The original post: /r/buildapc by /u/frr_Vegeta on 2024-12-24 21:15:21.

The wife and I are gamers. I’m a system builder. She is not. I built her system back in 2020 and it’s still running strong. Only issue is her 500gb NVME SSD. At the time she only played LoL so I saved a bit on the SSD to put towards other components.

Well now she’s a diverse gamer, and has been hitting space issues for several months. I’ve gotten her a 1TB WD Black SN770 to replace her Crucial P1. If it were for me, I would just do a fresh install. But she has games on not just Steam, but also (glancing at her desktop) Ubisoft’s launcher, Epic’s Launcher, Palia and League which I believe are their own things as well. I am not confident that if I were to do a fresh install all of her settings, saves, and etc, would carry over. I also wouldn’t know where to hunt them all down (and neither would she) without taking a few days to ensure I found everything.

So with that being the case, I am thinking cloning the drive is the sanest solution. Am I wrong? Or is there some software out there that can protect these installs/settings/saves for a fresh Windows 10 install?

If I do clone, what software would be the best bet? I’m assuming I would pop in the new SSD in the second M.2 slot and treat it like a secondary drive, and then run cloning software to duplicate the Main (old) drive to the new one, and then simply place the new one in the primary M.2 slot afterward?

I don’t want to fuck her her Xmas gift.