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rakinb

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So I have two questions
1. If I were to add another hard drive to my computer (like a SSD) how would I transfer my OS to my new hard drive.

2. What are the key features I should be looking for when I'm comparing two different SSDs and can you give me any recommendations (preferably under $150)

Thanks in advance.
 
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SuperSoph_WD
Hey there, rakinb!

To answer your questions briefly:

1. Adding an SSD and making it your OS drive can happen either by a clean install or cloning of your old OS drive.
The preferred and recommended solution is a fresh install of the OS because you don't clone/migrate all your dump, temp, junk and redundant files that are flooding your system on your old OS installation.
I'd also suggest to reinstall your OS, but if you however insist on cloning/migrating, here are a couple of links that might help you:
Moving from a hard drive to an SSD: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2098426/move-from-a-hard-drive-to-an-ssd.html
Migrating your PC to an SSD without reinstalling Windows...
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Hey there, rakinb!

To answer your questions briefly:

1. Adding an SSD and making it your OS drive can happen either by a clean install or cloning of your old OS drive.
The preferred and recommended solution is a fresh install of the OS because you don't clone/migrate all your dump, temp, junk and redundant files that are flooding your system on your old OS installation.
I'd also suggest to reinstall your OS, but if you however insist on cloning/migrating, here are a couple of links that might help you:
Moving from a hard drive to an SSD: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2098426/move-from-a-hard-drive-to-an-ssd.html
Migrating your PC to an SSD without reinstalling Windows: http://lifehacker.com/5837543/how-to-migrate-to-a-solid-state-drive-without-reinstalling-windows
You can use this cloning software as well: http://www.acronis.com/en-eu/

2. For your second question, I'd advice to search the community and Google some more and see users' opinions and experience with SSDs. I'd also check out this benchmark article: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-recommendation-benchmark,3269.html

Hope this helped. :)
SuperSoph_WD
 
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