Reformatting SSDs to be used as secondary storage

[ehawkins2232]

So my current rig is now five years old (currently running Skylake) and now I'm upgrading everyone except the gpu (I'll stick with my 970 until I can grab something). 

 

With my new PC I will be using my WD M.2 drive as my boot drive, but I currently have two 500 GB Crucial SSDs in my rig. I want to use them both as secondary storage (probably for games and such), so I wanted to know the best way to reformat the drives for usage on the new PC. There is only a few sensitive files on the PC that will all fit on a flash drive, so there's no need to mirror over data from the old SSDs.

 

My plan right now is to build the new rig with the M.2 drive, use Windows media creation tool and set up windows, and then connect up the two secondary drives, then wipe those as well. I'm guessing my question is, will plugging in my new M.2 drive and my old SSD drive which both have OS installations cause a problem?

[aDoomGuy]

It wont cause a problem but make sure you set the boot device to the M.2.

 

Wipe them by deleting partitions and creating new.

[ehawkins2232]

2 minutes ago, aDoomGuy said:

It wont cause a problem but make sure you set the boot device to the M.2.

 

Wipe them by deleting partitions and creating new.

Alright thank you, I appreciate it. Just had to make sure.

[aDoomGuy]

5 minutes ago, ehawkins2232 said:

Alright thank you, I appreciate it. Just had to make sure.

You're welcome!