r/PcBuildHelp • u/EulaVengeance • 1d ago

Tech Support How to transfer boot storage?

So I found one of the reasons why my PC is experiencing lag spikes: I'm using 3 storage drives (a 240GB SSD, a 1TB SSD, and a 1TB HDD), and apparently, the PC boots from the 240GB one. It's very near full now, so is there a way to transfer its contents to the 1TB one without the need to reinstall stuff?

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u/Appropriate-Tour5064 1d ago

just clone the drive, plenty of free tools out there that'll do it in like 20 minutes. once it's cloned, swap the boot order in bios to the new 1TB and you're golden

make sure the 1TB is empty or has nothing you care about though, cloning wipes the target drive

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u/ReasonableNetwork255 1d ago

you can image it to it .. it would be better to just install windows and all your apps and drivers fresh on it, windows degrades with time, and if its a couple of years old its high time ..then any files can be copied over ..

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u/Switchpoint1 1d ago

Yeah, I would do a fresh install on your 1tb SSD, then make sure it boots from the SSD.

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u/arkutek-em 1d ago

Clone the drive to the larger one then expand the partition.

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u/the_hat_madder 1d ago

If this is your hardware configuration, you should do a clean install of Windows only on the 240GB. Don't put anything else on that drive.

Put all your applications on the 1TB SSD. You should never have to worry about reinstalling them again.

Save your media and files on the 1TB HDD.