Should I get rid of the SSD

William-Mathew · 1 Jan 2017 at 23:25

Hello

So one of my relatives is using their computer for their own company. It has a 60GB SSD and a 1TB hard drive. However the problem is, is that the SSD is filled up and will not let them open programs. I was thinking of just ditching the SSD and just stick everything on the hard drive. Am I able to do that without having to wipe everything, all i would have to do is change the directories?

Thanks

Will

HoneyBadger · 1 Jan 2017 at 23:34

William-Mathew said:
Hello

So one of my relatives is using their computer for their own company. It has a 60GB SSD and a 1TB hard drive. However the problem is, is that the SSD is filled up and will not let them open programs. I was thinking of just ditching the SSD and just stick everything on the hard drive. Am I able to do that without having to wipe everything, all i would have to do is change the directories?

Thanks

Will

No, that's not going to work.

You have a few options:

1) try and clean up some space on the SSD. If you're using windows, click start, run and type cleanmgr and run through that. Also you can move the page file.sys to the other drive which should free up a couple of GB.

2) Buy a bigger SSD and use Macrium Reflect to clone the 60GB drive onto the new, larger one.

3) Ditch the SSD as you have suggested, but to do this you will need to backup all the data on the secondary larger disk, install windows/clone the SSD onto it and then restore the original data.

William-Mathew · 1 Jan 2017 at 23:38

HoneyBadger said:
No, that's not going to work.

You have a few options:

1) try and clean up some space on the SSD. If you're using windows, click start, run and type cleanmgr and run through that. Also you can move the page file.sys to the other drive which should free up a couple of GB.

2) Buy a bigger SSD and use Macrium Reflect to clone the 60GB drive onto the new, larger one.

3) Ditch the SSD as you have suggested, but to do this you will need to backup all the data on the secondary larger disk, install windows/clone the SSD onto it and then restore the original data.

I know this sounds wired, could i not just copy and paste the data from the ssd into the hard drive and then run windows off the hard drive like that?

HoneyBadger · 1 Jan 2017 at 23:43

William-Mathew said:
I know this sounds wired, could i not just copy and paste the data from the ssd into the hard drive and then run windows off the hard drive like that?

What data do you mean? If you mean windows, anything that's installed and made registry entries, then no.

William-Mathew · 1 Jan 2017 at 23:44

HoneyBadger said:
What data do you mean? If you mean windows, anything that's installed and made registry entries, then no.

All thats on the ssd is windows and programs such as photoshop, office 365 etc

HoneyBadger · 1 Jan 2017 at 23:54

William-Mathew said:
All thats on the ssd is windows and programs such as photoshop, office 365 etc

Ok, so no, you can't just copy and paste. I refer you to the options above!

Rabtech · 2 Jan 2017 at 00:01

Map all the documents, pictures, videos and download folders to the HD, this will leave the SSD for windows and installed programs.

William-Mathew · 2 Jan 2017 at 00:04

Rabtech said:
Map all the documents, pictures, videos and download folders to the HD, this will leave the SSD for windows and installed programs.

Already done this, thinking i may just transfer some programs across onto the hard drive to free up room

bledd · 2 Jan 2017 at 09:30

Move to a bigger ssd.

256gb

I manage to keep my media pc on a 30gb ssd. Ccleaner and windows disk cleanup with system restore disabled.

FredFlint · 2 Jan 2017 at 14:44

The easy option is to get a 120GB SSD or a hard drive and clone the 60GB drive. A 120GB SSD can be had for £40 or a bit less if you shop around.

Rabtech · 2 Jan 2017 at 15:46

Move the pagefile to the HD and disable the hiberfil.sys - as they are running a SSD it won't be that much slower to boot/shutdown. CMD as admin, powercfg -h off

AiiR · 2 Jan 2017 at 16:26

Get a bigger SSD, 60GB was acceptable when the price per GB of SSDs was that much more but now they are a lot more cost effective you'll probably find you can pick up a 256GB drive for around £50-60. Definitely worthwhile to not have these kinds of issues. I've had a 256GB drive for over a year now and I've only used 90GB so plenty of breathing space.

Maundie · 2 Jan 2017 at 18:27

Definitely get a bigger SSD and then clone the O/S drive to the bigger drive, if you remove the SSD and use the 1Tb it will feel so much slower and he'll get fed up of waiting for everything.

ExoMale · 12 Jan 2017 at 22:33

It will take awhile but you can copy the C: drive to the hdd location, just at some point it will tell you all system files and os can't be transferred which is obvious, then erase those files on the ssd, as it wouldn't be classed as a shortcut you won't lose out.

I have done this many times when I wanted to reinstall Windows and didn't have a external drive at hand or see what is on the ssd that you could move to the hdd in general.

Sasahara · 13 Jan 2017 at 18:39

If you have all the program discs serial numbers, you could uninstall them and then reinstall to the D: (1TB Drive)

Use CCleaner to remove excess junk on the SSD.

JasonM · 16 Jan 2017 at 20:25

I would have put the windows / apps just on the HDD, then used the 60gb SSD as a cache drive. This is presuming your motherboard supports Intel Smart Response Technology, it gives performance largely similar to SSD speeds but the benefit of large storage from the HDD.

http://www.intel.co.uk/content/www/uk/en/support/boards-and-kits/000005501.html

Also notice this is the path Dell are going with some of their i5 and i7 desktops now, large HDD then a small SSD with the SRT pre setup.