Want to set my default C drive.

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Hello folks, this is my first post here on this community. Here is the rundown, I recently bough a new laptop(Lenovo Y700) but my issue is with the storage, it comes with an SSD and an HDD.
First time ever dealing with PC/Laptop that came equipped with multiple storage.

My issue is that I want the OS and have everything going to the HDD since it has the most space. Who though it would be a good idea to set the SSD as the root drive, I do not want to manually manage my installs, etc. Just have the HDD be the root and I can use the SSD for other stuff, like things I would put in an external drive.



Here are some images to further illustrate my issue, I would great appreciate the help.
1. So here is a view from my pc, As you can see the SSD is the one utilized as the C. I want the HDD to be my main root(C drive)
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2. Here is showing that they are both two physical disk drive. Again I want HDD large storage to be Disk 0
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3. This is from the bios menu
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4. Now here in the boot tab, It only shows the Samsung SSD, so I can not order the drives.
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So overall I just want to set the larger drive as my root where windows will go just like it was on my previous computer one large storage for everything. How would I achieve this?

Hopefully this is enough information,
Thanks


 
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For a proper migration sequence:

1. Have only the 2 drive connected
2. Whatever tool you use, have it installed on the current drive. I prefer Macrium Reflect.
3. Run that tool
4. When done, power off
5. Disconnect the old drive
6. Power up. You may need to alter your boot order settings in the BIOS
7. Verify it actually boots with the new drive. Maybe power on/off a couple of times
8. Verify the old drive is NOT in the boot sequence
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You want to have the OS installed on the SSD because your system in general will be much more responsive and fast, and you can install a few programs on there and those will have good performance as well. Anytime there is a game or program that you dont want on the ssd because it is too large you can just change the install path in the installer and point it to a folder on your hard drive. if you really wanted to have your os and everything on the hard drive, you would have to reinstall windows, but just keep it on teh ssd, there isnt much reason to have a ssd an have the os on a hdd.
 
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Ok thanks for clearing the air, I ran across some similar information when digging info on my own. So in general now you have be aware and manage your storage space, WOW so why did they not just have a large storage for SSD.(II understand the hardware has some limitations maybe or it could be pricing?) It just seems odd to me that this is a new trend with the SSD, when technology is just supposed to make things easier as they advance.

So recommendation is to just leave the SSD with the OS and some small favorite program, but manage all the other stuff to the HDD. . Thank you btw,
 
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Who though it would be a good idea to set the SSD as the root drive
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Who? Everyone who has ever had an SSD in their system.

You DO want the OS on your SSD. And most/all of your applications.
This is why it exists.

Of course, you could cripple the laptop, and only use the much, much slower HDD. If you like throwing money away.

2. Having other things go to the larger SSD is easy.
Read this:
Win 7 & 8: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1834397/ssd-redirecting-static-files.html
Win 8.1 & 10: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2024314/windows-redirecting-folders-drives.html
 
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Thank you everyone for the information will be sticking with the setup I have; but of curiosity since and could not find a solution, how would I go about switching which disk drive is my root? So say if I did want the HDD to be the primary C drive how can that be done.
 
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You would migrate everything on the current C drive (the SSD), to the HDD. Whatever drive the OS boots from sees itself as the 'C'.

But don't do that.
 
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I tried doing that at one point, but not all the files go through to the HDD. But in that case I assume after things are transferred I delete from the SSD and when the computers restarts it would know that the HDD is now the C drive since that is where all the OS files/starup files are now?

 
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For a proper migration sequence:

1. Have only the 2 drive connected
2. Whatever tool you use, have it installed on the current drive. I prefer Macrium Reflect.
3. Run that tool
4. When done, power off
5. Disconnect the old drive
6. Power up. You may need to alter your boot order settings in the BIOS
7. Verify it actually boots with the new drive. Maybe power on/off a couple of times
8. Verify the old drive is NOT in the boot sequence
9. Reconnect the old drive, wipe, and use as needed.

(But in your case, leave the OS on the SSD)
 
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Currently in my situation of having a laptop removing any hardware is out of the picture. I toyed around in the BIOS setup as you can tell from the picture, the HDD was not in the boot order
 
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Removing a drive is always an option, even in a laptop.
 
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Alright well was curious on the steps required, thanks again. So it seems SSD are quite critical, since it was the first time I dealt with one I just though it was some additional storage area with no benefits. Interesting stuff

 
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It's not critical, but once you have one, a PC without one is like watching paint dry.
Not in games so much, but rather the general operation of the system.
 
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