New HDD

sprite1275 · 10 Sep 2014 at 07:03

Ive ordered 2 new WD 2tb black hdd's for my rig (£59.99 each

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Id like to know the best way of going about fitting these. I've got one just for back up.

My mobo is this http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8Z77V_PREMIUM/ and currently I have the 32gb ssd which comes with the board accelerating a 1tb HDD. I'm more than happy with the speed this creates.

Is there a way of just migrating everything over to the new HDD? Or am I best to do a fresh install? I don't have much on my PC as I've not that long ago done a fresh install.

I'm wondering whether to just unplug my HDD, fit the new black HDD and do a fresh install. After that connect my old HDD and just copy all the files off it that I want, just not sure if the windows system that will still be on my old HDD may conflict.

Not sure which is the best way o_O

NoNameNoNumber · 10 Sep 2014 at 07:08

sprite1275 said:
fit the new black HDD and do a fresh install. After that connect my old HDD and just copy all the files off it that I want

This is how I've always done it but there's got to be a better way...

sprite1275 · 10 Sep 2014 at 08:07

NoNameNoNumber said:
This is how I've always done it but there's got to be a better way...

So does the OS on the old hdd not conflict with the fresh install when plugged in?

Surveyor · 10 Sep 2014 at 08:32

Macrium Reflect Cloning Guide

sprite1275 · 12 Sep 2014 at 13:51

New Question.

I'm taking the evo ssd out my other PC which is not working at the moment and going to place in this one for the OS. I will use the Samsung migrate software to do this.

I was wondering which SATA ports to use for the ssd?

I have 3x Intel z77 SATA 3.0
4x Marvell SATA 6.0
2x Intel z77 SATA 6.0

Also is it worth (or is it possible) me using the onboard ssd to accelerate the WDBlack HDD using "Intel technology" ? Not sure if the OS has to be connected to this to use it.