Adding SSD with already installed HDD.

SherbetAddict · Jul 31, 2015

If you only have a HDD for your stuff, how do you add a SSD for boot and programs.

I only want to move my OS and programs... How do I do that?

USAFRet · Jul 31, 2015

SherbetAddict :

1. How large is the new SSD?
2. How much total used space is on your current drive?

SherbetAddict · Jul 31, 2015

USAFRet :

I am actually doing a new build.
It's pretty low-end so no SSD. At least not for now.
I'll just get a v300 120GB as they are pretty cheap, later on.
I just want to know how to move the OS and programs to the SSD.

USAFRet · Jul 31, 2015

SherbetAddict :

Most of the cloning applications are all or nothing. You don't get to pick and choose what gets moved. A few, like the latest version of the Samsung Data Migration tool, allow you to exclude whatever is in Libraries. Doc, Music, etc. Other than that, everything.

If this is a whole new system, do a clean install on the new SSD in the new system. Trying to move an OS that was already installed in one system to a new may end up not working at all.
Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. It is always recommended to do a clean install, often required.

And that particular SSD is cheap for a reason. It is one of the crappier ones out there.

Sufa · Jul 31, 2015

USAFRet,

I apologize if it's inappropriate to post this here, but any advice or insight you have with regard to a recent post I made to the forums would be sincerely appreciated. The post is at http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2741501/xps-8700-ssd-hdd-ram-configuration.html

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