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12 minutes ago, EvilCat70 said:

need to know if there would be any safe way to mount the drive temporarily while I clone the old one.

Lol, none of the SSDs or HDDs in my case are mounted, and they work just fine. Just tuck your drive anywhere in your case.

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Hello. I got a new HDD for Christmas and a new case, however, I have no space for another drive in the case (the plan is to clone my old drive and put the data on the new one, not needing the extra space after all). I currently have an SSD and 2 HDDs. One has programs and games on it while the other has documents and videos. I am replacing the documents drive because it is really old and could fail.

 

I need to know if there would be any safe way to mount the drive temporarily while I clone the old one. Also, what happens if I boot Windows without the programs drive plugged in? Will it fail to boot due to many programs missing suddenly?

 

My Windows install is on the SSD and not the HDD. So what would happen if I unplugged that HDD?

 

Also my case is a Sahara P35.

 

Thanks.

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If your talking phsyicaly ,,u could just sit it on ur desk, perhaps on a bit of foam padding. If the SSD is using up a full 3.5" sled then take it out, use the sled for the HDD and just use some double sidded tape or zip ties to hold the SSD somewhere else. ..or just tuck it in the case loose somewhere.

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12 minutes ago, EvilCat70 said:

need to know if there would be any safe way to mount the drive temporarily while I clone the old one.

Lol, none of the SSDs or HDDs in my case are mounted, and they work just fine. Just tuck your drive anywhere in your case.

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12 minutes ago, r2724r16 said:

Lol, none of the SSDs or HDDs in my case are mounted, and they work just fine. Just tuck your drive anywhere in your case.

So it'll be fine while I clone it? There's some space beneath the two drives that are mounted but this space has no mounting area. It can move slightly left and right a bit but that should be ok while I clone it?

CPU: Intel Core i7 8700  

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18 minutes ago, EvilCat70 said:

So it'll be fine while I clone it? There's some space beneath the two drives that are mounted but this space has no mounting area. It can move slightly left and right a bit but that should be ok while I clone it?

Yes, don't worry. 

CPU: Intel Core i7-950 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R CPU Cooler: NZXT HAVIK 140 RAM: Corsair Dominator DDR3-1600 (1x2GB), Crucial DDR3-1600 (2x4GB), Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3-1600 (1x4GB) GPU: ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 2GB SSD: Samsung 860 EVO 2.5" 1TB HDDs: WD Green 3.5" 1TB, WD Blue 3.5" 1TB PSU: Corsair AX860i & CableMod ModFlex Cables Case: Fractal Design Meshify C TG (White) Fans: 2x Dynamic X2 GP-12 Monitors: LG 24GL600F, Samsung S24D390 Keyboard: Logitech G710+ Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum Mouse Pad: Steelseries QcK Audio: Bose SoundSport In-Ear Headphones

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