Upgrading to SSD for boot and others

[rcaladlr]

Hello,

I just built a fresh computer 2 days ago. Everything is working fine. All the components are brand new as well. Now I only have one 1TB HDD and I have the OS in it. I just got a new 128 GB SSD as a gift and I want to use it as boot and have some programs installed (browser, etc).

What do I need to do first after installing it? Do I just reformat my HDD using Win 7 or do I run the Win 7 installation disc first and install on the SSD then reformat/format my HDD.

My concern mainly is I don't want to mess up the HDD as well but I don't want 2 OS Running.

Thanks!

 

[armand_h]

what is the brand of your ssd?
check this out! i wrote some tweaks for SSD here:

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/forum2.php?config=tomshardwareuk.inc&cat=14&post=277958&page=1&p=1&sondage=0&owntopic=1&trash=0&trash_post=0&print=0&numreponse=0&quote_only=0&new=0&nojs=0

 

[rcaladlr]

I have a SAMSUNG 470 Series MZ-5PA128Z
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147161&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL122711&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL122711-_-EMC-122711-Latest-_-SSD-_-20147161-L05C

 

[armand_h]

samsung SSD's are reliable!

do as i said on that topic! i wrote there everything you need

 

[rcaladlr]

Thanks, but what do I do with my HDD? Just reformat it?

 

[armand_h]

backup all necessary data's and format it if you don't want to use it anymore!

but i have 1 HDD with windows on it just in case if anythings go wrong!

the choose is yours!

 

[rcaladlr]

Thanks for the info. I will use for storage actually. I just dont want an os

 

[rcaladlr]

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