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1. I want to install software on secondary does that reduces performance(software installed primary are operated much more quickly?) And can we install Windows 7 on secondary HDD.

And I'm thank full to all suggestions.

2. Which software is best for backing up whole hard disk? And my secondary hdd is of WD blue wd10ezex and primary from which I want to backup is of Samsung.
 
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Oh, I see now, @rockingSharma! :) I'm sorry for the confusion!
Well, in this case, I'd suggest you backup your data first from both drives somewhere off-site. Afterwards, unplug the smaller HDD and leave only the WD Blue and the Windows 7 installation media connected to the PC. If you have more than one SATA devices connected, you might encounter an OS confusion which would cause a lot of booting issues later on. Once the clean Windows 7 installation is up and running from the WD Blue, plug back your other HDD and re-format it through Disk management to get rid of the old OS installation.
Afterwards, use the backup drive to retrieve the files you need on the system again.

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Performance depends on your HDD speed, for example , i have my OS, browsers and things like that on my SSD , so it works very fast. But i keep my games and larger files on my older HDD, so these files take longer to load. And if you want avoid little wait time to wake up secondary HDD after not using it for like 10-20mins depends on settings , just disable it going to sleep.
 
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Hey there, @rockingSharma!

I believe @Adam is right, you will get a much better performance if you install the OS on the SSD, rather than the secondary data drive. Why would you want to do that? Can you give us more details about the storage setup you wish to configure? Posting your PC specs would also be helpful. :)

I'd also strongly recommend you have another backup location for your most precious files on the system (both SSD & HDD) and it should be outside of the PC itself (off-site). Backing up your primary drive to the secondary one is not a solid backup solution because the drive is still inside the system. Backups are done to prevent any potential data loss, but what would happen to your files if the whole system got damaged? That's why an external drive is a better solution for your backup. There are multiple backup software utilities that you could use. Moreover, there are even external drives that come with such utilities pre-installed.

If you want to backup your whole system and your files from the WD Blue, then I'd suggest you consider using Acronis True Image WD Edition. It has multiple features that include cloning drives, backup the operating system, applications, settings and all of your data.

Hope this helps you. Keep us posted with the details, though!
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Both the drive of mine are HDD and one of them is 150 gigs(it of Samsung and it's HDD too) and another one is of 1tb(WD blue) so now I want to install Windows 7 on WD blue without removing Windows 7 from Samsung HDD.

So all I'm asking is if install win 7 and other software on my WD HDD does it will slow down my PC.

And thanks SuperSoph_WD for ur response. And RSVP

 
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Oh, I see now, @rockingSharma! :) I'm sorry for the confusion!
Well, in this case, I'd suggest you backup your data first from both drives somewhere off-site. Afterwards, unplug the smaller HDD and leave only the WD Blue and the Windows 7 installation media connected to the PC. If you have more than one SATA devices connected, you might encounter an OS confusion which would cause a lot of booting issues later on. Once the clean Windows 7 installation is up and running from the WD Blue, plug back your other HDD and re-format it through Disk management to get rid of the old OS installation.
Afterwards, use the backup drive to retrieve the files you need on the system again.

Let us know if you have more questions. :)
SuperSoph_WD
 
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I'd suggest you ask a friend nearby to lend you an empty external until you re-configure your storage configuration inside the PC. Another alternative would be use a cloud storage service or other external storage devices (blurays, dvds, etc.).
Either way, copying your data somewhere safe is essential. The clean install will erase your personal files on the WD Blue.
If the files are not taking too much space, you could at least try to copy them to the smaller HDD and then unplug the drive from the system until the OS is clean installed onto the WD Blue. Afterwards, when you plug back the smaller drive, you should still be able to access the data and copy it back to the 1 TB drive. Only afterwards, it would be safe to re-format the smaller hard drive as well.

Hope this helps.
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