URGENT, HELP NEEDED: Help with using multiple drives.

[DQWaffles]

So I have a drive that I was using for my boot and storage. I just put Windows on my SSD and now I need to know how to have everything that I had on my HD's desktop on to the new SSD's desktop. I could just reinstall everything but I have 700 Gbs used and that would take a LONG time. Also, I can't just load my applications, I assume I have to re-download them. I need major help!

 

[Tcinator]

are you planning on having the OS on the ssd and applications on the other? how big is the SSD? are you wanting everything on the ssd?

 

[USAFRet]

1. What size is the new SSD?
2. How much used space is on the current drive?
3. How much of that is games? How much is movies/music/etc?
4. Do you have another drive you can use for temp storage...external or internal?

 

[DQWaffles]

I'm sorry for this question being confusing, I didn't know how to explain it. So my SSD only has my OS (I did a clean install for Windows 10), my hard drive has Windows 8 and all my other files. The problem is that now that I boot from my SSD I don't have any files or my desktop readily available. So I just need help getting my files and desktop to work for my SSD.

Specs:
250 gb Samsung evo SSD
2x 1 tb WD Black Drives

600 gbs of games (about)
The 1tb drive with Windows 8 has 250 gbs left
the other 1tb drive is basically empty, I can delete whatever is on there

 

[USAFRet]

OK...So that we have a known stable start point.

Disconnect ALL drives except the SSD where your OS theoretically lives.
Does it boot?

 

[DQWaffles]

yes

 

[USAFRet]

yes

OK...just to verify:
You have the OS on the SSD, and it boots correctly all by itself.

Right?

 

[DQWaffles]

yes

 

[USAFRet]

OK
So...you have:

250 gb Samsung evo SSD
1 tb WD Black Drive
1 tb WD Black Drive

The OS is on the SSD
Where are the games?
What is on the 2 WD Black drives?

 

[DQWaffles]

there is also windows 8 on one of the drives, and on that same drive there is everything, so games and applications mainly

 

[USAFRet]

there is also windows 8 on one of the drives, and on that same drive there is everything, so games and applications mainly

Applications WILL need to be reinstalled. There is no way around this.
Games....create a new top level folder on one of the drives. Preferably NOT the one that has the old WIn 8 install
Copy your SteamApps folder to that folder
In the new Steam clinet you install with the new OS, designate that folder you just created as an install location.

 

[DQWaffles]

ok that's what I thought, thx