New pc, new windows, new ssd. Use old hdd
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zoltan.boese
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Shortly, yes.
Once you formatted the drives you can set up a raid for data protection.
https://www.maketecheasier.com/set-up-raid-windows/
SkyNetRising
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Don't use raid, if you don't need it.
It will complicate data recovery and moving drives to another pc.
It will complicate data recovery and moving drives to another pc.
photonboy
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1) I agreed don't use RAID unless there's a good reason. For "data protection" you can use a tool like Acronis True Image to backup the Windows drive on an automatic basis.
Also for RAID1 both drives need to be the same size (AFAIK) or at the very least you can only effectively use the amount of the smallest drive as the SAME DATA must be on both drives.
2) spare SSD is mostly useful for games unless you edit video or do some other task that benefits. The SSD also won't "spin up" with noise and delay if using HDD power options (I have auto shutdown after 20 minutes of no usage).
So you might use the SSD for files you frequently use, including a download folder, if the main drive is getting full. I have my large MUSIC COLLECTION on a 2nd SSD as I don't want it as part of my Acronis backup (adds size) and don't want an HDD to spin up every time I want to listen to a song.
3) Format?
It's not really necessary as you can simply delete the folders you don't want. Having said that, you can do a FULL FORMAT (NTFS) which takes a lot longer but it does build up a bad sector table so it may find bad sectors Windows is not aware of. It will destroy all data on the drive of course.
*Attaching the OLD version of Windows may cause the system to boot to it thus causing either a boot error or you'll manage to actually boot into Windows. Either way if that happens go into the BIOS and change the boot order to the correct drive.
Also for RAID1 both drives need to be the same size (AFAIK) or at the very least you can only effectively use the amount of the smallest drive as the SAME DATA must be on both drives.
2) spare SSD is mostly useful for games unless you edit video or do some other task that benefits. The SSD also won't "spin up" with noise and delay if using HDD power options (I have auto shutdown after 20 minutes of no usage).
So you might use the SSD for files you frequently use, including a download folder, if the main drive is getting full. I have my large MUSIC COLLECTION on a 2nd SSD as I don't want it as part of my Acronis backup (adds size) and don't want an HDD to spin up every time I want to listen to a song.
3) Format?
It's not really necessary as you can simply delete the folders you don't want. Having said that, you can do a FULL FORMAT (NTFS) which takes a lot longer but it does build up a bad sector table so it may find bad sectors Windows is not aware of. It will destroy all data on the drive of course.
*Attaching the OLD version of Windows may cause the system to boot to it thus causing either a boot error or you'll manage to actually boot into Windows. Either way if that happens go into the BIOS and change the boot order to the correct drive.
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