Just Installed SSD what do I do with old HDD

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Kevluv

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Hi I just installed an SSD.

I didn't know what I had to do with my HDD so I pulled all my relevant data off of my HDD and transferred it to my SSD. However my SSD is very small (only 128GB) so I can't install much on there.

I was wondering if there was any way to make it so that I can store documents and videos and such large files on my HDD while having access to it from my SSD.

What I mean by that is: if I were to save a word document to my HDD, how would I be able to access it from my SSD without having to go to my HDD each time. I don't know if I'm making much sense.. Um... If it were to save to my HDD (the data) but if I could somehow go to the My Documents folder of my SSD and it would be saved their but the actual data would be on my HDD.

If this was confusing I apologize. I'm new to this kind of SSD technology or even having multiple hard drives for that matter.

If you could help that would much appreciated.

Thank you!
 
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If the actual data is on your HDD, you wont see any relevant speed differences in moving a shortcut of that Word document over to your SSD, if that is what you are saying. You need to save the entire document to the SSD if you want the benefits of it, the document can't be on the HDD and still have the benefits of the SSD.

EDIT: I think I understand it a bit better now. You want to store the large files on your HDD while having access from your SSD. What I don't understand is why. You could right click on the document and click on Make a Shortcut or something sounding similar and move that shortcut over to your ssd, but I am confused on why you need the document on both the HDD and the SSD.
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If the actual data is on your HDD, you wont see any relevant speed differences in moving a shortcut of that Word document over to your SSD, if that is what you are saying. You need to save the entire document to the SSD if you want the benefits of it, the document can't be on the HDD and still have the benefits of the SSD.

EDIT: I think I understand it a bit better now. You want to store the large files on your HDD while having access from your SSD. What I don't understand is why. You could right click on the document and click on Make a Shortcut or something sounding similar and move that shortcut over to your ssd, but I am confused on why you need the document on both the HDD and the SSD.
 
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If both drives are installed in your case and you have Windows 7 or later this will be easy. If not make sure you put it back in and make sure Windows has been wiped from your drive (or you might boot to the HDD instead of the SDD) If it isn't wiped just make sure it's in your case and change the bot order in your BIOS to the SDD and then use Windows to format it clean.

Now, if you have Windows 7 or 8 all you need to do is create a folder on the HDD and add it to your library for documents, video, etc. To do so is pretty easy, just open Explorer and right-click the proper library on the left hand side and choose "Properties." Now "Include a folder..." and when you've added the new folder on the other drive make sure to select it in the list and click "Set save location" to make it the folder all newly saved files for that library go to the folder on your HDD.

Alternatively (or if you have Vista and older) you could mount the HDD as a folder on the SSD and just save things to that folder. To do this, open the start menu and right click "Computer" and choose "Manage." In here, choose "Disk Management" on the left hand side. If the drive is already formatted just change the mount point by right clicking the drive and choosing "Change Drive letters and paths" and just tell it you want to "Mount in the following empty NTFS folder" which is the folder you want to use as the other HDD. If its not already formatted, create a "New simple volume" and choose the option above to mount it as a folder.
 
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