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Grayswandir
By Grayswandir
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Hello,

 

As the title suggests, I just finished installing a new SSD the other day but have a small problem. The drive it replaced was a little OCZ Trion 120gb SSD, unfortunately I was in a rush and didn't have the means to get all of  my important data off the OCZ (currently the SATA cable is not plugged into the OCZ, which used to be the drive I booted into Windows 10 with).

 

Can I simply plug in the SATA cable, boot into windows normally (using my new Samsung M.2 drive which is currently my new main drive) and access the old OCZ drive and the information on it, without causing any problems?

 

I'm afraid if I plug it in it will cause problems (a conflict between the new Samsung and the OCZ, because both house a copy of Windows 10), because it used to be my main drive where windows 10 resided.

 

Thanks,

 

Grayswindir.

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You can boot from whichever you want and access the other as a storage drive.

 

All you have to do is select which SSD you want to boot from on BIOS once both are connected on your Boot options.

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That's what I figured, but wasn't 100% sure because I've never had to do it before. Basically though, this means I will only be able to access the OCZ drive alone right, the Samsung won't be listed or accessible I imagine?

 

Thank you.

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