a tricky hard drive question

bluedishwasher

bluedishwasher

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ok so im going to buy a new computer and was just wondering, can i add a Raptor 10,000 RPM drive to the system. basically what i want to do is clone all the data from the stock hard drive onto the raptor drive, and then have the raptor drive run all my programs etc while my other hard drive would be used for saved files and documents etc. would this be possible? thanks in advance
 
If you want to copy EVERYTHING, that's easy. Western Digital should provide software to copy everything. There's also software such as Ghost that allows you to duplicate drives. I'm not sure of a free program like that right off, but I'm sure there are some around somewhere.
 
ok, secondly then how do i set it up so that all programs are installed and run from the raptor drive but all my documents, music, photos, movies etc are run from the larger HDD?
 
To move your My Documents folder do this:

How to Change the My Documents Folder Storage Location

When the properties of the My Documents folder (the desktop icon) are displayed and a group policy has not been established to redirect the folder, you can change the path to the My Documents folder and you can move the contents from the old location to the new location:
1. Right-click My Documents (on the desktop), and then click Properties.
2. In the Target box, type the new path to the My Documents folder, or click Move to browse to the folder and if needed, create a new My Documents folder. If the path you type does not exist, you are prompted to confirm creating a new folder.
3. Click Yes to move files from the old My Documents location to the new location, or click No if you do not want to move these files. Note that clicking No does not delete the files in the old location, but means they are no longer visible from My Documents after the change.
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