mathewsnow94 :
So i migrate full HDD data to new SDD with plenty of space, I set SSD to boot up in BIOS, so now that my HDD and SSD are identical and have exact same data, IF my SSD boots up with no issues, am i able to keep everything on the HDD as back up to what is on the SSD and also able to add more files back on the HDD, am I also able to keep the OS on the HDD as back up and not format anything?
We used to do this all the time when SSDs 1st came to market. As thy have gotten more reliable, it's done less but about half of users request this scenario when adding a SSD. If immediate access to your data is important, this is a very sound idea .... if it's a pure gaming box, than it really doesn't matter unless gaming is an addiction and crisis arises if you can't play for a day or 2.
1. Prepare for Windows installation with USB tool or use available media
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/windows-usb-dvd-download-tool
2. Connect boot drive data cable to lowest numbered SATA port .... but
don't connect:
-Ethernet cable
-SATA Data Cable for any other drives
3. Install Windows to boot drive
4. Turn off Windows ability to install Hardware drivers
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/48277-enable-disable-driver-updates-windows-update-windows-10-a.html
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/82137-drivers-turn-off-automatic-driver-installation.html
5.
Install all hardware drivers from original media in boxes See Item 7 below
6. Connect ethernet cable and run Windows Update till it stops doing anything
7. Install latest drivers for ALL hardware from manufacturers web sites. The reason we didn't do this in step 5 is 3 fold:
-Sometimes MoBo CD comes with licensed utilities with product key embedded and these are not on web site versions
-Its advisable to establish a working out of box conditions
-Sometimes newer drivers require latest Windows Updates
If you have a 2nd drive .... Assign a volume label to the SSD ... say "500GBSSD"
8. Shut down and connect HD data cable to 2nd lowest numbered SATA port.
9. Boot to BIOS and make sure that SSD is the 1st boot device, if not fix it
10. Boot to Windows
11. Assign volume label to HD .. say "1TBHD"
12. In all instances, if our uses had a Hard Drive, the OS resided on its own partition (C), page and temp files on D, programs on E and data on F. The next step would therefore be to simply install programs over themselves. So where Acrobat was located on E:\Adobe\Acrobat (Hard Drive), we'd simply install it over itself to same location.
13. So if the SSD died or OS on it became infected, when cleint called needing a copy of that report, it would be there in 2 minutes. Simply reboot to BIOS and tell it to boot from the HD. Both installs used the same location for temp / page files.
Again, this is strictly a "what's more important ... immediate access or storage space. In any case, data should be backed up to an external device so if either the SSD or HD dies, you are still in a position to service your own client needs. In our SoHo network, we have the workstation / data server set up to dual boot like this w/ storage dock for external backups. That box can never be down so has two OS installs. The other 9 lappies / desktops just have the single OS install.
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