Need some advice on doing a clean OS install on a new SSD

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Hey guys,

This is probably an easy thing for most of you, but I haven't worked much with PC storage devices before, outside of the initial installation when building my gaming PC so I could use a little help.

I bought a new SSD on which I want to do a fresh install of Windows 8. Seems simple enough, but what if I want to move my old spinning hard drive to a secondary slot just as a data storage device? What is the best way to do this? Do I need to remove Windows from the old drive first? My plan is to uninstall all programs from the old drive before I do anything and go from there.

Thanks so much for any tips!
 
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Yep - move any files from the hard drive over to another storage platform then install Windows with only the SSD connected, once it's finished installing you can power off your computer, plug your HDD into one of the other SATA ports on your motherboard and boot up windows (if it doesn't launch, check your BIOS settings to see the boot priority or manually boot to your SSD's SATA port number). Once windows loads, click the windows key and go to disk management. From within disk management, locate the hard drive you just added and delete the partition. Once it's been deleted, right-click on the unallocated space and select New Simple Volume. Follow the prompts (pick your drive letter, name it (probably want to leave all the other prompts...
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Yep - move any files from the hard drive over to another storage platform then install Windows with only the SSD connected, once it's finished installing you can power off your computer, plug your HDD into one of the other SATA ports on your motherboard and boot up windows (if it doesn't launch, check your BIOS settings to see the boot priority or manually boot to your SSD's SATA port number). Once windows loads, click the windows key and go to disk management. From within disk management, locate the hard drive you just added and delete the partition. Once it's been deleted, right-click on the unallocated space and select New Simple Volume. Follow the prompts (pick your drive letter, name it (probably want to leave all the other prompts with the pre-selected options) and keep clicking next until you see finished.
 
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