Switching to an SSD

[D_Kostroun]

I am going to get a 126 or 256 GB SSD pretty soon and I have my OS and other software and apps on my HDD.  

 

Should I just install the OS and common used apps and games on my SSD? And do I delete the OS files off of the hard drive or just reformat it after I back up my files?  

 

Just have a few these few concerns so I make this go as smoothly as possible.

[BigD1970]

Install the fresh os without the hd being plugged in...I would say  you should reformat the hd after that ,then transfer files,then delete the os file from the hd.

[wpirobotbuilder]

Once you back up files, you can format it and do whatever you want with that drive. I recommend using it as mass storage for your main rig.

[Snapy1]

meh I have a ram disk now. Performance doesnt get much better than that. 

[D_Kostroun]

Yeah I was going to use it as the main storage afterwards.

[-rascal-]

Yeah I was going to use it as the main storage afterwards.

 

At this stage of computer technology with SSD's (NAND Flash), if you can, get a 256GB / 240GB OR 512GB / 500GB SSD.

128GB / 120GB isn't much especially when you're talking about 20GB - 30GB for games like...BF4, etc.

From personal experience, I've learned that lesson.

 

If the OS install on the HDD is quite old (i.e. a few years), I'd do a fresh install on the SSD rather than mirroring it over or what-not. As a few of the others here have already stated, make a back-up of any of your important files / data, and wipe (format) the HDD clean, and use it as mass storage.

 

It's kind of what I have my computer configured.

120GB SSD + 120GB SSD for games / applications / programs, etc....and a 1TB HDD for mass storage.

(As you can see, ONE 120GB was not enough. THAT was my lesson)

[D_Kostroun]

That is understandable.  So with Steam you cannot download games to different drives?  Like if I just wanted to have one game on the SSD and the rest on the HDD, I couldn't do that?