I bought a SSD...

[Hip]

Hellooo,

 

I've bought my first SSD ever and would like to get some advice before installing it.

Before I bought it I heard to max out the lifetime of a SSD its important to install it right.

I would like to use it for my games only. So my first question is, should I install my OS on the SSD or should I install games only on it?

Secondly, is there any software for crucial SSD to enhance the lifetime? I heard Samsung has one at least.

And last one, will it be detected after putting it into my computer or do I have to do something in the BIOS or so???

 

Thank you very much in advance!!!!

[Samfisher]

Plug and play.

[asus killer]

3 minutes ago, Hip said:

Hellooo,

 

I've bought my first SSD ever and would like to get some advice before installing it.

Before I bought it I heard to max out the lifetime of a SSD its important to install it right.

I would like to use it for my games only. So my first question is, should I install my OS on the SSD or should I install games only on it?

Secondly, is there any software for crucial SSD to enhance the lifetime? I heard Samsung has one at least.

And last one, will it be detected after putting it into my computer or do I have to do something in the BIOS or so???

 

Thank you very much in advance!!!!

the OS should definable go on the SSD. Use the space that's left as you please.

[Hip]

1 minute ago, asus killer said:

the OS should definable go on the SSD. Use the space that's left as you please.

So I will have to install Windows new?

[Airdragonz]

It really doesn't matter what you install on it. Chances are, this ssd will live on for you for the next 5 to 10 years, maybe more if you have less read/write cycles. And BIOS should automatically detect it 

[asus killer]

6 minutes ago, Hip said:

So I will have to install Windows new?

A fresh install is recommended but not necessary, there are some free tools that allow you to do you a 1:1 copy of your current hdd with the OS on it. It works perfectly, i used the samsung software from their site, it's free and works with other brands as i'm told.

[Hip]

1 minute ago, asus killer said:

A fresh install is recommended but not necessary, there are some free tools that allow you to do you a 1:1 copy of your current hdd with the OS on it. It works perfectly, i used the samsung software from their site, it's free and works with other brands as i'm told.

Ah so I'd rather install fresh.

So I just install it and what about the windows on the HDD that is inside right now? Can I use this HDD then as usuall?

[Hielke]

21 minutes ago, Hip said:

So I will have to install Windows new?

You definitely want your OS on your SSD, preferable your games too. It just makes so much of a difference. I started out my system with a 256GB SSD, but recently added another 500GB just for games. I would recommend a clean install of your OS on your SSD. Do not forget to back up

[Hielke]

12 minutes ago, Hip said:

Ah so I'd rather install fresh.

So I just install it and what about the windows on the HDD that is inside right now? Can I use this HDD then as usuall?

While doing a clean install of your OS on your new SSD, you can wipe the OS on your HHD.

[Hip]

Just now, Hielke said:

While doing a clean install of your OS on your new SSD, you can wipe the OS on your HHD.

I do not know how to "wipe" windows from there lol

[asus killer]

leave the hdd in its place but unplug it

install the ssd and install the OS in it

plug your old hdd and erase windows files

you're done

[Blackyk]

Think of it like this: Put the software you use the most on the SSD. Since you use Windows 100% of the time, it only makes sense to do a fresh install on the SSD, then like ASUS Killer said, follow those steps to clean up the old HD and you've got a media/image storage drive.

[ProjectBox153]

It makes the most sense to put your OS on the SSD. That's what everyone does.

[Hip]

11 hours ago, asus killer said:

leave the hdd in its place but unplug it

install the ssd and install the OS in it

plug your old hdd and erase windows files

you're done

So when I put in the SSD and install windows on it how can I delete windows from the HDD that's right now in? Is there any easy way to delete all files from it? And if so Will my second HDD also be empty after installing windows? I do not want to clean my second HDD. Thanks in advance

[Blackyk]

On 2/7/2018 at 7:02 PM, Hip said:

So when I put in the SSD and install windows on it how can I delete windows from the HDD that's right now in? Is there any easy way to delete all files from it? And if so Will my second HDD also be empty after installing windows? I do not want to clean my second HDD. Thanks in advance

Right click the drive, click Format, ???, profit.

[Hip]

Update:

I've removed the boot files and made it bootable again with the Microsoft tool.

The commands I used before in Diskpart:
 

List Disk

Select Disk X  //X = Number of Disk

Clean

Create Partition Primary

Active

format fs=ntfs quick

assign

exit

 

Update 2:

New Error Message like this:

"Windows can only be used on EFI Systems with GPT Harddrives. The used harddrive has a MBR partition"