You can install any programs you want on the Hdd just by pointing the install to Hdd. You can also still run any programs installed on the Hdd by running the exe and/or creating a shortcut on your desktop pointing to the exe in Hdd program files
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Comparing SSD's
- Thread starter NightAngel79
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Thanks! I didn't know that. Although I did notice that steam now asks me where to save the games.. :-D
Is it better to reinstall programs I want on my ssd or is the disk migration thing gonna be alright?
(I guess I should actually have a look at the disk... Might answer a few of my questions)
I'm already trying to hold myself back from moving everything to it :-D
Is it better to reinstall programs I want on my ssd or is the disk migration thing gonna be alright?
(I guess I should actually have a look at the disk... Might answer a few of my questions)
I'm already trying to hold myself back from moving everything to it :-D
I would do a fresh install on the SSD for anything you want over there
NYCHitman1
Gun for Hire
Oh boy, that's a whole new can of worms you've opened.....
There's a good (and relatively easy-to-understand) article here. It was authored by one of the Win 7 development team so the info should be taken as reliable.
Iirc, when I installed Win 7 the scheduled defrag, pre-fetch and super-fetch were disabled by default. I disabled indexing on the system volume (C: ) myself.
As far as the pagefile goes, I moved mine off the SSD onto a surplus 500MB SATA drive. It's likely slightly slower there than on SSD, but processing images in Lightroom can swell it quite a bit so I trade ultimate performance for long-term reliability.
If you install the Steam client to HDD then it will also place its game files there. Ditto for EA's Origin.
Is the platter drive selected as "bootable" in the BIOS? It won't show in the "Boot priority" menu unless it's selected as such. Also, don't add it if it's not got an OS installed. I've done that, tried to boot from it, and got the t-shirt with "Doh!" printed across the front.
My HDD still has Windows on it, and I can still boot from it, just using the menu from the second picture, so I guess it's bootable.
Edit: Managed to get Steam working from the HDD! Just had to be patient and wait for it to configure itself. How would one go about moving same games to my SSD? (Also, I have Assassin's Creed which I got from the Ubishop, so that might complicate things?)
Edit: Managed to get Steam working from the HDD! Just had to be patient and wait for it to configure itself. How would one go about moving same games to my SSD? (Also, I have Assassin's Creed which I got from the Ubishop, so that might complicate things?)
NYCHitman1
Gun for Hire
I plan to do clean installs of everything, tbh. Gonna reformat my Barracuda as well. Just out of curiosity - should I set the SATA (for SSD) to AHCI prior to installing OS?
Just walked out of microcenter, spent 300. Got my 256 samsung 840, plus everything I need to make my own cat 5.
Fairly productive day if you ask me
Worst part is I need to finish a midterm practice exam before I shut down pc
Fairly productive day if you ask me
Worst part is I need to finish a midterm practice exam before I shut down pc
You mean games currently installed on the mechanical drive? I believe it can be done by copying the installation folder to the SSD and symlinking that back to the original location, but that's way beyond my sphere.
I can't think of a reason not to.
Speed Daemon
Android Expert
I can. Older operating systems and not-so-old utilities can't understand AHCI. AHCI may offer a performance benefit, at least on paper. But it can also be the source of mysterious and troublesome problems. IJSI can't think of a reason not to.
Just walked out of microcenter, spent 300. Got my 256 samsung 840, plus everything I need to make my own cat 5.
Fairly productive day if you ask me
Worst part is I need to finish a midterm practice exam before I shut down pc
That's 3 of us (at least) with Samsung SSD's now!
NYCHitman1
Gun for Hire
Maybe it's the lazy way but Windows Easy Transfer saved me a ton of time.
Just powered through all the updates and still need to get video drivers rocking.
Dropbox isn't trying to let me point to my old dropbox location... Keeps telling write access denied, thought I already fixed all the share and ntfs permissions. Sure as sh*t don't need dropbox to sync on the ssd. Plus I have 20gigs in just that folder.
I'm sure I'll be up all night playing. I did immediately partition off 45gigs for a fresh win 8 dual boot, but I'll get my 7 enterprise straightened out before I delve into that.
Exciting, exciting
Just powered through all the updates and still need to get video drivers rocking.
Dropbox isn't trying to let me point to my old dropbox location... Keeps telling write access denied, thought I already fixed all the share and ntfs permissions. Sure as sh*t don't need dropbox to sync on the ssd. Plus I have 20gigs in just that folder.
I'm sure I'll be up all night playing. I did immediately partition off 45gigs for a fresh win 8 dual boot, but I'll get my 7 enterprise straightened out before I delve into that.
Exciting, exciting
You mean games currently installed on the mechanical drive? I believe it can be done by copying the installation folder to the SSD and symlinking that back to the original location, but that's way beyond my sphere.
I can't think of a reason not to.
... Symlink? Off to Google I go!
Is that the only /best way to do that?
Maybe, but in this context I'm pretty sure we're talking about, at the oldest, Windows 7 here.
Speed Daemon
Android Expert
Sure, I agree completely with that.Maybe, but in this context I'm pretty sure we're talking about, at the oldest, Windows 7 here.
But just recently I was shocked when a recent, up-to-date disk utility completely failed to recognize any HD until I switched off AHCI. I also have a Windows 7 box that shipped in IDE mode, not AHCI for some reason. And because Windows 7 will not automagically load the AHCI driver at boot time if it hasn't been installed in AHCI mode, I'm stuck with it set like that.
My own research on the matter has turned up the fact that the only improvements that AHCI brings is support for hot-pluigging and NCQ, but other than that it's not an improvement over IDE mode. (Transfer rates remain the same.) It's also still buggy enough for Intel to recommend work-arounds.
If you have a SSD, you'll want to use AHCI if at all possible. But you'll also want to know enough to remember that IDE mode will work just fine if you have strange, unexplainable problems while in AHCI mode. Forewarned is forearmed.
NYCHitman1
Gun for Hire
Ughhh.. the dreaded re-installation of all applications lol
Ugh is right, lol.
Though a ton of my task bar shortcuts still work fine pointing to hdd...
NYCHitman1
Gun for Hire
I'm just going to do what you did, and use Windows Easy Transfer from my old HDD to the SSD. I'm way too lazy to go through all of that again. I'm leaving all my games off of the SSD though except Torchlight 2.
A registry edit can fix that. Reboot, switch to ACHI in the BIOS, reboot again and you'll be running with AHCI.
I wonder if it's Intel themselves who are having the "bug" issues? AMD appear to have no concerns.
For sure, as without it TRIM commands won't be passed to the SSD firmware.
Ha, we never baulked at doing it what, twice a year with older versions of Windows? We've become spoilt these days....
Speed Daemon
Android Expert
I'm aware of the hack. In my case it's a case of too little return for what could be a lot of work if it goes wrong. As a rule I never recommend hacks to an audience that's not all-pro.
AHCI is Intel's product. And it's not a CPU issue, so an Intel/AMD comparison is beside the point. It's a BIOS and device driver issue. And IME it's not quite sorted yet. Certainly worth a try, but also worth learning the fallback options if there are problems. Nothing less, nothing more.I wonder if it's Intel themselves who are having the "bug" issues? AMD appear to have no concerns.
Precisely!