help with Sdd

vulcanraven

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Hey guys im about to buy a kingston SSD of 120 or 240gb not sure, i already have a hdd with windows 7 games etc on my pc, the question is how do i install the sdd do i need to instal windows in my new ssd? do i need to format my old hdd? can i move games to the ssd like copy paste or should i download it again?
 
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Hey there, vulcanraven!

You have several choices here:
1. You can clone or migrate your OS to your SSD using a cloning utility (actually most SSDs come with a migration utility that you can use for that). I personally prefer using Acronis True Image as a cloning software, because it lets you mark what to get transferred in the process.

2. However, a clean install is the recommended way to do this! Basically you won't be having any trouble to fresh install Windows on the SSD if you have the OS installation disk/usb. This is the best way because you won't be transferring any dump/redundant files from your old OS installation. To do this you have to leave only the SSD plugged in the SATA ports to avoid any confusion during the process...
Hey there, vulcanraven!

You have several choices here:
1. You can clone or migrate your OS to your SSD using a cloning utility (actually most SSDs come with a migration utility that you can use for that). I personally prefer using Acronis True Image as a cloning software, because it lets you mark what to get transferred in the process.

2. However, a clean install is the recommended way to do this! Basically you won't be having any trouble to fresh install Windows on the SSD if you have the OS installation disk/usb. This is the best way because you won't be transferring any dump/redundant files from your old OS installation. To do this you have to leave only the SSD plugged in the SATA ports to avoid any confusion during the process.

You can simply do a backup of the data on the HDD, afterwards it's again recommended that you reformat it for use as a secondary storage and re-install your games again. However, you can backup the gameplay data before reformatting it.

Hope this answers your question! :)
SuperSoph_WD
 
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