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Seeking advice regarding unusual reinstallation method
I would like perform a clean install but have no where to back up to. I have devised an alternate plan that involves installing Windows on a fresh ~20GB partition and migrating the contents of a ~120GB data (and currently main OS, i.e. drive C:) partition over to the 20GB one. I have never attempted such an unconventional method of reinstalling, therefore I seek advice from the community as to whether it is worth doing and if there are any nasty issues I might encounter.
Here is an outline of my plan
- On a 140GB hard drive, partitions are as follows:
- 140GB partition C: with 20GB of free space.
- 8GB restore partition which for all intents and purposes can be ignored from this point on.
- 140GB C: is shrunk to 120GB and a new partition F: is created from the 20GB of newly allocated space. The hard drive would then have two partitions, a 120GB C: and a 20GB F:.
- Install Windows on the 20GB F:, leave 120GB C: untouched.
- Start migrating everything from 120GB C: to the 20GB F:
I surmise it would be very tedious to migrate 5GB (Windows would only occupy 15GB on the 20GB F: ) at a time between the drives and continually adjust the partition sizes so that they total to 140GB (i.e. once the first 5GB is migrated, C: could be shrunk to 115GB and F: expanded to 25GB. Repeat as needed until F: contains all the data that was originally on C:, then finally remove the old C: and rename F: to C: .)
Opinions?