adding an additional SSD

tally2425

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I'm about to add an additional SSD to my computer, i have enough sata cables etc, but my main worry is wiping the original drive, it won't wipe my original drive when i plug in the new ssd will it? if not that's great as i want to keep my original drive.

now my next question is will it straight recognise it and be able to store stuff straight away?
 
Adding a drive (any) would not wipe the original. Should be recognisable straight away but some times a drive needs to be initialised using disk management.
 
How to Initialize Your SSD for Windows®

Before you can use your new SSD you have to initialize and partition it. If you are performing a clean installation of your operating system, or cloning to your SSD, it is not neccessary to follow these steps. A clean installation of your operating system or cloning to an SSD will initialize and partition the new SSD.


Note: if you simply need to format/reformat a drive, only steps 5-9 below will be needed, assuming your SSD has previously been initialized.
  1. Attach the SSD as a secondary drive and load Windows from your existing drive.
  2. In Windows 7 and earlier, open Disk Management by right clicking on Computer and selecting Manage, then Disk Management.
    In Windows 8 and later, move the mouse to the lower left corner of your desktop and right-click on the Start icon, then select Disk Management.
  3. When Disk Management opens, a pop-up will appear and prompt you to initialize the SSD.
  4. Select GUID partition table (GPT) and click OK. MBR (Master Boot Record) is best for certain legacy software compatibility, but GPT is better for modern systems and higher capacity storage devices.
  5. Right-click in the area that says Unallocated and select New Simple Volume...
  6. The New Simple Volume Wizard will open, click Next.
  7. Leave the Specify Volume Size as the maximum (default value) and click Next.
  8. Select a Drive Letter and click Next.
  9. In the Format Partition screen, decide on a Volume label (the name you want to give the drive) and click Next.
 
No it wont wipe your original drive and should be recognised straight but you my have to go into disk management an initialize the drive
 
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