Help with new storage solution

wired26 · November 29, 2014

I have been fine with my 1TB hard drive for awhile but it has started to not meet my storage needs. I would like to switch to a boot drive and a 4TB hard drive but I am unsure of the following:

1. What size should I get for a boot ssd? (might also have a few applications on it like firefox)

2. How can I transfer all of the documents and files from my 1 TB drive to the 4 TB one?

3. This may be a stupid question but how would I actually go about making the ssd a boot drive? I only bought a one time use version of windows 7 when I originally bought the parts for my system.

roberto++ · November 29, 2014

As long as you don't install steam on the SSD you can get away with a 120GB or 240GB SSD. anything smaller than 120GB you pushing it. I had a 60GB was way too small for windows 7 boot for me.

1TB you can just copy and paste the data you need over to the 4TB, just remember to use GPT schema instead of MBR to be able to have 1x 4TB partition or you will have 2x 2TB partitions with MBR.

FYI no such thing as one time use, you can reuse the windows 7 key since you not changing motherboards. official licensing is tied to the motherboard not to the hard drives.The worst you will have to do is spend 10 minutes on the phone to activate not that bad.

I would do a fresh install on the SSD since SSD and HDD are different technologies, and safer that way.

I have been fine with my 1TB hard drive for awhile but it has started to not meet my storage needs. I would like to switch to a boot drive and a 4TB hard drive but I am unsure of the following:

1. What size should I get for a boot ssd? (might also have a few applications on it like firefox)

2. How can I transfer all of the documents and files from my 1 TB drive to the 4 TB one?

3. This may be a stupid question but how would I actually go about making the ssd a boot drive? I only bought a one time use version of windows 7 when I originally bought the parts for my system.