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- Feb 7, 2005
I've been building my own computers for years and I guess I know just enough to get the job done.
I just bought a new SSD that I want to install and put my OS on as well as all my programs. My system has a hard drive for the OS and I have 4 other Hard Drives just for storage. In the past I never had to remove the storage drives , my system would only see the HD with the OS on it. This time I will disconnect the storage drives but something I was told confuses me.
I was told I have to keep the current HD that has the OS on it so I can connect the SSD and initialize it, once that is initialized I can remove the other HD with the older OS. I plan to install a new windows 10 I bought on the SSD then once the SSD is installed and the OS is installed then I will connect the other storage drives and continue my software installs, some are downloads that I keep on a storage drive.
Am I doing it properly and is what I was told about installing the SSD while the current drive with OS is still connected so I can initialize the SSD.
I would appreciate any and all help
I just bought a new SSD that I want to install and put my OS on as well as all my programs. My system has a hard drive for the OS and I have 4 other Hard Drives just for storage. In the past I never had to remove the storage drives , my system would only see the HD with the OS on it. This time I will disconnect the storage drives but something I was told confuses me.
I was told I have to keep the current HD that has the OS on it so I can connect the SSD and initialize it, once that is initialized I can remove the other HD with the older OS. I plan to install a new windows 10 I bought on the SSD then once the SSD is installed and the OS is installed then I will connect the other storage drives and continue my software installs, some are downloads that I keep on a storage drive.
Am I doing it properly and is what I was told about installing the SSD while the current drive with OS is still connected so I can initialize the SSD.
I would appreciate any and all help