I'm running Windows 11 on a pretty solid setup with an AMD Ryzen 7 3700x, 32 GB of RAM, and a 2060 graphics card. Lately, my computer has been painfully slow, especially waking up from sleep—it takes around 5 minutes for anything to open. Task Manager shows my C drive (an HDD) running at 100%, and I'm wondering if that means it's failed. I have two SSDs available: a Samsung EVO 250GB and another NVMe drive that I don't know much about. I'm hoping to use the NVMe for my OS and transfer everything over quickly. Will I need to reinstall Windows for this? I plan to replace the HDD soon, but I need a working solution today. Any insights would be appreciated!
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Yeah, a great option would be to use Macrium Reflect to clone your HDD to the SSD. Just a heads up, since you'll be cloning, make sure there's nothing important on your SSD because it'll get wiped. To make your PC boot from the new SSD after cloning, you'll need to adjust your BIOS settings to prioritize the SSD over other drives. It sounds a bit complicated, but it's pretty straightforward once you dig into it!
That HDD is probably slowing you down more than you think. If the PC is just crawling and you’re facing that 100% disk usage, it’s likely worth getting that SSD up and running instead of trying to salvage the old drive. Best of luck!
Before making any changes, remember to back up your data! BIOS tweaks and disk configurations can lead to data loss if something goes wrong. Always good practice to play it safe!
If you want to get back up and running quickly, maybe just focus on getting that NVMe set as the primary drive and install Windows there. It's less hassle than cloning, and you'll notice a huge difference in speed right away!
Honestly, the HDDs are slow compared to SSDs, especially when Windows runs background tasks after waking up. Switching the OS to the NVMe SSD is definitely the way to go for better performance. Though, I'd suggest installing Windows fresh on the F drive instead of copying everything over. It might save you some issues in the long run, since fresh installs often run smoother!
So just to clarify, cloning will copy everything from C to F, right? And I can set it to boot from F after? How do I do that?