Installing old data drive in new computer

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theplanckster

My current laptop has two SSD drives (both SATA interface). The C: drive for operating system and programs and a D: drive for all my data.


In a few days, I'll be receiving my new HP laptop. It comes with an M2 SSD (512GB) and a 1TB HDD (SATA interface).

I plan on using the new M2 drive for operating system and programs.


I want to remove the new 1TB hard drive and replace it with the 2TB SSD (SATA) that contains all my data from my old laptop.


My concern is that I've moved my "documents" folder from C: to D:. If I power up my new laptop, I'm afraid Windows 10 will get confused by having the documents folder (and its subfolders) in two places.


Should I power up my new computer, with new drives in place, and move my documents folder to the new HDD and also set up my current D: drive folder structure on the new drive, minus the actual data.


Then power down the computer and replace the new HDD with my 2TB SSD?


Is this the simplest way to do this or is there a better method?


Thanks so much for your help and time!

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