[SOLVED] Installing Windows on a new NVMe SSD ?

[Bob1nba]

I'm building a new PC next week and I bought a brand new 970 evo plus 1tb nvme SSD to install my OS. I'm also going to be putting my existing sata SSD which currently has windows 10 on it in the new PC and my 2 tb hdd for storage.

My question is, when I install all my drives into the new PC should I disconnect both my ssd that has the old windows on it and hdd to make sure the new windows OS goes all on my new nvme? I also want to completely clear my old sata ssd that has windows and some games on it, how do I easily go about that? Should I leave the old ssd with windows plugged in when I install windows on my other ssd and delete all the partitions? I'm just not too used to doing this I just want to do it the easiest way.

 

[Colif]

My question is, when I install all my drives into the new PC should I disconnect both my ssd that has the old windows on it and hdd to make sure the new windows OS goes all on my new nvme?

Yes

Should I leave the old ssd with windows plugged in when I install windows on my other ssd and delete all the partitions? I'm just not too used to doing this I just want to do it the easiest way.

No Win 10 has this nasty habit of putting other partitions on any space it can find, so only having nvme in pc stops it doing that stuff

I also want to completely clear my old sata ssd that has windows and some games on it, how do I easily go about that?

once win 10 is on the nvme and boots from it a few times after the install, reattach both drives. Make sure the old ssd isn't added to boot order in bios.
now if you want to copy anything off them, do it now
otherwise
from inside windows go to
settings/update & security/recovery

under advanced startup, click restart now button

this restarts PC in a blue menu
choose Troubleshoot
choose advanced
choose command prompt
Type diskpart and press enter
Type list disk and press enter

This will show the list of drives currently attached to PC, make note of the drive number of the drive you want to wipe

If Disk 1 is the drive you want to clear, type select 1) and press enter. A message will confirm it is selected

Warning: Diskpart Erase/Clean will permanently erase/destroy all data on the selected drive. Please be certain that you are erasing the correct disk.

Once you sure its right disk, type Clean and press enter

The Command Prompt window will display the message "DiskPart succeeded in cleaning the disk". Close out of the Command Prompt window by clicking the red X in the upper right hand corner.

now restart PC and you will need to use DIsk management to create partitions on the drives again.

 

[Bob1nba]

Yes


No Win 10 has this nasty habit of putting other partitions on any space it can find, so only having nvme in pc stops it doing that stuff


once win 10 is on the nvme and boots from it a few times after the install, reattach both drives. Make sure the old ssd isn't added to boot order in bios.
now if you want to copy anything off them, do it now
otherwise
from inside windows go to
settings/update & security/recovery

under advanced startup, click restart now button

this restarts PC in a blue menu
choose Troubleshoot
choose advanced
choose command prompt
Type diskpart and press enter
Type list disk and press enter

This will show the list of drives currently attached to PC, make note of the drive number of the drive you want to wipe

If Disk 1 is the drive you want to clear, type select 1) and press enter. A message will confirm it is selected

Warning: Diskpart Erase/Clean will permanently erase/destroy all data on the selected drive. Please be certain that you are erasing the correct disk.

Once you sure its right disk, type Clean and press enter

The Command Prompt window will display the message "DiskPart succeeded in cleaning the disk". Close out of the Command Prompt window by clicking the red X in the upper right hand corner.

now restart PC and you will need to use DIsk management to create partitions on the drives again.

I'm most likely not going to create any partitions on this drive im cleaning so once I restart will it just show up as another drive with all of the available GB space?

So I heard its recommended when installing windows you should partition around 100gb for your OS if you have a 1 tb drive and than just partition the rest of the drive. Is that recommended to do?

Also, my hard drive im bringing over has never had windows on it, I only save game captures to there for the most part. Can I simply just hook it up and it will just be its separate drive without having to do anything special? I have noticed my HD has a file on it called WindowsApps but windows has never been installed on it before so im not sure what that is.

 

[Colif]

if you don't put a partition on the drive you clean, it won't show in windows at all. Only show in disk management That was why I suggested making one on it.

Just let windows create the partitions it needs on NVME. No point restricting windows on drive, as if you ever need to reinstall win 10 again you will need to wipe nvme anyway. I only put things on the nvme that need to be replaced if you reinstall windows . So applications, and a few games maybe.
No point restricting it, it only uses 17gb. its not like it is massive. doesn't need a cage.

partitioning ssd doesn't make sense to me. they don't faster areas, its all the same. no real benefit to it.

You will need to take ownership of the folders on the HDD but as soon as you try to open one, windows should offer to give you ownership, on a folder by folder basis.

Windows likes to share itself around. I have folders on my hdd that I know I didn't let it make, but it did anyway. That might have been where it stored windows apps.

 

[Bob1nba]

if you don't put a partition on the drive you clean, it won't show in windows at all. Only show in disk management That was why I suggested making one on it.

Just let windows create the partitions it needs on NVME. No point restricting windows on drive, as if you ever need to reinstall win 10 again you will need to wipe nvme anyway. I only put things on the nvme that need to be replaced if you reinstall windows . So applications, and a few games maybe.
No point restricting it, it only uses 25gb at most.

You will need to take ownership of the folders on the HDD but as soon as you try to open one, windows should offer to give you ownership, on a folder by folder basis.

Windows likes to share itself around. I have folders on my hdd that I know I didn't let it make, but it did anyway. That might have been where it stored windows apps.

Oh ok, so once I clean the drive I can just go to disk management and partition the drive for all its available space and than it shows up as a drive in Windows. Sounds good.

 

[Colif]

Oh ok, so once I clean the drive I can just go to disk management and partition the drive for all its available space and than it shows up as a drive in Windows. Sounds good.

Yes
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