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Hi there guys.

 

I am building a new computer in a few days but i need to know how to solve my problem. I am getting a SSD and a HDD. But i want to install windows onto the SSD for a faster boot up etc. But i have heard that when you have both the hard drives connected into the mobo when installing windows, it spreads the files over both hard drives, which i dont want. How can i get around this problem??

 

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you unplug the HDD while installing windows

then plug it back in when its done

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Linus did a video about this for NCIX

 

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you unplug the HDD while installing windows

then plug it back in when its done

But wont this make the HDD miss the setup for the PC?  

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Linus did a video about this for NCIX

 

Yeah i watched that but thats for years ago.

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Yeah i watched that but thats for years ago.

It still works the same way.

 

Like @Enderman said you can just unplug it then plug it back in after it's done you just have to go into disk management and add it so that windows recognizes it.

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But wont this make the HDD miss the setup for the PC?

It will be fine, if you plug it back in Windows will configure the hdd. I always disconnect my secondary hdds when installing windows just to make sure I don't accidentally install Windows on one of them and wipe my data

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Would just like to note that I've never disconnected my secondary drives when installing Windows. I've never had any issues! I did have stuff on them though, if that counts for anything. 

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It does not spread the files over both drives. What happens is Windows will put the System Reserved partition on the hard drive, essentially "tying" it to the system in software. Without that drive, the system will not boot.

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But wont this make the HDD miss the setup for the PC?  

No. The hard drive can be initialized and formatted in Disk Management which is found in Windows.

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It will be fine, if you plug it back in Windows will configure the hdd.

Any unformatted drives connected to the system remain unformatted until you do it manually in Disk Management or some other program.

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This video still applies and will likely apply for a long time to come.

Yeah i watched that but thats for years ago.

The reason for disconnecting your hdd is to not overwrite your data with the new windows install but it shouldn't be necessary if you're building the computer from scratch.

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But wont this make the HDD miss the setup for the PC?  

You dont need to set up anything on the HDD if its not being used for the OS...

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