How Can I Add More Space To My SSD?

[thegamersite1]

I just build my computer and it's working awesome. I added a SSD for the main memory and a a Hard Drive of 2TB for. I want to know if there is a possible way so I can expand the space in my SSD. The SSD is 240GB and I'm going to buy a new one, so I want to know how can I add it to the other SSD so they can work together.

 

[USAFRet]

The best way is just to designate where things are saved and installed. Windows does not care what drive something is installed or saved on, as long as you tell it that from the beginning.

Yes, you could do a RAID 0 setup to merge the 2 SSD's, but I wouldn't.
I have 4 drives in my promary PC. 2 x 128GB SSD, and 2 HDD's (2TB and 3TB). All working together. No RAID needed.

 

[thegamersite1]

The best way is just to designate where things are saved and installed. Windows does not care what drive something is installed or saved on, as long as you tell it that from the beginning.

Yes, you could do a RAID 0 setup to merge the 2 SSD's, but I wouldn't.
I have 4 drives in my promary PC. 2 x 128GB SSD, and 2 HDD's (2TB and 3TB). All working together. No RAID needed.

Why you wouldn't do it, it is bad or something? At least you understood. I want to merge them together to add more space. My old ssd is 240 gb and the system is eating a lot of memory so I want to add another 240 gb so it's 480GB. You understand?

 

[USAFRet]

Yes, I understand.

Currently, you have a 240GB. Add another, and you will have 480GB. A C and D drive (or whatever). You can cause files to be saved, or applications to be installed, wherever you want. C, D, E, W....whatever.

If you RAID 0 the SSD's, you would then have a 480GB C drive. Exact same space as the previous C & D. But....if either drive fails, or the RAID array corrupts...you've lost the entire 480GB space.

In a normal desktop environment, there is little if any reason to RAID. No real benefit and greater potential for fail.

Just get another SSD, and add it as just another drive. Install the game to that new drive.

 

[thegamersite1]

Yes, I understand.

Currently, you have a 240GB. Add another, and you will have 480GB. A C and D drive (or whatever). You can cause files to be saved, or applications to be installed, wherever you want. C, D, E, W....whatever.

If you RAID 0 the SSD's, you would then have a 480GB C drive. Exact same space as the previous C & D. But....if either drive fails, or the RAID array corrupts...you've lost the entire 480GB space.

In a normal desktop environment, there is little if any reason to RAID. No real benefit and greater potential for fail.

Just get another SSD, and add it as just another drive. Install the game to that new drive.

Ok, let's forget about this. Now, what if I want to move my entire OS with every file in my main SSD to another SS without losing anything. Is that possible. You know what I mean, like when you drag a picture and move it to another hard drive. Can I do that with the OS. I will buy a 500GB SSD instead of the 245GB.

 

[USAFRet]

Yes, I understand.

Currently, you have a 240GB. Add another, and you will have 480GB. A C and D drive (or whatever). You can cause files to be saved, or applications to be installed, wherever you want. C, D, E, W....whatever.

If you RAID 0 the SSD's, you would then have a 480GB C drive. Exact same space as the previous C & D. But....if either drive fails, or the RAID array corrupts...you've lost the entire 480GB space.

In a normal desktop environment, there is little if any reason to RAID. No real benefit and greater potential for fail.

Just get another SSD, and add it as just another drive. Install the game to that new drive.

Ok, let's forget about this. Now, what if I want to move my entire OS with every file in my main SSD to another SS without losing anything. Is that possible. You know what I mean, like when you drag a picture and move it to another hard drive. Can I do that with the OS. I will buy a 500GB SSD instead of the 245GB.

Any of the current clone/migration applications will do this. CloneZilla, DriveImageXML, Easus. Your new drive might come withh its own application.

 

[thegamersite1]

Yes, I understand.

Currently, you have a 240GB. Add another, and you will have 480GB. A C and D drive (or whatever). You can cause files to be saved, or applications to be installed, wherever you want. C, D, E, W....whatever.

If you RAID 0 the SSD's, you would then have a 480GB C drive. Exact same space as the previous C & D. But....if either drive fails, or the RAID array corrupts...you've lost the entire 480GB space.

In a normal desktop environment, there is little if any reason to RAID. No real benefit and greater potential for fail.

Just get another SSD, and add it as just another drive. Install the game to that new drive.

Ok, let's forget about this. Now, what if I want to move my entire OS with every file in my main SSD to another SS without losing anything. Is that possible. You know what I mean, like when you drag a picture and move it to another hard drive. Can I do that with the OS. I will buy a 500GB SSD instead of the 245GB.

Any of the current clone/migration applications will do this. CloneZilla, DriveImageXML, Easus. Your new drive might come withh its own application.

I'm sorry, but can you explained that on a easy way. I'm not an expert at computer so I want to be 100% sure of what I will be doing.

 

[USAFRet]

CloneZilla, for instance.
"Clonezilla is a partition and disk imaging/cloning program similar to True Image® or Norton Ghost®. "

Point it at your current 240GB C drive as the source. Point it at your new 500GB SSD as the target. It will replicate everything on the current C, over to the new drive.

You then change the boot order to boot from the new 500GB drive.
Done. You have a new C, of 500GB.