Samsung SSD and Original HDD - Conflicts?

revo on 01/09/2013 - 02:04
Last edited 01/09/2013 - 13:02

Hey all!

So I currently am using a Seagate HDD which has my OS (Windows 7) installed in it. I picked up the Samsung SSD from Amazon (hopefully it doesn't get cancelled) and want to install it as my boot drive. However I wouldn't mind putting Windows 8 on it since it is a fresh install. Was just wondering will I have any issues after installing the Windows 8. Just worried software won't run normally as it was installed in Windows 7.

Any problems/issues that I should be warned about while installing this?

And in the case that my SSD does die and isn't picked up as the primary boot drive and then instead uses my HDD as the boot drive. It'll boot as if my computer was now right? (ie windows 7)

Thanks!

EDIT: it seems like installing windows 8 could be a hassle. Say I installed windows 7 instead. Is there a way to install my ssd as my boot drive. Without having to reinstall everything from my current drive?

Also is it not possible to just install Windows 7 + drivers on the SSD and just keep everything else running normally with my current HDD?

Extra Notes:
I have
1 x 750gb HDD SATA(boot drive)
2x 1TB HDD SATA

Computing

Comments

  • airzone on 01/09/2013 - 06:58

    Win 8 is a pain in the arse… But you'll get used to it's quirks quickly. It's uber-fast to boot on an SSD though.

    Oh, and if you're keeping both OS's, applications installed in one OS generally won't work with the other. There are exceptions and you could probably piss about with it enough to make it sort of work.

    • _Bruce_ on 01/09/2013 - 08:03

      Oh, and if you're keeping both OS's, applications installed in one OS generally won't work with the other. There are exceptions and you could probably piss about with it enough to make it sort of work.

      This. Applies to any duplicate copies of Windows, you will need to reinstall (almost) everything.

  • scrimshaw on 01/09/2013 - 08:16
    +1

    http://ninite.com/ should make the installation process a lot less painful, since Ninite automatically and silently installs (frequently used and popular) apps for you, while also ensuring you have the latest version.
    No need to sit down and download exe files one by one.

    Also it's best to install any pending updates you may have after logging into Win 8 (there should be quite a lot). After installing updates and rebooting several times you should install any Windows 8-specific drivers for your hardware, for e.g Graphics card, motherboard, Wifi cards, printers and so on.

    • Nazy on 01/09/2013 - 12:11

      Agree Ninite is excellent, absolutely love it.

  • ShannonN on 01/09/2013 - 22:36

    Hi
    Do What I did. I trimmed my original boot drive down to under 100 gb by uninstalling all junk such as games, etc leaving a very basic win 7 ultimate install with "essentials" like office,anti malware and antivirus/firewalls and some hdd utilities etc.

    Then using popular partitioning software I cloned the now small installation to a spare non ssd drive. When I got the ssd I merely copied the clone to it, set it as boot drive in bios then once working wiped the old hdd and reinstalled what software I needed to the older hdd (data drive) was a great opportunity to clean out old rubbish etc at the same time. Mind you I was lucky as I had 4 x 2 tb normal hdds in my destop at the time, now have 2 ssd (non raid) and 3 x 2tb hdds :) what a difference my sandisk 240 gb ssd loads win 7 from 0 to ready to use in about 12 seconds

    Shannon

    • revo on 02/09/2013 - 00:22

      ah sweet… Really don't want to reinstall all my software. I have A LOT of software which have plugins that will be extremely painful to put back together. Eg (adobe suite, Autocad, Revit, 3ds Max, V-ray, Microsoft Office, etc.) Will it not work out if I just fresh install Windows 7 + Drivers into the SSD and then just plug that in use it as my primary drive and use my current boot drive as a secondary drive?

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