I had posted a similar question yesterday, however, in reading it again, it appears to me that I was not clear as to exactly what I was doing. I decided to rephrase and provide more details as to my situation. I really am lost here and greatly appreciate any help or a simple nudge in the right direction.
Here was my plan:
Currently I have a 1TB HDD on a desktop which is near capacity due in part by a 700GB steam folder. I thought I could upgrade to a 2TB HDD and a 120GB SSD. My plan was to put clean win10 on the SSD and then put the old 1TB HDD back with everything still on it (win10, games, programs, etc), and put in the 2TB HDD to be used as additional storage for games etc.
I did a clean install of win 10 on the SSD. I then put the 1TB HDD back in along with the new 2TB HDD, thinking everything would simply work just fine. It didn't. I thought I could solve this problem by simply moving everything from the 1TB HDD to the new 2TB HDD, but from what I am reading doesn't seem to be the case.
I'm just getting more confused the more I read. The 1TB HDD still has everything on it including the 700GB steam folder and win 10. The 2 TB HDD doesn't have anything on it, it has been formatted though.
Am I correct in understanding that I cannot use the programs on the old HDD any longer because of my new win 10 install to the SSD? Do I have to re-download the 700GBs of steam games to the new 2TB HDD?
At this point it seems that it wasn't a smart move for me to add the SSD with the new win 10. It appears to have made everything on my old HDD useless. Can I, at this point, simply remove the SSD and go back to booting from the old 1TB HDD and using my new 2TB HDD as additional storage?
I love how fast win 10 boots from the SSD but it's simply not worth it if I have to re download everything that's on the old HDD to the new HDD to make everything (meaning steam games) work.
Thanks in advance for any assistance you can give me.
Here was my plan:
Currently I have a 1TB HDD on a desktop which is near capacity due in part by a 700GB steam folder. I thought I could upgrade to a 2TB HDD and a 120GB SSD. My plan was to put clean win10 on the SSD and then put the old 1TB HDD back with everything still on it (win10, games, programs, etc), and put in the 2TB HDD to be used as additional storage for games etc.
I did a clean install of win 10 on the SSD. I then put the 1TB HDD back in along with the new 2TB HDD, thinking everything would simply work just fine. It didn't. I thought I could solve this problem by simply moving everything from the 1TB HDD to the new 2TB HDD, but from what I am reading doesn't seem to be the case.
I'm just getting more confused the more I read. The 1TB HDD still has everything on it including the 700GB steam folder and win 10. The 2 TB HDD doesn't have anything on it, it has been formatted though.
Am I correct in understanding that I cannot use the programs on the old HDD any longer because of my new win 10 install to the SSD? Do I have to re-download the 700GBs of steam games to the new 2TB HDD?
At this point it seems that it wasn't a smart move for me to add the SSD with the new win 10. It appears to have made everything on my old HDD useless. Can I, at this point, simply remove the SSD and go back to booting from the old 1TB HDD and using my new 2TB HDD as additional storage?
I love how fast win 10 boots from the SSD but it's simply not worth it if I have to re download everything that's on the old HDD to the new HDD to make everything (meaning steam games) work.
Thanks in advance for any assistance you can give me.