I just received my 240GB Intel 530 SSD in the mail and while i have done the split install before on my laptop it was three years ago and I cant seem to remember exactly how I did it. What Im thinking about doing is Partitioning my ssd into ~60Gb for **Windows 7** and ~180gb for specific storage of games and heavily used programs. The rest of my stuff, user data, program files, and the like I want on my hdd. I have found documentation using the sticky's in this forum about relocating the user folders and locations, but I strongly remember going in and changing registry entries not simply right clicking and moving. I also want the default install location to point to my hdd and not my ssd. Sorry for the long write up but I'm trying to be clear as possible without demanding lol. I also have a 500GB drive and I was wondering If It was possible to partition the 1TB and then RAID 0 that partition with the 500GB drive. That would be a drive for my games, but that's just a bonus.
so essentially i want to have;
C:/ *SSD Partition 1*
Y:/ *SSD Partition 2*
Z:/ *1TB data Drive*
or;
C:/ *SSD Partition 1*
X:/ *RAID 0 500GB*
Y:/ *SSD Partition 2*
Z:/ *500GB* data Drive*
Thanks in advance and sorry if this is a daunting task
**Update** Ive decided to go with Windows 8.1 Pro since I can get it for cheaper and it still provides the RAM overhead I want. Can this still be done?
so essentially i want to have;
C:/ *SSD Partition 1*
Y:/ *SSD Partition 2*
Z:/ *1TB data Drive*
or;
C:/ *SSD Partition 1*
X:/ *RAID 0 500GB*
Y:/ *SSD Partition 2*
Z:/ *500GB* data Drive*
Thanks in advance and sorry if this is a daunting task
**Update** Ive decided to go with Windows 8.1 Pro since I can get it for cheaper and it still provides the RAM overhead I want. Can this still be done?