having two hard drives ｆｏｒ ｇａｍｉｎｇ

[morinookuni123]

Ｉ　ｈａｖｅ　ｊｕｓｔ　ｂｏｕｇｈｔ　ａ　ｃｒｕｃｉａｌ　ｍｘ３００　２７５ＧＢ SSD，　ｉ　ａｍ　ｐｌａｎｎｉｎｇ　ｏｎ　ｉｎｓｔａｌｌｉｎｇ　Ｗｉｎｄｏｗｓ　１０　ｐｒｏｆｅｓｓｉｏｎａｌ　ｏｎ　ｉｔ　ａｎｄ　ｕｓｉｎｇ　ｉｔ　ＯＮＬＹ as my boot drive．　Ｉ also have a 3TB　ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ　ｄｉｇｉｔａｌ HDD that is completely formatted, no OS，　ｎｏ　ｆｉｌｅｓ，　ｎｏｔｈｉｎｇ and plan on using this as my storage for everything else.

Ｍｙ　ｑｕｅｓｔｉｏｎ　ｉｓ　ｔｈｉｓ，　ｄｏ　ｉ　ｎｅｅｄ　ｔｏ　ｈａｖｅ　ａ　ＯＳ installed and preconfigured on the 3TB　ＷＤ HDD　ｉｎ　ｏｒｄｅｒ　ｔｏ　ｕｓｅ　ｉｔ　ｆｏｒ　ｓｔｏｒａｇｅ　ｗｉｔｈ　ｍｙ　ＳＳＤ？

 

[vrumor]

I cant even help you cause that font is so annoying.

 

[Frag Maniac]

No, you don't need the OS installed on the HDD. In fact best way to do it is connect ONLY the boot drive when installing the OS. Then after it's installed, turn off the PC and go ahead and connect the HDD.

 

[englandr753]

No sir you dont need an OS installed. That font makes you think this is a scam or your going to get a virus, lol.

 

[morinookuni123]

I cant even help you cause that font is so annoying.

Yeah not sure what happen there, didn't even notice it until I came back to the thread. It didn't type that way. Odd

 

[morinookuni123]

No sir you dont need an OS installed. That font makes you think this is a scan or your going to get a virus, lol.

Yeah the other guy was talking about the font too, I am not sure what happen with the font. While I was typing it didn't do anything crazy like that. I appreciate the answer though, so now I can just install windows 10 on my new SSD and just　ｐｕｔ　ｅｖｅｒｙｔｈｉｎｇ　ｅｌｓｅ　ｏｎ　ｔｈｅ　ＨＤＤ．　Ｔｈａｎｋ　ｙｏｕ　：）

 

[morinookuni123]

No, you don't need the OS installed on the HDD. In fact best way to do it is connect ONLY the boot drive when installing the OS. Then after it's installed, turn off the PC go ahead and connect the HDD.

Ｉ　ｗｏｕｌｄ　ｎｏｔ　ｈａｖｅ　ｔｈｏｕｇｈｔ　ａｂｏｕｔ　ｏｎｌｙ　ｃｏｎｎｅｃｔｉｎｇ　ｔｈｅ　ＳＳＤwhile installing windows 10. I'll be sure to do that, thank you for the advice!：）

 

[englandr753]

You might want to run a virus scan on your backup files, lol. No problem and you're welcome.

 

[Frag Maniac]

I'm guessing your font problem may be due to an incompatibility with the browser you're using maybe, unless you have some weird font tool installed.

 

[USAFRet]

1. You do not need nor want the OS on both drives.

2. Having a 275GB SSD and using it for "only the OS" is a waste of 100-150GB.
There are many things you DO want on the SSD.
Applications, all your utilities, etc, etc.

 

[Petaflox]

Just make sure to connect the SSD in to SATA1 and the HD in to SATA2.
If you swap the connection windows will install the boot in the HD and the OS file in the SSD.

 

[Frag Maniac]

There are many things you DO want on the SSD.
Applications, all your utilities, etc, etc.

Then again, he said it is going to be used only as a boot drive, not only as an OS drive.

 

[Carnaxus]

There are many things you DO want on the SSD.
Applications, all your utilities, etc, etc.

Then again, he said it is going to be used only as a boot drive, not only as an OS drive.

USAFRet's point is that because SSD's read and write so much faster than HDD's, OP should use a small HDD as the boot drive and use the SSD as the "everything else" drive.

 

[Frag Maniac]

USAFRet's point is that because SSD's read and write so much faster than HDD's, OP should use a small HDD as the boot drive and use the SSD as the "everything else" drive.

I seriously doubt that's what he meant. First off, SSD's work fine for an OS drive, better than HDDs in fact because they are much faster. Second, he said 100-150GB of the 275GB SSD would be wasted if he didn't install apps, utilities, etc on it, so I'm pretty sure he meant that other 125-175GB was for OS and core programs.

The simple logic is to use the faster drive for OS and programs so everything on your system runs faster, and storage items like large media files and games on the HDD, since those are also files that change vs stay put.

The only slight caveat is game levels take longer to load on a HDD, but that really only affects mp gaming, and SSDs large enough to store multiple games are a luxury many don't have anyway.