Windows 10: Allocation of new SSD and removal of old after cloning.....

That's because of Murphy's law of warehousing: "Whatever free space you have, it will be filled up soon".

 

I`m thinking more along the lines of warranty should you have to return it, 128 GB or if it`s actually 119 GB whichever is nothing. I would just tuck it away in the desk drawer.

I wouldn`t wipe it until you really really need it.

The new ssd and the 1 TB drive are more then enough space for a laptop.

Speaking of the new ssd, 275 GB is a strange size, can you post a link to it ?

 

Tbh, as long as when I change the boot order in the bios that the new E: (the new 275GB) changes to C: and everything installs to there and there are no conflicts with the old SSD then yes, why not just leave it, but I'd rather just wipe it clean so I don't get confused if I'm moving things around in windows explorer - I shouldn't do but I like things clean, tidy and organised, I don't have OCD, I have CDO (the correct way alphabetically) ;-) But yes, if that's OK then I'll do it that way.

The drive I got is this one: Crucial MX300 275GB SATA 2.5" 7mm (with 9.5mm adapter) Internal SSD CT9000878 | Aspire F5-573G | Crucial UK I was lucky though, got it from elsewhere for £74.95 inc vat... but yes, I thought it woulda been 256GB but I'm not complaining *Smile

 

As explained it's best to remove old drive and set new on disk 0 if you don't you can get problems as to Windows you have two disk with the same signature I would reclone so your system is up to date

 

Hi again folks

OK, so I've had dinner, went into the Bios and this is what it says: Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet

Do I leave the boot manager at the top? In which case the next to boot up is my new SSD anyway, the Crucial, or do I need to move others? I don't want to do it wrong...

Edit: Actually, just seen the new SSD is set to HDD0 - so that's correct? But it's still showing as E: yet I want it be like the old C: so that any programs automatically install to the right drive...

Thanks.

 

You recloned then removed old c and now booting the new drive and it's loading Windows but the drive is e is that correct you set the drive to boot from not Windows

 

OK, I'll explain again lol

I originally had 2 hard drives installed: 1 x 1TB HDD and 1 x 128GB SSD!! I have moved the HDD to the DVD drawer and still kept it because i use it all for music and videos, the SSD is still in the same place but it's different to the new 275SSD that I have now (as per bios). The NEW SSD is now where the old 1TB HDD is - so I have THREE HDD's installed and showing up in my windows explorer as c: (the 128GB) D: (the 1tb HDD) and E: (the new 275GB SSD)

All I want to know is how to change the order of boot up (if I need to) so that my new SSD (275GB) is now showing as the main C: and not the E: drive which it is currently *Smile

 

Try setting that 275GB drive as primary boot drive. It should become C: and old drive E:.

 

Hey Mike

so you mean move it up one so it's at the top and the boot manager is 2nd?

Thanks

 

Yes.

 

OK, I'll give it a go once I've got out of bed lol

 

OK, no good, stays the same *Sad what I can see is that for the C: (my original SSD) it won't let me do many things to it, yet the E: (my new SSD) the options are more... Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet

 

If I can't get this to change, will altering these settings to E: merely do the same thing? In other words if I change all of these to E: will any new program I go to install read the system and default to the new drive? Ultimately that's all I want to achieve lol - crazy this haha

 

Than you may be best off just getting one of SATA > USB adapters: Access Denied something like this, it may also come handy later on.

 

Hey Mike - what does that do? I'm confused.... does this mean I bought the additional drive for nothing? There must be a way to change the install default path or change the drives surely??? I don't want to really buy an external item ... *cry I'm going to try changing all those default options to E: and try and install something and see what happens lol