ok i had copied all the files from the c-drive of my old dying pc to a new pc however I did not do a clone so I just have the files (all files including hidden ones) in my new c-drive. Ofcourse since ...

Okay, I was completely confused about your setup. You kept mentioning SSDs and HDDs and never mentioned a 250GB SSD specifically, and weren't clear about what drives did what. I thought it was just ...

You mightn't think it, but the Windows 11 Recovery Environment is genuinely powerful.

Despite virtualization becoming more relevant and multiple drives (including external) installed on your PC, there are still good reasons to use multiple partitions on Windows PCs. Regarding Windows, ...