Hard drive question

[noicegamer]

so i have this hdd hard drive ive been using since 2013 thats about 2tb and its very slow.... i also have a hard drive thats a ssd but has 200-300 gb... i was wonderring, if i install windows on the ssd and also have the other old hard drive in, will that boost the speed of my computer and i can still use the 2tb one to store files

[curiousmind34]

Yes! In fact many people use their SSD as a boot drive and a hard drive for mass storage.

 

I would just run a diagnostic to make sure the old drive is working without any errors and defrag it

[noicegamer]

Just now, curiousmind34 said:

Yes! In fact many people use their SSD as a boot drive and a hard drive for mass storage.

 

I would just run a diagnostic to make sure the old drive is working without any errors and defrag it

I was actually trying to defrag it yesterday, but the app doesnt open for me, no matter how many times i open it, or even open it as administrator 

[curiousmind34]

Just now, noicegamer said:

I was actually trying to defrag it yesterday, but the app doesnt open for me, no matter how many times i open it, or even open it as administrator 

well, when you install windows on your ssd and plug your hard drive in, it should hopefully work then. 

 

Since your install might be a bit bugged, I would just install a fresh copy from a usb drive to the ssd.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

[noicegamer]

3 minutes ago, curiousmind34 said:

well, when you install windows on your ssd and plug your hard drive in, it should hopefully work then. 

 

Since your install might be a bit bugged, I would just install a fresh copy from a usb drive to the ssd.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

uh oh, as i tried opening defrag  i just got this error, is this bad? 

[curiousmind34]

2 minutes ago, noicegamer said:

uh oh, as i tried opening it i just got this error, is this bad? 

that is not good, it means your drive might be failing, which usually happens after several years or a lot of use accumulated over time. I would follow the instructions and click the notification to try to repair drive errors, but it might be an error on a hardware level.

I would copy any important files you can't just download off the internet to the SSD ASAP after restarting in case the drive's state gets worse.