Hello there! Im planning on buying an SSD, as I currently only have a HDD and would like my PC to boot faster. I want to run the classical SSD + HDD combo, where I have the OS on the SSD and larger files on the HDD. I have a HP computer that had pre-installed Windows, and therefore a Recovery partition if I would like to reinstall it. My question is whether I can use the recovery partition on the HDD and then install Windows on the new SSD? Or would I have to use some other method?
Also, if this is possible, can I actually save the data I have on my HDD, or would it get wiped forcing me to reinstall it all over again? I have about 1TB of data on it, and the SSD has 240GB, so I will of course not be able to just copy it. I dont actually know whether or not it is possible to save data from getting wiped when reinstalling the OS.
Thanks very much for your help!
Also, if this is possible, can I actually save the data I have on my HDD, or would it get wiped forcing me to reinstall it all over again? I have about 1TB of data on it, and the SSD has 240GB, so I will of course not be able to just copy it. I dont actually know whether or not it is possible to save data from getting wiped when reinstalling the OS.
Thanks very much for your help!