Merge SSD and HDD

daveatingcab · Apr 7, 2014

Hi guys,

I was wondering if it is possible to combine the C: drive, which is the SSD, and the D: drive, which is the HDD, so that they appear as one.

Thannks!

neieus · Apr 7, 2014

No you can't do that.

USAFRet · Apr 7, 2014

Why?

But generally, that's a seriously bad idea. You can have alternate locations for just about everything. Downloads, docs, music, etc.
Applications can be installed on any drive.

Win 7 & 8: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1834397/ssd-redirecting-static-files.html
Win 8.1: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2024314/windows-redirecting-folders-drives.html

rgd1101 · Apr 7, 2014

possible yes, make sense - noooooooo. you end up with worst of both world.

menetlaus · Apr 7, 2014

Can you do it - yes (a JBOD array - just a bunch of disks array).

SHOULD you do it (with an SSD and HDD) - NO!!!

While you could combine them to show as one drive, due to some parts of larger files being on the HDD the transfer rates and latency of the "combined" drive will be close to that of a HDD. So why spend 10x as much (per GB of space) on a fast SSD only to pair it with a slow HDD and lose all the speed benefits?

If you have a small (16/32GB ssd) you might want to look into setting it up as a cache drive. This way windows saves often used files to the fast SSD to make things load faster.

daveatingcab · Apr 7, 2014

ok guys, thanks for your answers; the general advice seems to be not to do it lol, so i'll just keep them seperate. Thanks again!

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