Hello readers,
I built this pc for gaming about 6 months ago now (my first build) and have found it to be very rewarding and i am becoming quite a fanatic. Current specs;
CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor
Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Killer ATX AM3+ Motherboard
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
Storage (HDD): Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card
PSU: Cooler Master V650 semi modular
OS: Windows 8.1 Pro
With some money now saved up (I am a university student with limited income), I have purchased some things to improve my build. these include another pair of RAM modules, CPU cooler, a 120 GB Samsung SSD and windows 8.1 OEM (genuine). I have made this purchase in order to go from using a pirated copy of windows 8.1 pro (which cant update) to a genuine one and furthermore, have the SSD as the boot drive for this new copy of windows. I have searched thoroughly around the web to find someone who has had a similar challenge but I have had no luck. There are many tutorials for creating a boot SSD with a HDD as a storage drive (I intend to use current HDD as a storage device) but my unique issue of changing my OS while changing my storage setup and boot drive is extremely confusing for me.
My current thought is that i could move the contents of my HDD (~300GB) to an external drive and reformat it to a default state, put in SSD and load genuine windows to it, replacing files to HDD later. However I assume the files on the HDD are already tied to the processes and OS (note my lack of knowledge in the area) and would not function as intended. Other than this brief idea, I am lost as to the order or the process by which I can do this. Any help would be hugely appreciated as I want to get this thing running right!
Thanks for reading - Ethan
I built this pc for gaming about 6 months ago now (my first build) and have found it to be very rewarding and i am becoming quite a fanatic. Current specs;
CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor
Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Killer ATX AM3+ Motherboard
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
Storage (HDD): Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card
PSU: Cooler Master V650 semi modular
OS: Windows 8.1 Pro
With some money now saved up (I am a university student with limited income), I have purchased some things to improve my build. these include another pair of RAM modules, CPU cooler, a 120 GB Samsung SSD and windows 8.1 OEM (genuine). I have made this purchase in order to go from using a pirated copy of windows 8.1 pro (which cant update) to a genuine one and furthermore, have the SSD as the boot drive for this new copy of windows. I have searched thoroughly around the web to find someone who has had a similar challenge but I have had no luck. There are many tutorials for creating a boot SSD with a HDD as a storage drive (I intend to use current HDD as a storage device) but my unique issue of changing my OS while changing my storage setup and boot drive is extremely confusing for me.
My current thought is that i could move the contents of my HDD (~300GB) to an external drive and reformat it to a default state, put in SSD and load genuine windows to it, replacing files to HDD later. However I assume the files on the HDD are already tied to the processes and OS (note my lack of knowledge in the area) and would not function as intended. Other than this brief idea, I am lost as to the order or the process by which I can do this. Any help would be hugely appreciated as I want to get this thing running right!
Thanks for reading - Ethan
) on the old drive and your done pretty much.
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