Old HDD with new SSD

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yrral16

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So i just bought a new ASUS Sabertooth 990fx R2.0 and installed it but it wouldnt work becuase it was trying to load off of my old MSI drivers. So i bought a PNY XLR8 120gb SSD and did a fresh install of Windows 7 and all of my important programs like chrome and steam, and Itunes. But now i cant figure out how to really use my 1TB WD HDD and get my songs and games off of it and use it as mass storage.
 
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For help with the iTunes library you should look at this from Apple - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1364
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12365
Depending on how many files you have in that library you may want to consider changing the default location on the SSD and point iTunes to the library on the HDD. You want to keep at least 10% of the drive space free on the SSD for optimum performance.
As far as the Steam games go you will need to find out where the save files are located. You could try copying the save files from the HDD to the proper location on the SSD. I suggest that you use copy and paste instead of cut and paste just in case something goes wrong during the copy process. After you have tested the Steam games and know...
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yrral16

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it shows that it is there and it is my drive F but i cant get my itunes music to come up under itunes and all of my steam games dont have their save files
 
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For help with the iTunes library you should look at this from Apple - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1364
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12365
Depending on how many files you have in that library you may want to consider changing the default location on the SSD and point iTunes to the library on the HDD. You want to keep at least 10% of the drive space free on the SSD for optimum performance.
As far as the Steam games go you will need to find out where the save files are located. You could try copying the save files from the HDD to the proper location on the SSD. I suggest that you use copy and paste instead of cut and paste just in case something goes wrong during the copy process. After you have tested the Steam games and know they work with the save files then you can delete them from the HDD.
 
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