- Dec 26, 2014
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Hello! Excuse the long description...
After almost 6 years, I pretty much filled my factory-built PC's hard drive, a WD 640GB Blue drive. As a replacement, I decided "why not go the extra mile?" and got a SSD to boot from and a new HDD for more storage and video games.
So, after a few suggestions from around the internet, I picked up a 128GB SSD (Samsung's 850 Pro) which I look forward to using as my boot drive, as well as a 4TB HDD (WD's Black Drive) for storage and games.
Here is where I need help and clarification. My current, now "old" HDD is packed with family videos, photos, photo and video editing software, etc. Long story short, although I really wish to avoid copying/formatting stuff, let me know what's best. I wish to keep my old drive in the computer along with the new ones for a total of three drives inside.
How do I go about properly doing this? (Setting up my SSD as a boot drive, adding the new HDD for storage, while keeping all of my files on my old HDD)
Will I have to reinstall my editing software and other programs onto either of the new drives?
I use a lot of "Sticky Notes" on my desktop, will I have to copy them all and set them up again later?
My factory-built PC did not come with a Windows 7 install disk. Should I obtain an .iso from Windows and burn it into a disk?
Thank you so very much in advanced for taking your time to read all of that.
I look forward to your suggestions!
-Pablo.
After almost 6 years, I pretty much filled my factory-built PC's hard drive, a WD 640GB Blue drive. As a replacement, I decided "why not go the extra mile?" and got a SSD to boot from and a new HDD for more storage and video games.
So, after a few suggestions from around the internet, I picked up a 128GB SSD (Samsung's 850 Pro) which I look forward to using as my boot drive, as well as a 4TB HDD (WD's Black Drive) for storage and games.
Here is where I need help and clarification. My current, now "old" HDD is packed with family videos, photos, photo and video editing software, etc. Long story short, although I really wish to avoid copying/formatting stuff, let me know what's best. I wish to keep my old drive in the computer along with the new ones for a total of three drives inside.
How do I go about properly doing this? (Setting up my SSD as a boot drive, adding the new HDD for storage, while keeping all of my files on my old HDD)
Will I have to reinstall my editing software and other programs onto either of the new drives?
I use a lot of "Sticky Notes" on my desktop, will I have to copy them all and set them up again later?
My factory-built PC did not come with a Windows 7 install disk. Should I obtain an .iso from Windows and burn it into a disk?
Thank you so very much in advanced for taking your time to read all of that.
I look forward to your suggestions!
-Pablo.
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