

I don't want to lose my data but I only want to run the OS on the new SSD. I also don't want to spring for a 1TB SSD if I don't have to. Too pricy if I can avoid it by just moving some files around.



All of this leaves me without the option for a full clone. But, is there a way to get my OS on the new drive and keep my extra data on the old drive without totally messing up my PC? Any advice would be very helpful. Thanks.

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Device SCSI\Disk&Ven_ST4000DM&Prod_000-1F2168\4&1f5e0e69&0&040000 was not migrated due to partial or ambiguous match.

Last Device Instance Id: SCSI\Disk&Ven_Msft&Prod_Virtual_Disk\2&1f4adffe&0&000001

Class Guid: {4D36E967-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

Location Path:

Migration Rank: 0xF000FC000000F120

Present: false

Status: 0xC0000719

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