Installing a new ssd

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waffles

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Hi guys,
I bought an ssd for my desktop which already has an hdd. I want to use my ssd for the os anti virus software drivers and maybe a couple games. My question is how do I go around doing that?
Thanks
P.s. I dont want to move everything to my ssd.
 
Unfortunately, you will need to reinstall everything from scratch. All games and programs will have to be reinstalled as they create registry and system files that are needed for the program to work correctly.
 
johnb35 said:
Unfortunately, you will need to reinstall everything from scratch. All games and programs will have to be reinstalled as they create registry and system files that are needed for the program to work correctly.
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oh boy ok.
How would I do that?
 
Remove power cable from hdd so that its not detected during windows install. Once windows is installed you change the location directory for all your personal files such as music, documents, photos, videos. After that install whatever you want to your ssd and all other programs but you will need to change default installation directory.
 
Most SSDs come with cloning software. My 840 took 8 minutes to copy the Windows install over and was immeidately useable.

What exact SSD did you buy?
 
johnb35 said:
Remove power cable from hdd so that its not detected during windows install. Once windows is installed you change the location directory for all your personal files such as music, documents, photos, videos. After that install whatever you want to your ssd and all other programs but you will need to change default installation directory.
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ok so I install the os and stuff on my ssd and then reconnect the hdd?
 
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Connect both the original Windows HDD and the new SSD. Boot into the old drive (Windows)

Make sure you update the BIOS on the M500 http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/support-ssd-firmware

Then download Minitools Disk Copy (freeware) and http://www.minitool-drivecopy.com/download/minitool-drivecopy.exe

Copy the old Windows installation over to the SSD.

Shutdown. Remove old HDD.

Boot into new SSD and install any software Crucial use to manage the SSD.

Once you are happy with the SSD install, reconnect the HDD (old one) and boot into the SSD again, format the old drive and use it for storage etc.

Another approach is to use the SSD via Intel Smart Response. This will keep the install on the old drive and use the SSD for cache.
 
Okey,

Read his first post again. He doesn't want to copy/clone everything over, he only wants certain things on the ssd and everything else on the hdd.
 
Okedokey said:
Connect both the original Windows HDD and the new SSD. Boot into the old drive (Windows)

Make sure you update the BIOS on the M500 http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/support-ssd-firmware

Then download Minitools Disk Copy (freeware) and http://www.minitool-drivecopy.com/download/minitool-drivecopy.exe

Copy the old Windows installation over to the SSD.

Shutdown. Remove old HDD.

Boot into new SSD and install any software Crucial use to manage the SSD.

Once you are happy with the SSD install, reconnect the HDD (old one) and boot into the SSD again, format the old drive and use it for storage etc.

Another approach is to use the SSD via Intel Smart Response. This will keep the install on the old drive and use the SSD for cache.
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johnb35 said:
Remove power cable from hdd so that its not detected during windows install. Once windows is installed you change the location directory for all your personal files such as music, documents, photos, videos. After that install whatever you want to your ssd and all other programs but you will need to change default installation directory.
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which way is better?
 
Alright so I have my hdd disconnected and I have window 8 installed. I tested my ssd speed and it just a little lower (but expected) with the sequential reads and writes (actually the write speed is faster than advertised) but the random read and write are a lot lower than advertised. I have the crucial m500 240 GB SSD.
heres a photo of the test
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Is this normal? I know benchmarks dont show the "true" speed and can be off but by that much?
Thanks
 
This is my 240GB M500 in my laptop.

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In the end it all depends on your SATA controller. Be sure it's in AHCI mode, have the latest SATA driver installed, and the latest chipset driver installed.
 
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