SATA cable with multiple plugs

[JIB271]

Hi All -
I just found out after 5 years that I actually have a 128GB ASUS SSD Card in my computer. It was unplugged. For 5 years.

I was cleaning out my computer today and I just stumbled upon it. I laughed very had.
Ok, heres the question. So, the SATA cables that are connected to my motherboard and HDD have multiple ports on it up and down the cable. Could I connect my SSD card and HDD along the same SATA cable, to my motherboard?

Also, Im not sure if this card is broken or corrupted or what, but when I did plug both my HDD and SSD card in along the same cable, it wouldn't show up in BIOS. Nor would it show up in BIOS when it was the only one connected. Do I have to install windows on it first?

Thanks
Julian =D

 

[Rogue Leader]

Samsung has a nice migration tool where you can migrate your OS over to the SSD and then use the HDD as your games/storage/whatever drive.

 

[nukemaster]

Windows 10 will reinstall on the same system without issues if you do not want to attempt cloning or migration. I have cloned many a drive without issues

You will pretty quickly master multiple drives(they just show up as another letter and you can change that in disk management). When you install stuff, just use the custom or advanced option to select your hard drive.

Steam also makes it very easy because you can have a game library on each drive if you want.

Example.

You can move your personal files to the hard drive(well make Windows look for them since you already have them on the hard drive). Each of your Users library folders(documents/downloads/pictures/videos/ect) will have a tab in its properties called location. Just browser to your hard drive. You will not have to copy files since they will already be on the drive.

Example.

Are you using a WDC Green as your primary drive? You are in for a treat with the SSD

 

[JIB271]

Windows 10 will reinstall on the same system without issues if you do not want to attempt cloning or migration. I have cloned many a drive without issues

You will pretty quickly master multiple drives(they just show up as another letter and you can change that in disk management). When you install stuff, just use the custom or advanced option to select your hard drive.

Steam also makes it very easy because you can have a game library on each drive if you want.

Example.

You can move your personal files to the hard drive(well make Windows look for them since you already have them on the hard drive). Each of your Users library folders(documents/downloads/pictures/videos/ect) will have a tab in its properties called location. Just browser to your hard drive. You will not have to copy files since they will already be on the drive.

Example.

Are you using a WDC Green as your primary drive? You are in for a treat with the SSD

Im not sure what kind of drive it is. How could I tell if it was a green drive or not? In the BIOS, the HDD is recognized as a WDC followed by a bunch of numbers and letters.

Thanks for the responses btw! I found the samsung migration assistant so it should go smoothly when my SSD card is delivered today!! Ill post back with more questions as they come!=D

 

[nukemaster]

Those numbers tell you what kind of drive it is . The drive label also lists it(along with a color that looked green in your images).

Green drives are slower(spin speed and access times) and made to save power. Red(NAS) and Purple(Video Surveillance) are also slower and purpose made.

 

[JIB271]

Those numbers tell you what kind of drive it is . The drive label also lists it(along with a color that looked green in your images).

Green drives are slower(spin speed and access times) and made to save power. Red(NAS) and Purple(Video Surveillance) are also slower and purpose made.

Hey, ok so I have my SSD card installed and it is being recognized by both my BIOS and my OS. Is there a way to just get windows 10 and a few other files onto the drive without copying everything over (as my entire HDD will not fit on my SSD)? I am using the data migration assistant from samsung, but it wont let me choose all the files that I dont want copied over.

Heres what I think I am going to do:
Full back up onto my external 2TB Hard drive. Delete a lot of stuff off of my current internal HDD. Clone, then redownload my backup onto my 2TB internal HDD.

My questions is: is there a way to redownload all of my stuff on my external HDD to just my internal HDD or will it copy over to the SSD? Will this process work? Is there a way to backup both my HDD and SSD to the same external HD?

 

[nukemaster]

A program like Reflect makes backup images of any drive and to nearly any location.
http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx

Depending on how much stuff you have and your free space, you may be able to shrink the Windows partition and move all the things that will live on the HDD after. This would allow you to clone over Windows and its required partitions.

When you check disk management, how many partitions do you currently have and what are the locations? If you have just partitions before Windows(left side) you can shrink without issues and then make a new on after Windows to move files onto.

Then you would clone everything upto and including the Windows partition.

Now if you have software installed you want to run off the hard drive without reinstalling you may be able to create a Junction to make the program appear on the SSD and run without re installation or anything. It is NOT recommended to try to move parts of the OS in this way however and anything in APPDATA will stay on your SSD(this happens when programs are installed on other drives anyway).

You have lots of options, the most easy is a reinstall, but some users like it while others do not like starting over.