Hello,
I am upgrading almost everything in my pc, except the PSU and GPU, and of course the 1TB HDD I have. I am doing the thing every computer owner tells you to do buy buying a SSD and using it as my boot drive and also for start up programs. I was wondering how in the word would I go about installing this SSD with windows 10 and still being able to use my old HDD without having to re install all of my programs?
A few noteworthy things:
-My HDD is almost full and is running Windows 10. It also has the default partitions since I dont know what to do when it comes to those so I left them alone.
-My windows disk is windows 8.1, but I will be able to upgrade as soon as I install it right?
-I don't know how to format, but from what I have been reading, I would need to install windows on the SSD, shut down, plug in the HDD, and then it would give me an option to format the hard drive or something and then I can just delete all of the windows files off the hard drive?
-I do not have anything I can back my data up with so if there is literally no way this can be done without problems, then I will start fresh again if I need to. Speaking of starting fresh, how would I do that as well?
Sorry for all the questions, I'm sure its much easier than I think and am just more nervous than anything. If anyone could help, it would be so appreciated. Thanks!
I am upgrading almost everything in my pc, except the PSU and GPU, and of course the 1TB HDD I have. I am doing the thing every computer owner tells you to do buy buying a SSD and using it as my boot drive and also for start up programs. I was wondering how in the word would I go about installing this SSD with windows 10 and still being able to use my old HDD without having to re install all of my programs?
A few noteworthy things:
-My HDD is almost full and is running Windows 10. It also has the default partitions since I dont know what to do when it comes to those so I left them alone.
-My windows disk is windows 8.1, but I will be able to upgrade as soon as I install it right?
-I don't know how to format, but from what I have been reading, I would need to install windows on the SSD, shut down, plug in the HDD, and then it would give me an option to format the hard drive or something and then I can just delete all of the windows files off the hard drive?
-I do not have anything I can back my data up with so if there is literally no way this can be done without problems, then I will start fresh again if I need to. Speaking of starting fresh, how would I do that as well?
Sorry for all the questions, I'm sure its much easier than I think and am just more nervous than anything. If anyone could help, it would be so appreciated. Thanks!