Before I install my SSD, gonna need some help with software

[crazycobra2000]

Hi there,
I've just bought a Samsung SSD, and looking to add it to my desktop. I already have 2 HDDs, Windows 8.1 installed as OS. Is there anyway I can have the OS and applications (games) on my SSD and documents on HDD?

Thx
-K

 

[mcnumpty23]

installing windows to the ssd or cloning?

 

[USAFRet]

Hi there,
I've just bought a Samsung SSD, and looking to add it to my desktop. I already have 2 HDDs, Windows 8.1 installed as OS. Is there anyway I can have the OS and applications (games) on my SSD and documents on HDD?

Thx
-K

On your current C drive, how much used space?
How big is the new SSD?

 

[crazycobra2000]

Hi there,
I've just bought a Samsung SSD, and looking to add it to my desktop. I already have 2 HDDs, Windows 8.1 installed as OS. Is there anyway I can have the OS and applications (games) on my SSD and documents on HDD?

Thx
-K

On your current C drive, how much used space?
How big is the new SSD?

I have 1.81 TB on my C Drive, 703 GB free and 250 GB on my SSD. But I only want the OS and apps on my ssd

 

[USAFRet]

Hi there,
I've just bought a Samsung SSD, and looking to add it to my desktop. I already have 2 HDDs, Windows 8.1 installed as OS. Is there anyway I can have the OS and applications (games) on my SSD and documents on HDD?

Thx
-K

On your current C drive, how much used space?
How big is the new SSD?

I have 1.81 TB on my C Drive, 703 GB free and 250 GB on my SSD. But I only want the OS and apps on my ssd

So:
You have a 250GB SSD
You have ~1TB used space on your current C drive (HDD)

Obviously, that can't clone over.

You have 2 options:
Reduce the used space on your current drive to below 200GB and clone it over to the new SSD
or
A clean install of the OS and application on the new SSD

I'd bet that a large part of your current used space is movies/pic/downloads, and games.

Investigate exactly what is consuming your current drive space.
Report back with your results.

 

[0x1eef]

So much problems with cloning these days, I'd just go for clean install and format ex-C drive HDD.

 

[USAFRet]

A clean install of the OS and applications on a new SSD is my 'almost always' recommendation.

 

[The Orig Ralph]

You probably don't want to bother with a clean install of windows but if you google "SSD Optimization - The SSD Review" they detail the reasons for a clean install - it's worth the read