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AKghandi

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I have 2 hard drives in my rig. 1 SSD and 1 standard 1 TB drive

my OS and programs are on the SSD and everything else is on my 1TB

I'm getting to the point where I haven't done a clean install of windows in a couple years and I want to get everything all nice a fresh.

can I move all my important files to the 1TB and then remove it, and reinstall windows then re install the 1TB drive to recover the files?

I realize I should buy an external drive and do it that way but I just wanna see if I can do it this way.
 
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Boogieman_WD
Hey there, AKghandi.

You can do that with files. There should be no issue with reading them afterwards from your HDD. However if you intend to do that with programs, I'd recommend that you don't do that and just reinstall them with the fresh install of Windows. If you have important data which you can't afford to lose it's always advisable that you have it backed up somewhere else just to be on the safe side.

As for reinstalling Windows just because you haven't done it in a couple of years, it should not be necessary in order to freshen things up, especially with an SSD. Give it a go with the suggestions from this article first, to see if you're pleased with the results...
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Hey there, AKghandi.

You can do that with files. There should be no issue with reading them afterwards from your HDD. However if you intend to do that with programs, I'd recommend that you don't do that and just reinstall them with the fresh install of Windows. If you have important data which you can't afford to lose it's always advisable that you have it backed up somewhere else just to be on the safe side.

As for reinstalling Windows just because you haven't done it in a couple of years, it should not be necessary in order to freshen things up, especially with an SSD. Give it a go with the suggestions from this article first, to see if you're pleased with the results: https://www.maketecheasier.com/12-things-you-must-do-when-running-a-solid-state-drive-in-windows-7/ (those tips are viable for the newer versions of Windows as well).

Please let me know if you have any other questions.
Boogieman_WD
 
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