Do windows partitions clash if there are two drives both with Windows on?

Sammyjo20 · Feb 3, 2016

When my SSD arrives, I will unplug my HDD, plug in the SSD and install windows, then plug the HDD back in to move all of my documents over. Is this okay? As the drive will have a system reserved partition on it from the old windows install.

Once i've taken all my documents, I will go into disk management and just delete and format the partitions and make 1 big one for mass storage.

- Sam

theunliked · Feb 3, 2016

The first part is right. It won't clash, and you can do that.

You cant combine the SSD and HDD, but you can make one ssd partition and one whole hdd partition.

basroil · Feb 3, 2016

Does windows clash, no. Will your motherboard get confused and sometimes load windows from the HDD, most certainly it will. As soon as you move the files to the SSD make sure to format the old disk so that you don't have loading issues.

Sammyjo20 · Feb 3, 2016

Yeah. I'm doing a fresh install off the SSD and then boot to the SSD, then move my documents, music, pictures etc over from the HDD and then I will format the HDD.

- Sam

theunliked · Feb 3, 2016

Yep. Precisely.

garryash · Feb 3, 2016

I have 2 "EX 'C'" drives in my desktop. One with WIN 7 and one WIN 8 OS on them. Neither have been reformated and I have never had any problem with them loading when I start up my SSD with WIN 10. I only use them for back ups and to save having to transfer "MY" stuff onto the new drive. I keep saying I will get around to clearing them but there is always "another day" !

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