Hi, I'm having a hard time finding an exact answer to this.. Basicly I have an old hdd with all my games and drivers and other files on it. I just ordered a new crucial 128gb ssd. I want to add this to my build and boot my os from it without losing allvmy files and drivers and settings from my hdd. Also I will be moving some of my favorite games over to this drive. What is the best way to go about this without losing anything from my hdd?? I just want to be able to load from my ssd and run my games faster without having to backup or reinstall or lose any of my current files and settings.
Thanks, sorry as well, new to this adding hard drives.
EDIT: I have been doing some more research. What I have come to find (IF i am correct) is that I will need make sure my HDD is backed up onto an external drive, i will need to unplug current HDD, set SSD to AHCI? do a fresh install of Windows 7 onto the SSD (I am assuming i will also have to reinstall all my MOBO, graphics card and other drivers onto this drive as well?). Replug in the HDD boot from the SSD, reformat the HDD and set it as my slave drive, and then transfer the files i had backed up on the external back to the HDD and then after this i should have the OS running of my SSD, the HDD set up with no OS as my slave drive, and I should be able to run all my games and programs off of the HDD even though The OS is running off my SSD. I know it's alot, if anyone could tell me if this is correct and let me know if i have this write that would be amazing! thank you!
Thanks, sorry as well, new to this adding hard drives.
EDIT: I have been doing some more research. What I have come to find (IF i am correct) is that I will need make sure my HDD is backed up onto an external drive, i will need to unplug current HDD, set SSD to AHCI? do a fresh install of Windows 7 onto the SSD (I am assuming i will also have to reinstall all my MOBO, graphics card and other drivers onto this drive as well?). Replug in the HDD boot from the SSD, reformat the HDD and set it as my slave drive, and then transfer the files i had backed up on the external back to the HDD and then after this i should have the OS running of my SSD, the HDD set up with no OS as my slave drive, and I should be able to run all my games and programs off of the HDD even though The OS is running off my SSD. I know it's alot, if anyone could tell me if this is correct and let me know if i have this write that would be amazing! thank you!