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2 Effective Ways to Move Programs from HDD to SSD
To make some installed applications run faster, you may need to move programs from HDD to SSD. In this post, you will find out 2 effective ways to migrate programs.
By Tina / Updated on May 12, 2023
How can I move programs from HDD to SSD?
"I recently upgraded my SSD to a larger size (120 GB to 240 GB) and I am in the process of cloning the boot drive. I also want to move my programs (minus my games) from my HDD to my new SSD. I know that I can't just clone them over but I was wondering if there is an easy way to uninstall and then reinstall the programs onto my SSD or something like that?
- Question from forums.tomshardware.com
Why need to move programs from HDD to SSD?
Based on different requirements, Windows users may install various programs on their computers. But after using the computer for a long time, many users will want to move programs from HDD to SSD.
On the one hand, there may be too many programs installed in the hard disk of the computer, so the users need to move installed programs to another larger drive on Windows 10; on the other hand, to make some installed applications run faster, they prefer to move the installed programs to SSD.
The benefits of SSD are as following:
✦ Faster reading and writing speed. Users can load programs in the shortest time.
✦ Lower operating temperature. Unlike HDD’s spinning hard disk to find data, SSD uses flash memory to access data, so the hard drive can keep relatively cool.
✦ Longer lifespan. Since there’re no tiny moving parts like fragile rotating disks on HDD, SSD can effectively save itself from vibration and shock, which prolongs the service life of SSD to a certain extent.
✦ Prices are getting lower. With the continuous development of technology, the price of SSD is no longer as high as before.
How to move programs from HDD to SSD
How to move programs from HDD to SSD on Windows 10? Simply dragging and dropping is an unreasonable operation, because programs migrated in this way will not run successfully. Thus, you can try the following 2 methods to effectively move programs from HDD to SSD.
│Method 1. Migrate installed programs with Settings
In PC settings, you can transfer some programs installed by the Windows Store from HDD to SSD. Please read the following steps carefully:
Step 1. Click "Start" and click "settings" in order. Then click "Apps", all the installed programs will be displayed in the "Apps & features" option.
Step 2. Select the programs you want to move and click "Move", choose the new SSD as the destination drive (here we take D drive as an example), then click "Move".
Warning: If the target programs are not downloaded from the Microsoft Store, the apps and features move will greyed out.
│Method 2. Migrate programs with a powerful app mover
In order to move programs from HDD to SSD without any limitation, we recommend you AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional - a great app mover.
No matter which platform you download the programs, you can move them from HDD to SSD. Don’t worry about difficult operations, for it provides you with user-friendly guidance to migrate programs easily. Besides, you can also restore the moved programs to their original location.
What's more, this powerful software also prepares some practical functions for you, such as clone HDD to SSD, SSD secure erase, alignment partition, etc.
Please download the demo version to see how to transfer programs from HDD to SSD.
Step 1. Open the Demo of AOMEI Professional, then click "Free up" and "App Mover" in order.
Step 2. You can move apps or folders with it, here we select "App Mover".
Step 3. Select the drive where the programs installed, then click "Next".
Step 4. Choose the programs you decide to move and select the destination drive on the SSD, then click "Move".
Step 5. Click "OK" to move these programs from HDD to SSD.
Follow up: Migrate Windows OS from HDD to SSD
Apart from moving various programs, AOMEI Partition Assistant can also migrate Windows OS to a new SSD to speed up your PC. The following are detailed steps.
Tip: You should connect the new SSD with your PC at first.
Step 1. In the main interface, click "Clone" and "Migrate OS".
Step 2. Select new SSD and tick the "I want to delete all partitions on this disk 2 to migrate system to the disk", then click "Next".
Step 3. In the popped window, you need to resize partition by dragging the small circle leftward or rightward.
Step 4. Read the Note about booting OS on another the SSD.
Step 5. Click "Apply" to move your Windows system to the target SSD.
Note: To run Windows from the SSD, you should set SSD as the boot drive.
Conclusion
How to move programs from HDD to SSD? In this tutorial, we shared 2 ways to do it, including Windows Setup and AOMEI Partition Assistant. We also talked about migrating OS to SSD.
Additionally, if you want to move programs from HDD to SSD in Windows Server, you must not miss the Server Version.
