New SSD and OS - migrate data

[dashender7 78]

I just bought a Samsung 840 Evo 250GB and a new Windows 7 64 bit OS to upgrade from my very old 500GB HDD and Win7 32 bit.

 

My GPU and CPU and other components are all pretty decent I think Sapphire 7950HD with boost and i5 4440.  I read a post Rocket made about how an SDD is the best way to improve performance / FPS in towns - I'm going so low on FPS even on low pop servers that I CTD in towns and I feel the aging HDD that might not even be 7200 is to blame.

 

I don't use my computer for much besides playing a few games - everything else is on my macbook, so I don't need much room for data and files.

 

I'm thinking everything can easily fit on the 250GB SDD.  

 

Question is, what's the best way / order / method to install the new OS and then everything from the old HDD to the new SDD? What should I make sure to do, what should I avoid, etc.?

 

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[terminal_boy 860]

Macrium Refect.

Takes an image of old new and copies to new.

Disconnect old drive and boot from new drive. Job done.

Did this 6 months ago from 1TB Samsung Spinpoint to 960GB Crucial M500. Took less than an hour.

Thank me later.