Hard drive compatibility? [SOLVED]
July 25th, 2016
I recently bought a 2TB hard drive and i have it connected to my current set up (as slave of course) so i can move all my media from the hard drive on my current set up to my new set up because i will be getting rid of my current set up. Basically after i have moved everything onto the 2TB hard drive i will be installing it into my new setup (as the slave) in which i will have a new motherboard, it will be used specifically for storage of media as i have an SSD as my main drive with the OS on it. The question i wanted to ask is will everything be good to go if i just connect the 2TB into my current setup move everything on to it, disconnect it and connect it to my new setup? Should everything be fine when i boot up like normal?
If you want to boot to it then it’s advisable to use a clone or copy program like Acronis or Macrium Reflect, et al.
Just copying the files yourself via windows explorer WILL leave some behind – windows has a hissy fit when you ask it to copy active/open files – those programs ingore that or use a shadow copy method.
Make sure it’s active and bootable on the partition (again, those progs will handle it) and you should be fine – I’ve done my lappy, when it had a dying drive, like this.
I don’t need to boot to it, i have another drive to boot too, this drive is just for storage of media.
Yeah i know how windows wont let you copy files being used, i am just really copying over songs, movies, important documents etc. not everything on the drive.
So it should be fine as a secondary drive for my new setup? It wont have any problems with being used on different motherboards?
Just for storage you will have no problems.
When you install the OS on the SSD, then afterwards I suggest to connect it, just so that you don’t install on the storage drive, many people do this especially when they are tired (or drunk, lol)
haha i will make sure not to make that mistake, thank you for the help!