OEM win from HDD to SSD

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Salman_27

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Hi, i got all of my parts except my ssd, so i though about installing my oem win in my hdd till it arrives, but since its oem, i was afraid that if i formated everything from the beginning it wont reinstall in a new driver
Any issues would happen?
 
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SuperSoph_WD
Hey there, @Salman_27!

I'd recommend you perform the clean install of Windows onto the SSD when it arrives and use your HDD as a secondary storage for your system. You can perform the clean install now, as well, but you will need to re-format the HDD afterwards, if it's supposed to be used a data drive. You shouldn't encounter any issues whatsoever, in my opinion.
Just make sure you have only one SATA storage device connected to the motherboard at the time of Windows Install, otherwise you are most likely to encounter an OS confusion which could cause a lot of booting issues. If you need further assistance and a step-by-step guide on how to configure your storage properly, I'd recommend you check this Windows Install &...
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SuperSoph_WD

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Hey there, @Salman_27!

I'd recommend you perform the clean install of Windows onto the SSD when it arrives and use your HDD as a secondary storage for your system. You can perform the clean install now, as well, but you will need to re-format the HDD afterwards, if it's supposed to be used a data drive. You shouldn't encounter any issues whatsoever, in my opinion.
Just make sure you have only one SATA storage device connected to the motherboard at the time of Windows Install, otherwise you are most likely to encounter an OS confusion which could cause a lot of booting issues. If you need further assistance and a step-by-step guide on how to configure your storage properly, I'd recommend you check this Windows Install & Optimization guide for SSDs & HDDs.

Hope it helps. Keep me posted if you have more questions! :)
SuperSoph_WD
 
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