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SSD install order and how

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boygorge

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Good news everyone! *lol*

I just ordered two Samsung SSD's for my new PC along with a Western Digital Black 1TB hard drive. I plan on using the 128gb for OS and 250gb for just WoW,GW2,Diablo3, BF3, and my 1TB for media and steam/origin games. My question is, what order do I install them in after I install the OS on the 128?

Like boot from disk to install OS on SSD 128;

is the SSD and hard drive already partitioned?
 
IME, it doesn't really matter. But I haven't played even a single steam game, so I can't attest to that.

I would in fact, since they are all different sizes, and brand new, I would hook all of them up, start the Windows 7 install and select the 128GB drive...then go from there. I suppose if you wanted to, you could only hook up the 128GB drive, install the OS, power down, connect other drives, power back up. I would save the time and do it all at once.
 
Thank you for responding! So that is what I was curious about, would I have had to shut down every time I connected.

So during my OS install; I know it will let me decide which drive to pick, but after that, will it automatically recognize the other drives (provided I installed the correctly) or will it revert back to the drive partition option and allow me to select the next drive to install? I don't want to accidently install my OS on two drives.

And now that I think about it, I'm not sure which drive I want to install the OS on, my 128gb or 250gb. I read somewhere that you want to always have 50% available capacity on any SSD for optimal performance, but I'm only trying to ease my load times.
 
boygorge said:
Thank you for responding! So that is what I was curious about, would I have had to shut down every time I connected.

So during my OS install; I know it will let me decide which drive to pick, but after that, will it automatically recognize the other drives (provided I installed the correctly) or will it revert back to the drive partition option and allow me to select the next drive to install? I don't want to accidently install my OS on two drives.

And now that I think about it, I'm not sure which drive I want to install the OS on, my 128gb or 250gb. I read somewhere that you want to always have 50% available capacity on any SSD for optimal performance, but I'm only trying to ease my load times.
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Provided the other drives are blank, and formatted (they should be, but might not be), they will just show up as additional drive letters once the OS is installed.

Are you installing Windows? If so, when you boot to the disc, it will start to go through the install process and ask where you want to install Windows. Once it is done, it will tell you to eject the disc and reboot. You reboot....Windows boots up and loads for the first time. If you go to Windows Explorer or Drive Manager, the other two drives will show up as additional drive letters automatically.

Windows won't try to install a second time unless you leave the install media in. Even then, even if it loads the install media, you just hit cancel, and it will continue to boot to the boot partition on the designated drive.

You don't have to attach/connect one drive at a time. Just connect all of them at the same time and boot to the install media for the first time and go from there.

If you didn't want all of them connected during initial install, just connect the drive you want the OS on. Let it reboot and load Windows the first time. Once that is done, power off the machine and connect the other two drives at the same time. Power the machine back up and Windows will recognize both of them.
 
Kelvarr said:
IME, it doesn't really matter. But I haven't played even a single steam game, so I can't attest to that.

I would in fact, since they are all different sizes, and brand new, I would hook all of them up, start the Windows 7 install and select the 128GB drive...then go from there. I suppose if you wanted to, you could only hook up the 128GB drive, install the OS, power down, connect other drives, power back up. I would save the time and do it all at once.
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Wrong answer. Always install windows with only the required drive(s) plugged in (OS drive/RAID array). Saves a lot of headaches, as windows doesn't care if you say install there, it will put its boot files on the first drive according to the BIOS.
 
Aesma said:
Wrong answer. Always install windows with only the required drive(s) plugged in (OS drive/RAID array). Saves a lot of headaches, as windows doesn't care if you say install there, it will put its boot files on the first drive according to the BIOS.
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I stand corrected then. I was not aware of that. Probably because in my own builds, I always plug in the drive I want to be the OS drive into the first SATA port anyway.
 
Okay,

I think just doing one drive connected and installing the others after is probably easiest for me since its my first build. From what I can understand you can partition drives directly from Windows 7 under Storage Manage of the Computer options at the Start menu.
 
boygorge said:
Okay,

I think just doing one drive connected and installing the others after is probably easiest for me since its my first build. From what I can understand you can partition drives directly from Windows 7 under Storage Manage of the Computer options at the Start menu.
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Hi, boygorge,

You can partition the drive in Windows 7, but why do you want to?

Chuklr
 
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