Installing an SSD in a laptop

[kellercz]

Hey I am really new to doing anything more than using a stock computer. I have an msi ge70 2pe apache pro laptop. I had problems at one point with the 1 Tb hard drive it came with but it was not broken just somehow wiped so I was sent the discs from MSI to start from the beginning, no issues. I purchased Kingston SSD and put it in the slot in the laptop for SSD. That is as far as I have gotten I have tried to figure out how to boot off of this drive, especially while still having optional access to the other hard drive. Preferably with that drive not needing to spin up when not in use. I really appreciate any help you all can give me.

[ProjectBox153]

You'll need to install an OS onto the SSD (I assume you want that as your main drive). Otherwise there's nothing on it. 

[themctipers]

1 minute ago, Jamiec1130 said:

You'll need to install an OS onto the SSD (I assume you want that as your main drive). Otherwise there's nothing on it. 

don't forget to look if the SSD has good idle power consumption

[ProjectBox153]

Just now, themctipers said:

don't forget to look if the SSD has good idle power consumption

What?

[themctipers]

Just now, Jamiec1130 said:

What?

 some ssds have terrible idle power consumption so it eats up a lot more battery than if a ssd has good idle

 

something like 0.25w vs 4w iirc

[ProjectBox153]

Just now, themctipers said:

 some ssds have terrible idle power consumption so it eats up a lot more battery than if a ssd has good idle

 

something like 0.25w vs 4w iirc

I've never heard of that, but ok...

[kellercz]

Thanks for the help, how do I install the new OS, do I just boot up the computer onto the SSD(not certain how but I can figure that out) and then use the discs I used before? or is there some other way to have the OS

[Mira Yurizaki]

8 minutes ago, kellercz said:

Thanks for the help, how do I install the new OS, do I just boot up the computer onto the SSD(not certain how but I can figure that out) and then use the discs I used before? or is there some other way to have the OS

If you have the disks then sure. Otherwise you can create a bootable USB drive and boot into that (computers are normally smart enough to do that automagically if it can't detect an OS on any of the storage drives)

[dmuirhead]

1 hour ago, M.Yurizaki said:

If you have the disks then sure. Otherwise you can create a bootable USB drive and boot into that (computers are normally smart enough to do that automagically if it can't detect an OS on any of the storage drives)

+1 for this.  In addition, you can use Rufus to create the Bootable USB (or diskpart if you are feeling adventurous!)  For Rufus, just Google "Rufus bootable USB"

[kellercz]

thanks for the help