SSD

Pc.robb · 1 Dec 2011 at 13:43

I'm looking to get a 60GB SSD for christmas and use it for my boot drive for windows and maybe put some games on.

I currently have a 1TB seagate HDD. If I was going to get a SSD I would do a clean fresh install and re-format the HDD and use as a storage drive.

also if I do a fresh install I won't have a probelm with re-activing my OEM license? and also can I swap files between the drives like I have a game installed on my SSD can I swap it over to my other drive without any problems? And swap games/files from my HDD to the SSD

Pilgrim57 · 2 Dec 2011 at 12:04

OEM license should activate OK, if not phone MS to activate.
Why all the game swaping? Just put them on hdd. If you want them on the ssd then you'll need 120GB.

skyripper · 2 Dec 2011 at 12:08

Pc.robb said:
and also can I swap files between the drives like I have a game installed on my SSD can I swap it over to my other drive without any problems? And swap games/files from my HDD to the SSD

Yes. Just do some research on Junction Points and using the mklink command. I've used this to offload various games back to my HDD after my lad has installed it to the default C: drive.

Pc.robb · 2 Dec 2011 at 13:40

Pilgrim57 said:
OEM license should activate OK, if not phone MS to activate.
Why all the game swaping? Just put them on hdd. If you want them on the ssd then you'll need 120GB.

I just wondered if you could swap games between the drives because SSD are faster at loading the game.

SteWoo · 2 Dec 2011 at 13:55

Ive got a 60gb SSD, I only use it for Windows, one or two common programs and a game or two. As skyripper said, you may want to read up on junction points to move stuff back and forth.