Need some help on reducing HDD size to installd SSD

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TankerHC

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TO the best of my knowledge based on the research I have done, I will need to get my HDD usage level down below my SSD size (Which is 80GB) plus an additional 20% prior to migration using Intels migration software. I am using a 1TB HDD, started out with nearly 400GB used and now have it down to 128GB used. I have uninstalled and deleted everything I can possibly think of, ran a duplicate file finder and deleted all duplicate files, backed up and deleted all photo's and videos, deleted all downloaded files and programs, basically anything and everything that could be removed was removed. But, as stated, still have 128GB used, which I assume would be the size attempted to migrate, which of course will not work.

Is it possible to do a clean OS install on the SSD, keep Win 7 on the HDD and use the HDD as my storage for my big files (This part is what I planned on doing anyway, but can I keep Win 7 on it with no side effects or errors)?

So what do I do now?
 
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tremmor said:
Proper way would be to do a clean install with windows on the new SSD drive. Programs you use often install on the SSD drive. The regular hd drive use as a slave drive and install other programs that are seldom used and would take up space. Use the slave drive for the pictures etc. And read the sticky above your post.
http://www.computerforum.com/192436-setup-manage-ssd.html
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Had already read the entire post. It would seem to be slightly outdated since Intel and other migration software seems to be the way most people go. I was trying to figure out how to save my current configuration without having to do a clean install and reloading everything. But, clean install looks to be the way I am going to have to go.
 
That will be the way to do it. Get er done one time and right. Another note.
Do not defrag your ssd drive. Does not need it.
 
Your best bet to get the best performance is to do a fresh install on the SSD. Make sure you setup AHCI on the SATA controller before installing Windows.
 
TankerHC said:
This is something I did not do. However, everything seems to be running fine. What are the issues from not doing this?
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You'll be running on ATA-performance speeds and not lightning fast SSD speeds.
 
voyagerfan99 said:
You'll be running on ATA-performance speeds and not lightning fast SSD speeds.
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I was able to swap it over to AHCI in the registry, make the changed in the bios, boot, install new hardware, reboot and its fine. Only thing is my boot time prior to swapping to AHCI was 27 seconds after 5 tests (Average) and after it was 29. So where are the blazing speeds?
 
Because it wasn't a fresh install on the controller. If you do a fresh install i bet it will be better.
 
voyagerfan99 said:
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PHP:

Well considering a clean install is pretty easy, Ill probably do one Monday. But before I do, will I actually see Boot times fast than 26 or 27 seconds? If its that much faster, Im going to do it. And clicking on an app brings it up in less than a second, even my download times have sped up, I assume thats because the downlad no longer has to be written to a HDD.
 
TankerHC said:
PHP:

Well considering a clean install is pretty easy, Ill probably do one Monday. But before I do, will I actually see Boot times fast than 26 or 27 seconds? If its that much faster, Im going to do it. And clicking on an app brings it up in less than a second, even my download times have sped up, I assume thats because the downlad no longer has to be written to a HDD.
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Just follow our SSD setup guide and everything should be nice and quick.
 
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