Hello everyone. I have a storage question.
Right now my PC has three storage drives...
C: is a 275gb 2.5" SSD, which contains my Windows 10 OS and some frequently used programs. Currently, this drive has 93.5 GB free.
F: is a 1TB 3.5" HDD, which contains my libraries and the rest of my programs. Currently, this drive has 128 GB free.
H: is a 500 GB 2.5" HDD that came out of a dead laptop. Originally I installed this drive to recover some stuff, but it has become a "random junk" drive. Currently, this drive has 58.7 GB free.
I have decided that I want to add a 500 GB M.2 SSD to the mix, likely replacing the one in there now. However, all these drives have become very difficult to manage, finding anything has become a pain, and having all these drives in here is putting my measly 600W power supply through the wringer, since it's also powering an i7-7700K, a GTX 1070, a 212 EVO CPU cooler, and multiple case fans. My other option is to put a bigger SSD in there - maybe 1 TB - and replace all of these other drives with a single 3 or 4 TB HDD (I have a lot of games, and don't delete anything).
I know there are many utilities out there to migrate the contents of my current SSD into the new one, but is there any good way to combine the other two drives into one larger one, without losing all my programs and data? Since none of my programs rely on the H: drive (it's simply a backup/junk drive), would I just be able to migrate the F: drive to the new one using the same process as the SSD, and simply copy/paste the contents of H: over?
Thanks
Matt
Right now my PC has three storage drives...
C: is a 275gb 2.5" SSD, which contains my Windows 10 OS and some frequently used programs. Currently, this drive has 93.5 GB free.
F: is a 1TB 3.5" HDD, which contains my libraries and the rest of my programs. Currently, this drive has 128 GB free.
H: is a 500 GB 2.5" HDD that came out of a dead laptop. Originally I installed this drive to recover some stuff, but it has become a "random junk" drive. Currently, this drive has 58.7 GB free.
I have decided that I want to add a 500 GB M.2 SSD to the mix, likely replacing the one in there now. However, all these drives have become very difficult to manage, finding anything has become a pain, and having all these drives in here is putting my measly 600W power supply through the wringer, since it's also powering an i7-7700K, a GTX 1070, a 212 EVO CPU cooler, and multiple case fans. My other option is to put a bigger SSD in there - maybe 1 TB - and replace all of these other drives with a single 3 or 4 TB HDD (I have a lot of games, and don't delete anything).
I know there are many utilities out there to migrate the contents of my current SSD into the new one, but is there any good way to combine the other two drives into one larger one, without losing all my programs and data? Since none of my programs rely on the H: drive (it's simply a backup/junk drive), would I just be able to migrate the F: drive to the new one using the same process as the SSD, and simply copy/paste the contents of H: over?
Thanks
Matt