I've been hearing a lot about SSDs so I want to get one and install it with my WD 1TB HDD. I want the SSD for my OS and other installed programs(if that is fine, please suggest me what would be better for overall performance). I would be performing a clean install of Windows, so is there anything I need to do apart from plugging in the SSD? Please suggest me a budget 250 GB SSD for my PC
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How to set up an SSD with a HDD?
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KLawinger
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A clean install of the os on the ssd is optimal, all windows tasks will be faster. Also put the applications like steam and others on the ssd for faster start up times. But be sure to make your steam library located on your hdd. A good 250gb ssd is the kingston SSDnow series. They're cheap and have quick write speeds
jdcranke07
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You pretty much have it right. Just plug both in and make sure your motherboard recognizes that both are there. Then install windows on the SSD. When you get into Windows you will have to go to Disk Manager and allocate the HDD to free space on your PC. All it does is assign a drive name to it and allocates a partition. Once that is done, your good to do whatever. Just make sure that when you install programs you want on the HDD, to use the HDD pathway as your default. Otherwise, it will default to the SSD.
Yeah, you just hook up your SSD, put in your Windows install disk, go through the installation, make sure to select your SSD and you should be golden. You can delete your Windows folder on your HDD as well once you're all set and comfortable. Just make sure your SSD is recognised as the boot drive in your BIOS. You'd be set and ready to go.
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