“My desktop has a 1 TB hard drive that is about 800 gigs full. Can I just clone the OS and the apps leaving the data in my hdd?”
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While it is possible, it's not recommended. You will wind up filling your new SSD up with a bunch of unnecessary stuff. Your best bet for a desktop is to do a clean install of the OS on the SSD and use your 1TB HDD as your added storage space. Of course, apps will have to be reinstalled, but at least your data will still be intact.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Cloning is typically a direct copy of 1 drive to another. When you clone from a larger drive to a smaller drive, the first thing is that the larger drive must have less overall data on it than the capacity of the smaller drive to start. If you can move enough data off of the larger drive to get below the 500 GB's of this drive, then a clone is possible. Not all cloning software is the same, some will not clone from a larger drive to a smaller one, and as such, you will have to find the right one for this situation.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes, this is a very common use.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.If you are using the Samsung Data Migration software, good luck. If you are using third party software, yes.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Not exactly. Once you clone the software removes any data on the old hard drive. You will want to first get an external hard drive, download the data to the external (or cloud software like Google Drive), then clone the drive.
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