Will the files interfer?

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Hi! I'm getting my first SSD, The samsung 250GB EVO! I don't wanna copy anything from my HDD, yet i still wanna use it. If i were to plug out my HDD and install OS on SSD and later plug in my HDD to the computer, with OS and everything, will it interfer somehow? Will files be locked? Can i just delete everything i don't want from the HDD or is it harder than that? (I've never used 2 storage disks before.)

Thanks!
 
There will be some issues and mostly good stuff.

You are correct that the HDD should be disconnected from the system when you install to the HDD; it should be the only writeable drive.
When both drives are attached to the system, it may try to boot from the wrong one. My solution is to ensure that my SSD is in SATA port one.
Finally, there will be file privilege issues. If you have an account named "sam" on the old machine and an account named "sam" on the new machine, when you are booted from the new drive "sam" won't have access to files owned by "sam" on the old drive. So you may have problems accessing protected files.

Have a lot of fun!
 
The files will not interfer with one another.
If you wanted to access the personal files on the hard drive you might have to take ownership of them if your computer name and user account is not the exact same.

If you dont want the files/windows install anymore after you get it all installed just format your hdd. If you do want it for safe keeping, i would resize and partition your hard drive to keep your original os safe. you can always hide the old os drive if you choose too
 
The way you plan it (Install SSD > install OS > next add the HDD), the only inconvenience you can encounter is accessibility issues but you have different options to automatically have full access to the HDD.
1. You can take ownership of the HDD,
2. you can format the OS partition and the HDD will automatically turn into regular storage.
3. You could share the HDD previously to anticipate access issues and later set the same configuration as you have in the SSD.. (leaving the old OS intact)
If you have a large amount of files deleting them can be a long process, it would be more practical to previously partition the HDD (if it's not already partitioned) and resize the partition leaving the OS in a small partition and move there all the files you may not want, and format the drive to delete everything off the OS partition.
You can partition and resize the HDD from the Windows Vista, 7, 8 Disk Manager or in Windows XP with a third party Partition Manager.
 

How exactly can i take ownership of the HDD then?
I only use like 100 GB on the drive so, i'ts not too messy deleting them.
 

Okay then, Plans changed, Now i just wanna know how to format the harddrive making it empty..
 
1. You can format it from the Installation CD/DVD (the option comes up during the installation process.. you can format it and stop at that )
2. From the New OS from the Disk Manager, from Explorer, drive letter right click, or with a third party partition manager.

From the disk management:
Right click on Computer or My computer depending on your OS, click on Manage > Disk Management > right click on the HDD or HDD Partition > select Format > select NTFS > type a volume label (this will appear as the drive name in Explorer) > select NTFS > mark Quick format to do it quickly and specially if you don't have malware issues, and click OK.

From the Drive right click:
You have the same options as in the Disk Management.

With third party software:
Minitool Partition Wizard Home Edition or AESEUS Partition Master Home Edition
After installing and opening the program, right click on the drive letter and you'll see the same options as in the Disk Management, so a third party partition manager may not be necessary for formatting, it's more appropriate for other tasks as resizing partitions and specially when it comes to the OS partition for their safety from data loss.