- Jun 22, 2014
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After getting everything up and running with my PC, I was going to install the OS onto my SSD so it can act as the primary boot drive, even though my HDD has the OS on it. However, I don't know how to go about it.
So far what I done is remove my HDD from the PC, leaving the SSD plugged in. I assumed that when I set the BIOS to boot from the CD Drive first, I would be prompted by the Boot Disc during installation to select what drive to put the OS on, the SSD. Once that would be done, it would be a matter of setting the Boot priority in BIOS to where the SSD would be #1 and the HDD for #2.
Something didn't feel right and I got cold feet and aborted the whole installation before entering the product key. Was I right to stop? Or would that have been fine?
List of relevant parts:
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)
So far what I done is remove my HDD from the PC, leaving the SSD plugged in. I assumed that when I set the BIOS to boot from the CD Drive first, I would be prompted by the Boot Disc during installation to select what drive to put the OS on, the SSD. Once that would be done, it would be a matter of setting the Boot priority in BIOS to where the SSD would be #1 and the HDD for #2.
Something didn't feel right and I got cold feet and aborted the whole installation before entering the product key. Was I right to stop? Or would that have been fine?
List of relevant parts:
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)
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