I just built a PC (frankensteined from of two other PCs and some scraps). I was having an issue with the SSD I was trying to use as my local drive, so I ended up having to us an HDD. It’s not terrible, but definitely noticable. I’ve done a fair bit of setup, and I don’t really want to have to do it all again on a new SSD. Is there a way to sort of just drop Windows as is onto another drive? It’s mostly just programs and settings, but I have a 2nd drive with some Steam games on them, while Steam is installed on the local drive. I don’t mind if I have to redownload games, but I really don’t want to have to do it all over again if I can avoid it. Thanks.
As far as Steam goes you can just tell it where you’re games folder is, after you reinstall it, and it’ll just find all the files (no re-downloading needed).
You can attempt to clone the drive to the other drive using macrium reflect or a similar program. Theoretically it works perfectly fine, just creates a direct copy, but I’ve never had the most success with it.
Also, as far as getting new installations setup quickly, take a look at a package manager like Ninite as it makes getting all of your basic stuff installed 10x easier and less annoying.