Starting again back up

[MikeB]

Pc has been on the go for 3-4 years, have a myriad of ssd’s and nvmes etc.

Going to start with a fresh nvme (4tb) and add other drives back as necessary, I have backed up doc photos etc, made a windows install on iso.

What else would you recommend I download now so I am good to go quickly when reinstalling?

 

[MikeB]

Updated bios, coming at it more from large exe’s type thing, I do have a 1GB internet connection so can redownload stuff I guess.

Plan was to set steam, ubi, gamepass,gog etc off overnight

 

[MikeB]

If you have a few drives
Why no backup of the games?

Stuck them randomly all over the shop over last few years, plan is to have specific drives for launchers etc

 

[MikeB]

Will look into that, thanks, ultimately my ocd wants the libraries in single drives, for example I have steam over 4 drives

 

[MikeB]

I have gone for it, clean as a daisy, started with 4 ssd ( 1tb, 480, 480 and 256), two nvme (2tb and 1tb) and a hd (1tb) down to 2 nvme (4tb and 2tb) , 3 ssd (1tb, 480,480) and really fast nvme external drive

Placebo no doubt, but pc is reborn, everything lightening quick so far

 

[MikeB]

I just bought a nvme case to stick my one nvme drive I can’t use in motherboard

Cost about a tenner, seemed a shame not to repurpose it

 

[MikeB]

It’s literally an empty case with a nvme to usb interface so you can plug in as external drive

Just had a play transferring from internal nvme to external, copied massive file with average of 450mbps, went between 250 and 700, that will do me

 

[MikeB]

All done, disconnected everything bar the new drive, installed the basics, then added the rest one by one and formatting them