SSD + HDD

Toaku · 13 Sep 2013 at 11:38

If im buying a SSD and a HDD what do i do on start up, whats the best way to set them up.

if someone could link me to a tutorial i would be very thankful

UKDTweak · 13 Sep 2013 at 11:47

Connect both drives to their respective SATA ports, boot up and go into the bios and set your SSD as the primary boot device, simple as that.

mickyflinn · 13 Sep 2013 at 11:49

Sean's Windows 7 Install & Optimization Guide for SSDs & HDDs

http://www.overclock.net/t/1156654/seans-windows-7-install-optimization-guide-for-ssds-hdds

mickyflinn · 13 Sep 2013 at 11:50

UKDTweak said:
Connect both drives to their respective SATA ports, boot up and go into the bios and set your SSD as the primary boot device, simple as that.

You missed out that you need to set the sata ports to AHCI.

Toaku · 13 Sep 2013 at 12:37

"Sean's Windows 7 Install & Optimization Guide for SSDs & HDDs"

im going to be using win8 is there a big difference?

wazza300 · 13 Sep 2013 at 13:15

all you have to do is

plug in ssd
make sure sata ports are set to ahci mode in the bios
install windows
once installed add in the hdd
set ssd as first boot device in the bios

that's it

Toaku · 13 Sep 2013 at 13:24

wazza300 said:
plug in ssd
make sure sata ports are set to ahci mode in the bios
install windows
once installed add in the hdd
set ssd as first boot device in the bios

in that order?

mushtafa · 13 Sep 2013 at 16:24

Make sure you install windows on the SSD before you install the HDD. Once windows is running, power down, plug in HDD and all done.

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mushtafa · 13 Sep 2013 at 16:25

Just to add to that, you'll have to go into disk management in windows to assign the new HDD a drive letter before it can be used

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wazza300 · 13 Sep 2013 at 18:06

Toaku said:
in that order?

yeh

if storage drive doesn't show up in windows,then do as above,initialise it in disk manager in windows

Toaku · 13 Sep 2013 at 20:07

thanks guys, is there anything else i could do with my SSD and HDD to improve it for gaming?

Dervious · 13 Sep 2013 at 21:37

wazza300 said:
all you have to do is

plug in ssd
make sure sata ports are set to ahci mode in the bios
install windows
once installed add in the hdd
set ssd as first boot device in the bios

that's it

Apart from "fasten seat belt".

Toaku · 14 Sep 2013 at 12:07

haha, i heard something about raid 0, should i look into it or :/