New SSD in my laptop turned it into a new computer!

[Majorrich]

I tried to put a new SSD in my Laptop and found out that Win 10 is a different critter under the skin than XP was. So I farmed it out to the Best Buy guys. Alas, all of my data is on the old drive and I have to figure out how to move it over to the new one. I do have Firefox back and some stuff, but don't know if I can just copy the User file over like we used to in the old NT days.
Anyway. sure I went from 1TB down to 500G, but now things happen almost before I hit the enter key! I guess I don't need a new laptop after all, so long as I can move my contacts and music and especially all my pics over.
Do I ever need to worry about fragmentation on a solid state drive?

 

[dangerousdon]

I never thought about that...i think we have some guys around here in the biz...I'll wait for them to answer.

 

[GearNoir]

With 500 GB to work with, unless you’re doing regular, high volume file things, you should be OK for quite a while in regards to defragging.

You may need to just shut down occasionally to clear the RAM and give the hardware a breather.

 

[Majorrich]

Thanks Chris! Is it entirely terribly hazardous to overwrite my user file with my old user file?

 

[GearNoir]

Usually no, but you did make a pretty big OS jump so some things may not compute. Definitely ask a certified techie!

 

[Majorrich]

Actually it was Win10 before I had the drive put in. Just after they installed it, I had to reinstall all kind of stuff.