Hello... disk noob here. For the longest time I've run my computer with one HDD (WD Caviar Black... see sig below). I am upgrading to a Crucial m4 SSD to boot OS and load a couple of games with my existing 750GB HDD storing all data. I currently retain everything on my HDD (Win7 OS, user files, games, music, etc...) but have a good chunk of 500+ GB left. Is it possible to do and accomplish the following?:
- Make a partition or something on my HDD out of the remaining 500GB. (Not sure how that works, is a partition then treated as a separate drive?)
- Keep the original OS installed in the HDD 250GB partition and use it as a backup in case my SSD goes bonkers.
- Use my SSD as the primary boot and the 500GB partition for data drive.
Is this possible? If so can someone give me a general guideline? Do you foresee any problems down the line if I apply this config, like with Windows license or data corruption? Thank you in advance!
- Make a partition or something on my HDD out of the remaining 500GB. (Not sure how that works, is a partition then treated as a separate drive?)
- Keep the original OS installed in the HDD 250GB partition and use it as a backup in case my SSD goes bonkers.
- Use my SSD as the primary boot and the 500GB partition for data drive.
Is this possible? If so can someone give me a general guideline? Do you foresee any problems down the line if I apply this config, like with Windows license or data corruption? Thank you in advance!