Windows 10: My question is can I create a partition from my C drive and migrate my OS to it so I can...

I accidentally changed my C drive to dynamic disk. My laptop is newly formatted so I won't have problems deleting the volume of C drive to partition it.

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Migrating Window 10 OS to a partition drive.

Hello there, I was wondering if it's possible to migrate the OS from C drive to D drive without the need to reformat the computer?

If can't, is it possible to only move other files and program to other partition but leaving only the OS in the C drive?

 

W7 Hard drive partition issue

to get rid of that 100 meg windows partition that setup creates for you on a new install on a blank hdd:

- press shift+f10 when on the partition management screen in setup <-- this opens a command prompt
- diskpart <-- start the windows command line partition management tool
- list disk <--- list the installed hdds in this computer for the next step
- select disk 0 <- might have to replace 0 with the number of the correct disk
- clean <-- this will erase all data on the disk you selected one step up- dont use the wrong disk!
- create partition primary <- creates a primary partition taking up all space on the drive, adjust the command if necessary
- exit, exit to exit diskpart and the command prompt
- click refresh in partition manager and select your newly created partition and install to that

 

Migrating a partitioned hard drive to an SSD and another hard drive

My OS is Windows 10.



I have a 2 TB hard drive, formatted as NTFS, that is partitioned as follows:

- System Reserved @ 100 MB (59% free)

- Local C: @ 886 GB (bootable) (59% free)

- Recovery Partition @ 518 MB (100% free)

- Local F: @ 977 GB (56% free)



The end goal is to migrate the partitions to their own independent drives as follows:



This group of partitions will be migrated to a 1TB SSD. (m.2 is not an option)

- System Reserved @ 100 MB

- Local C: @ 886 GB (bootable)

- Recovery Partition @ 518 MB



This partition will be migrated to a new 2TB hard drive.

- Local F: @ 977 GB



Question:



What are the best practices and software utilities to successfully achieve the end goal migrations described above?



My thoughts are:

1. Clone the old 2TB partitioned hard drive before any migration in the event a recovery is needed.

2. Install and format the new 2 TB hard drive for NTFS, creating a new G: volume.

3. Copy the files on the F: volume to the new G: volume.

4. Verify the files on G: are accessible.

5. Unallocate the space for the F: volume.

6. Rename the G: volume to the F: volume.

7. Verify the files on the new F: volume are accessible.

8. Reboot and verify everything is operating nominally.

9. Install the SSD.

10. Clone the old hard drive to the SSD.

11. Reboot and modify the boot sequence, moving the SSD before the old hard drive.

12. Verify the SSD and the new hard drive are operating nominally.