Hi - I'm planning on building a new PC. My current PC has a 640GB HDD primary/windows OS drive and a 3TB HDD secondary data drive.
I will buy a new SSD or m2 drive for the primary OS/Windows drive for the new PC.
To start with I would like to reuse the 3TB HDD in my new pc as a secondary data drive and KEEP the data (Libraries) on it. Is it just a case of unplugging it from my old pc and plugging it into my new PC? Assuming I identify it within Windows disk management as D: drive, and redirect the libraries links to the D: drive will that work ok? I have a NAS drive so I can back it up beforehand!
If I wanted to also reuse the current C: drive, if I also plug that in, will windows get confused, because it has Win10 already on it? Would I be better reformatting it in a USB caddy, for example, before connecting it to my new PC? Or is it possible to use it as a E: drive without too much trouble - I will format it anyway as there is no data (I hope) that I need to keep on it.
Any thoughts/help appreciated.
Cheers,
Richard
I will buy a new SSD or m2 drive for the primary OS/Windows drive for the new PC.
To start with I would like to reuse the 3TB HDD in my new pc as a secondary data drive and KEEP the data (Libraries) on it. Is it just a case of unplugging it from my old pc and plugging it into my new PC? Assuming I identify it within Windows disk management as D: drive, and redirect the libraries links to the D: drive will that work ok? I have a NAS drive so I can back it up beforehand!
If I wanted to also reuse the current C: drive, if I also plug that in, will windows get confused, because it has Win10 already on it? Would I be better reformatting it in a USB caddy, for example, before connecting it to my new PC? Or is it possible to use it as a E: drive without too much trouble - I will format it anyway as there is no data (I hope) that I need to keep on it.
Any thoughts/help appreciated.
Cheers,
Richard
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