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It's kinda hard to explain, but I have an sshd in my pc with cracked windows. While I am not sure how to remove it from the disk I would want to know if I bought an SSD and put in my setup with windows on it, if it would work?

Simple explanation: SSD has windows and SSHD has windows. Can I run just 1 windows but still use storage on both?
 
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Hey there, Shimi.

Yes, it would work. Basically I'd recommend that you disconnect the SSHD and install Windows on your SSD as it's always recommended that you have only the drive you are installing Windows to, connected to the motherboard during the installation process. And please remember to set the SATA mode from your BIOS settings to AHCI before you install Windows on the SSD.
Once the installation is completed you can reconnect the SSHD and boot to Windows. If the computer tries to boot to Windows by using the SSHD, you'll have to enter the BIOS once again and set your SSD as the first booting option from your boot priority menu. This way whenever you turn on your computer or restart, it would always boot by using the SSD.

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Hey there, Shimi.

Yes, it would work. Basically I'd recommend that you disconnect the SSHD and install Windows on your SSD as it's always recommended that you have only the drive you are installing Windows to, connected to the motherboard during the installation process. And please remember to set the SATA mode from your BIOS settings to AHCI before you install Windows on the SSD.
Once the installation is completed you can reconnect the SSHD and boot to Windows. If the computer tries to boot to Windows by using the SSHD, you'll have to enter the BIOS once again and set your SSD as the first booting option from your boot priority menu. This way whenever you turn on your computer or restart, it would always boot by using the SSD.

Once you are 100% sure that the setup is working properly, you can simply backup the important data you have on the SSHD and then reformat it. This way you'll remove the old OS and everything else and you'll have a fresh secondary storage drive.

Hope that helps. Please let me know if you have any questions whatsoever.
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Thank you for answering my odd and hardly undertstood question.

How will I know if it's booting with SSD and not the SSHD? Is there any noticable difference?

Also that SATA mode to AHCI thing you were talking about. What would happen if I forgot to do that? Also why am I needed to do it?

Thanks again for your time.
 
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Basically this link here will provide all the necessary info: https://www.maketecheasier.com/12-things-you-must-do-when-running-a-solid-state-drive-in-windows-7/​ it has a lot of useful tips and the first one explains AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface​). Note that even if it says Windows 7, those suggestions are still OK for the newer versions as well.

Both the boot priority and the SATA mode change is made via your BIOS. However it's a little different for most computer, so you'll have to check that out in your laptop's User Manual.
The difference is that with the SSD your computer should boot faster, load programs faster and bi a lot more responsive than with the SSHD,

Let me know how it goes. ;)
 
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It's not really a Laptop. I am building my own pc when the money is there and I wanted a SSD harddisk with my SSHD. If I remember I will be sure to let you know.
 
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