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You can install Windows on it to use it as a boot drive and store programs on it at the same time, yes. It's just a drive storing data, and you can put whatever you want on it. The OS doesn't lock you out of it if you're running Windows, Linux, etc.

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Hey everyone,

 

My new PC has a Samsung 850 Evo 500GB SSD and a Seagate Barricuda 2TB HD.

 

I mainly got the SSD to store programs/games on since it is much faster, but I also hear people talking about using it as a "boot drive" to make their computer start up/close down faster.

 

I know this is a very basic question, but are these two functions mutually exclusive? In other words, can I use the SSD as a "boot drive" AND to store my games and other programs? Or do I have to get another small SSD to run just as a "boot drive."

 

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Thanks.

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You can install Windows on it to use it as a boot drive and store programs on it at the same time, yes. It's just a drive storing data, and you can put whatever you want on it. The OS doesn't lock you out of it if you're running Windows, Linux, etc.

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Many of us (by my understanding) use an SSD to OS/programs and HDD for storage.

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Just now, ARikozuM said:

Many of us (by my understanding) use an SSD to OS/programs and HDD for storage.

Yes, but functionally, you can use one drive to store everything.

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U can do both, i use mine for OS, i have 2x 240gb raid0 so i use for storage too it works fine, i have used ssd's for like 5 years now and about 6 different kinds and i never had OS issues like i would with HDD

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