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Which programs and data should I keep when I install smaller SSD?
My desktop computer has a bloated 500 GB boot drive and a 1 TB drive that I use for storage of large video files. I have ordered a 128GB SSD to decrease boot time and increase performance - especially for video editing.
I have read this article and that has offered great help. I suspect that I will need to keep the following directories:
- Windows - 27.6GB
- Program Files - 4.5GB
- Program Files (x86) - 11GB
- Program Data - 3.3GB
But what others are essential, like:
- System Volume Information
- Recycle Bin (25GB)
- pagefile.sys
- hiberfil.sys
The real quandary comes when I look at the Users directory, which is 254GB! I can take the music, photos and video from here but even the My Documents folder is 45GB.
I know that some of this is subjective, but performance-wise is there a disadvantage to moving all of my "Users" files and folders from my boot drive to my large storage drive?
I may purchase "Paragon Migrate OS to SSD 4.0" to help with the essentials, but most of what that appears to do is move the system files to the new SSD.
Can you give me some advice or direct me to a paper on what to move to the new SSD and what to move to my storage drive? Any help will be appreciated.