Combining Two Drives into One

ChrisHelpMe

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Hello. So I got anew computer with an SSD of 1TB and my Local disk is 111GB. I have looked at multiple youtube videos and online tutorials, but none have described how to merge two disks together. Not partitions, Disks let me make that clear, meaning in Computer Management you see Disk 0 (the Local disk with 113GB) and under it Disk 1 (with tthe 1TB). I of course cannot expand either of these so I downloaded AOEMEI Partition Assistant in hopes this would work, same issue, it won't let me merge either one together even when I split my 1TB SSD into a partitiont of 300GB. It still recognizes them both as seperate drives even when I split them.

I wish to know how to combine my SSD and HD or atleast move a huge amount of my empty storeage from my SSD to my HD, without having to use crap like RAID or taking apart my computer. Image of what my Disk Management looks like below. Frustrated and need help! Thanks!

http://i59.tinypic.com/k0rlu9.jpg


Also, this link states I can migrate everything to my SSD without having to reinstall windows, is this legit and does anyone recommend I should do this to kind of opt out of any other difficult steps?


http://lifehacker.com/5837543/how-to-migrate-to-a-solid-state-drive-without-reinstalling-windows
 

Mattios

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Don't try to migrate or clone Windows, it never works.

I don't really understand what you're asking for. You want to have one drive show up which is physically a combination of your SSD and HDD? Not going to happen. That would be negative on performance because you want your OS on your SSD.
 

ChrisHelpMe

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Hey Mattios. Thanks for replying to my post. I did in fact try to clone and migrate and you are correct, it doesn't work to the effect I am looking for. I am in fact looking to transfer my OS to my SSD, would you know how to do that properly for Windows 10?
 

ChrisHelpMe

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I guess the best way to put what I'm looking for is I want the OS on my SSD because I want all my files/folders to run/save on that instead of my HD.

P.S. I mean can't I just migrate the OS to my SSD using something like AOEMEI and manually start saving everything to my SSD once I migrated my entire HD content (that contains the OS) or will there be issues with that?
 

Mattios

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You can easily save files onto your HDD with the OS on the SSD http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/windows/how-install-software-second-hard-drive-move-program-files-folder-in-windows-3500581/

You can't clone no. Although you could try it, I'd bet money that you would encounter problems, so a fresh install is best.
 

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