@@hogg1media627 you should if you want the ssd to be the drive that boots up the Operating system, or you can just clone your old drive into your new ssd that way you can still keep all your files into your new hard drive
+Slick Reed Although i figured out all this rebuilding an old PC someone gave me , This is the simplest way i have heard it all explained so i am going to give it a like anyway. SSD's are just so great , i run a separate one for operating system and another for main games i wish to play then use another 3TB HDD for other games as well as a 3TB usb 3.0 to back up the system. Sounds like overkill but it allows me to run the latest Windows 10 previews without losing any data if anything goes wrong.
hey i had a question. so this video is talking about making the ssd a boot drive but when you installed your ssd did you have to clone your windows to transfer your data or no???
This helped me so much. I installed an SSD and had an issue getting it to migrate and all the forums were telling me to download all these drivers and rollback. This was to the point and exactly what I needed.
can someone help me, please? I've installed windows 10 on a dynamic drive (2 SSD's 250GB Samsung). For some reason, it's not booting from the SSD, any recommendations?
You don't really have to mess around boot order in bios. every motherboard has SATA plugs for first and second boot. SATA 0 indicated on a motherboard is the first boot. SATA 1 is for the second boot. All you have to do is to figure out which one goes in for which drive. it reduces the complication.
This was a life saver! I just did my first build and couldn't figure out why I could only store to my SSD. I'm a visual learner so this was super helpful. :)
Just built my first computer thanks to Linus and I needed to set up my HDD for storage and this video helped me do that! Settings a little different but the overall picture is the same! Thanks again Linus!
Just wanted to let you know that you have made my build experience less stressful and much more straight forward and I appreciate it all, thanks and merry christmas!
Back when Linus was just a humble employee. Bet he'd never have dreamt that he'd go on to be a multimillionaire with the biggest name in the tech space.
This video was extremely helpful. I bought a 1T HDD and install it on my computer to my surprise nothing happened, then I figured there is a trick to it. So I went on youtube and landed on your video, it's exactly what I needed to do. Thank you so much!!!
I found that it is a similar process. Right click on the windows icon to see the management options such as disk management and computer management. To move files such as music you right click and select properties then to location in the properties panel at the top, from here you can move it to your other drive.
@@WindIsCalm Depends for what you do, you cant beat the build quality of a MacBook Pro and it's great for editing and compute tasks and windows is always the go to for gaming
When I bought my machine about a year ago I was told by Best Buy it just couldn't be done! I dug through so much information and lo and behold I kept getting your video, but it wasn't clicking at first (I'm 58 years old so you were really going at it pretty fast) but slowly and surely I actually did it. If it wasn't for your video I would never in a million years been able to do it and I have very severe ADHD so learning is a huge challenge. Thank you for helping do something that I was told would be impossible to do, in the back of my mind though I never accepted the answer. All the best to you and great job!! I feel so proud being able to have done it and you were my partner in crime. Thank you sincerely for the post, you boosted my self esteem immensely.
just wondering, even if i have already got my operating system and all my other files on my current hdd, if i setup an ssd and hdd system like this will it start booting my os from the ssd or do i have to place it onto the ssd and manually place whatever current files i have on my hdd that i want on my ssd to my ssd
If you hook up an SSD, just go into the BIOS settings and put it at the top of your boot sequence. Once you have your OS installed, you'll boot off of your SSD instead of your normal HDD. Your old hard drive will just be a drive letter, and your programs will have to be reinstalled on the new SSD, however the program files from your HDD will still be available. All the data (pictures, music, videos etc. will also be located on your old HDD.
The only problem with having a separate HDD for storage is that it takes a second or so to access as it's always sitting idle. This can be a little frustrating when accessing many folder locations quickly.
+Zach Kokiri Welcome to years of frustration and fun all rolled into one. Something just never feels right for me when i plug in a console game and it just works lol. I always end up having more fun mucking about with PC's.
Took me 2 solid years of slow editing to realise SSD are much faster and more ram the better. Also if I can use my old HDD as storage then happy days. I'm going to my PC and now setting save defaults to my storage HDD. Even my render output files keeping me SSD clean from filling up. Thanks for this window really helped bring light on things.
I read through a few of the reply's here and I have to say I'm disappointed to see so much bickering. Some folks use this format to learn something. Just a few straight answers are all most folks want, not to get into and argument or be called stupid for not knowing as much as the next guy. After all, the only stupid question, is the one that's not asked....
You'd have to a fresh install of Windows to your SSD. Transferring it can be very hard and may risk corrupting files. Plus it wont get the full affect of the SSD as it would being a fresh install.
Perhaps your SSD came with a disk that'll allow you to transfer Windows and/or even files over. If not, you can buy software that'll allow you to do such a thing. Even then, I still highly recommend just doing a fresh restore for many different reasons. Some being the reasons I stated in my last comment.
Your version of Windows should work, yes. Just as long as you use the same disk as the one you used to install your current copy. Wasn't 100% on what you ment by "Also will my same windows 8.1 work or no?". I apologize if that wasn't an answer to it.
Again.... What if the old HDD is full of data. Its all very well making a tutorial with nice clean new disc's but that's not a real world scenario. 99 times out of 100 people will be upgrading from an older HDD to a nice new SSD where they want to keep all their old data but use the new SSD as the boot disc, only for the OS. Can anyone help? literally no one has made an instructional video of forum post covering this topic in a credible manner.
I happened to disconnect my HDD (which had everything installed into it) to allow my new SSD to install windows without any hassle. Turned pc off, plugged the HDD back in, voila, hope it works.
So when you add simple volume it initializes the ssd, not formatting or wiping the whole drive just initialize, correct? I need my old rig 2.5 SSD drive in the new build.
No I bought a hdd for my first build and didn’t think anything of pairing it with an ssd. Boot times and launch speeds aren’t terrible but from what I can gather they will be MUCH bette
3:42 If I wanted to keep the files and data of my HD I would have to click on "Do not format this volume"? I have an extra HD and it's half full with important files and I don't want to lose them
I'm in same boat. I just want to see what is on my old disk from old computer first. (Not showing as a folder, but in Disk Management). Not vibrating when I put hand on it. Not sure how to kick-start its heart.
heres what i did, with absolutely no experience at this whatsoever: copy OS from HDD to ssd (DiskWizard or many free programs can do this for you, and will actually kinda hold your hand thru it if youre a noob), done. instead of going in and confusing people in your video with programs they dont understand like you did, after i copied OS to ssd, i turned off pc and unplugged the hdd from the motherboard that was the original boot up system, but left the ssd plugged in. started it up, ssd booted up my OS and assigned itself as c drive. turned it off again, plugged back in the hdd storage, booted it up, ssd is still drive c, hdd storage is drive d, done.
WetDogBed thanks for this. so I could essentially just format my current HDD and copy my OS to SSD and that would be similar to a fresh install? Or would I need to buy another copy of Windows 7?
it will be exactly how it was on your old hdd, albeit faster. not exactly like a fresh install, more like taking your brain out of your body and putting it in a hunky beach weightlifter body. lol. give it a day or so to get settled and used to how you do things, much like any new pc.
So to get things like games and adobe editing programs to boot up faster would I get an SSD as a boot drive, and store all of said games and video/photo editing programs on an HDD? I'm a bit confused here and about to try and get into this. I would think I need to install the games and programs on the SSD to see the speed boosts, but can the SSD boot things up that have been downloaded and stored on my HDD, and if so does it affect the speed of the boot-up? I am a bit of a noob I apologize.
The main reason to get an SSD are indeed the speeds. But, in order to get that speed, you need to install the program and store al its files onto the SSD in it's entirety. If you install the program on the SSD and store the files it uses on the HDD, you get a program that boots very fast, but loading the files (and saving / rendering) will be downscaled to the speed of the HDD. To take your Adobe editing programs as an example: If you install Adobe After Effects on your SSD, but store all your video, sound, effects, etc. files on your HDD, After Effects will start up very quickly. Adding filters, motion tracking, etc. is very responsive, but when you're done editing, and are going to render the video, it will be slowed down, because the files it uses to render the video are on the slower HDD. To clarify some things from your comments: You don't need to set the SSD as a boot drive, in order for programs to load faster. You can have your windows on an HDD, but your programs on your SSD. Your hard drive does NOT handle booting programs. That's a task for your CPU (in combination with RAM, or sometimes called "internal memory"). You get more speed from an SSD when loading programs, because the SSD can transmit data much faster to the CPU, than an HDD does. That's why SSD is so much faster. I hope this helps you. If you have more questions, don't hesitate to ask! You don't have to apologise, just because you're just getting into these things. Everybody started from the bottom, and worked their way up by asking these kinds of questions. Ask away, and you will learn! And perhaps you will help a beginner in the future ;)!
What a wonderful response! Really, thank you so much! So it seems like an inexpensive way to see faster boot speeds when using things like After Effects, Premiere Pro, Animate CC would be to purchase a decent amount of RAM? The CPU I recently purchased is an i7-6800K so when I am ready to fully upgrade my PC, I don't think that will cause any problems. I only use 8GB of RAM but after this I am now thinking of doubling that. From what you're saying about the boot drive/storage drive set-up, it also seems like setting up an SSD as a boot drive would help gamers with huge game libraries with boot up times for games, but since I don't exclusively game, would removing the HDD element entirely and just purchasing a large 1-1.2TB SSD to keep everything on (and maybe an external hard drive to archive completed projects) be the ideal solution? Thank you again for taking the time to help me!
+DtC the most important component for video editing is your graphics card. That component defines the speed of the render. AfterHDDAfter that come the CPU/RAM. If it is not too expensive, more RAM is always good. I would not buy a 1TB SSD. One 250GB or 2 120GB drives in RAID0, but that last option is a bit more advanced. The reason? Money. A 1TB SSD is way more expensive than buying a 250GB SSD and a 1TB HDD
I agree with everything you said besides the graphics card being the reason for faster render times. Your CPU cores is what boost decreases your rendering times. I have experimented with this. My current computer has a better graphic card than my last computer even more ram but is slower to render videos because my last computer had a better processor. This is from Sony Vegas. Maybe other programs might utilize cuda better but for the most part Sony Vegas utilizes the processor more than it does the graphic card.
Another great option is too buy a 500 SSD use that for rendering and stuff then once you already made the video you can transfer it to your HDD just for storage. I like to keep my old videos so thats a great way to do it. Instead of using up your expensive SSD. The magic guy gave some great advice though but yea dont buy a 1TB ssd drive thats crazy expensive
i was able to make the ssd to show up in "my computer". however, i cant seem to find it in the bios so i'm not able to change its position with my hdd.
+zeki yildirim download the bios from your motherboard's manufacture website then install and lastly press f2 or delete once your computer restarts. Hope this helps.😀
+zeki yildirim i think that you just missed the location at your bios settings. I missed it once, but its there just look something like ´´Boot priority´´ hopefully you find it :)
Lake Titicaca Having steam on an SSD won't necessarily improve performance though. When running games it will still have to retrieve the files from the HDD.
LordJaffarr he probably just wants it to start up faster not improve the performance of the game so when he starts up his pc he doesn't have to wait to click it or for the hdd to get it open
I have an HDD with my operating system in it and im planing to buy a SSD. Will thus still work and am i able to put my os to the ssd for a faster Boottime?
Hi ,I have brand new SSD and a current HDD in my setup . Should i format my HDD first then go thru the process of installing OS in SSD or do the later first ? Thanks
If you want to keep your files, use a data migration tool to clone over your files to your ssd. If you have a Samsung SSD, that software should be provided for you in the included CD. If not, a good tool is EasyUs Todo Backup. Otherwise, I usually install the OS on the SSD first then clean the HDD through command line later.
@@RoastMasterUK am planning on buying an M.2 SSD for my laptop with 1TB HDD... Will the M.2 speed up boot ups even if the games/apps are installed in the HDD?
hello in boot priority i only have my hard drive showing. I rebuilt this computer only updating the battery and GPU. All my other parts are the same and the previous computer booted normally? I have no other options to boot with, ive tried everything :(
The latter part of this video is bad practice for managing libraries (Windows 7/8/10). Instead of creating a new folder on your drive, right-click My Documents/My Music/My Pictures and click Properties. Go to Location. Set your location from C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Documents to D:\Users\%USERNAME%\Documents. It will ask you if you want to move your files, say yes. The one tricky folder is the Desktop. You have to kill Windows Explorer but open an explorer window in another process to move it.
Since Firefox and Chrome save to %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox and %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data respectively, I would move those folders to your HDD (unless it's a WD Green or similar drive with very poor performance), and create symlinks for them. Then I would set up a backup script to back up those folders to the SDD on a weekly basis (this is my script): gist.github.com/NobleUplift/c7ae8a18eba6406e0df4 If it's only temp files that you're worried about, Firefox caches to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox and you could symlink that, but keeping the cache on the SSD is good for performance.
***** For the use case you're looking at (having to move/install folders to the D drive only once), it is the easiest solution, but that solution also comes with caveats. As I've mentioned, one of the greatest benefits of having an SSD is the paging and caching since it's instantaneous read. Having the %TMP% folder, which is located at %LOCALAPPDATA%\Temp if I'm not mistaken, on the HDD will slow down your system. By how much, I cannot say. The same goes for the caching folders of other apps.
This comment seems popular so I have a question regarding boot drives and that. Here is the question. My build has that I'm going to build has two drives (one an SSD for boot drive and some games and a HDD for everything else) would it be easier if I install the SSD as a boot drive and set it up, then install the HDD for everything else?
+Professor RUclips Won't matter one way or the other. If you have both your SSD and HDD in when you install your OS, just make sure not to accidentally select your HDD. Now if you have data already on your HDD, there's no harm in keeping it unplugged while you install your OS. Ideally, your boot media should have no important data on it (so that if your OS fails your data is fine) and your data disk should be in a RAID 1 array (WD Reds are best for this). I had a RAID 1 array using WD Greens (I know, I was young and stupid) and one of those disks failed. Even though I do back up, I would have had to reinstall all my games, programs, etc. Love RAID.
+Patrick Seiter sorry to seem like such a noob but how do you set up a raid? Also in the bios how do I set up windows and set the boot priority to the SSD (sorry if I said that horribly wrong). I know these are pretty nooby questions but I'm trying to know everything before building my PC
Thank youuu !! this vdeo helped me so mush ! i bought a SSD and i wanted to use this SSD ONLY for my OS , and i dont knew how to do that ! now i know !
Linus, r'ly? Guys if u don't know how to transfer your existing os or reinstall it from scratch onto SSD, just go and buy a xbox/ps4 console. The things what should be on the SSD: your OS, utilities, most demanding games (256GB most reasonable choice atm). All the storage as "my documents"/music/pics or any other media/download/junk/etc.. should be placed on classic hdd storage (up to 4TB at reasonable price atm), I prefer green ones - silent, low power consumption. Fast, silent and cheap, simple as that.
Mamborambo Well, I know how m8, and that's just basics of basics. I just described the best/optimal way, no one will tell u that, no one of those "sponsored pc-actors". How I what every one prefers? Cause building/diagnose a PC is the thing I'm very best, m8, and that's just one of many skills I've got.
John Doe Wow, you sound like a troll, so im not gonna go any further... but just in case, what if someone only edits videos? then it would be much cheaper to get 80gb SSD and 1tb HDD. thats what i mean about what people prefer.
Mamborambo About HDD I wrote "up to 4TB", so all that just about size of SSD? 80GB, it's a price of pack of cigarettes? U're from Ukraine/Kazahstan/Etiopia/Zamunda or what? Need a donation?
@@tggt00 got a sata one because I'm on a budget. The only m.2s that match says SSDs in price are m.2 sata SSDs so it isn't a big difference. I also got a 2 tb HDD for my games
you can get the 970 evo m.2 ssd 500gb for 80 dollars right now, or a 250 gb for 50-60 dollars, pretty cheap if you ask me. sata ones are just 10-20 dollars cheaper
Can I get windows on a SSD without losing all my information on my HDD? I just wanna transfer my games from my HDD to my SSD without losing info also. Im new that this and I don't know much about this stuff, though I do know a bit with these videos. Can someone help me please?
Today I was searching how to upgrade my old laptop and I just discovered this channel, I didn't knew that there was this channel called NICX Tech Tips. I watch Linus videos daily but didn't knew this.
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Damn.. just got an ssd in 2019 and looking at Linus video from 2013.
Same.
On windows 10 did you have to convert it? i dont see where to create a new volume
just joined the club lol
me tooo.
Anand Charvin windows 10 wasn’t even a thing lol same boat here
Thank you 2013 Linus. Just now got an SSD in 2020 and this video still helped out a lot!
2022 going through the same wave.
Though these hard drives have been running pretty much since the first time I watched this haha
Did you have to reinstall windows onto the SSD after installing.? I want to add one to my desktop HP all In one desktop
2023 same thing
@@hogg1media627 you should if you want the ssd to be the drive that boots up the Operating system, or you can just clone your old drive into your new ssd that way you can still keep all your files into your new hard drive
its been over 10 years and 2013 linus still coming in clutch
A 7 year old video solves my problems better than any more recent videos.
This man was literally living in the future
Lmao
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Wow you look like Linus tech tips!
Flantauiza because it is linus. He worked for them but moved onto his own stuff
Brian Thompson no shit, it was a joke. r/woosh
@@mhambithelion wooooooosh
@@mhambithelion r/woooooosh
@@Xylz uhm i think he knows that.I think he knows that linus is still working for LTT. i think he made a joke that you didnt understnad so r/wooooosh
Old Linus is still useful in dec.2019 😁
I was looking at his secreen and wondering is that windows 10
And he's even older now
Still in 2021
@@joshlawrence8688 Still
Still in 2024
Love how Linus was still that fun and carefree guy even 7 years ago
Well, this didn't age well, lol.
@@DaVoltairewhy
Did you not here about the stuff going on behind the scenes at his company?
@@DaVoltaire what's been going on?
A whole lot of bull, from what I heard.
Listen!!! It’s 2023! Almost ten years later and you helped me a lot good sir… thank you 🙌
If it wasnt for Linus I would be so damn lost building my first PC, thx man
Same
+Slick Reed Linus is god
+Slick Reed Although i figured out all this rebuilding an old PC someone gave me , This is the simplest way i have heard it all explained so i am going to give it a like anyway.
SSD's are just so great , i run a separate one for operating system and another for main games i wish to play then use another 3TB HDD for other games as well as a 3TB usb 3.0 to back up the system. Sounds like overkill but it allows me to run the latest Windows 10 previews without losing any data if anything goes wrong.
Lol A+ certified
Byron Filer It's always best to do your own research too though. Even what motherboard you choose can affect framerates.
Finally bought an SSD 😂😂😂 in 2018.
Night and day huh
Same here bro, i wasted so many years figuring out why my computer was so damn slow but now i feel like i just bought a new one
@@shykemiuwu1157 yeah bro same happened to me ... 😂😂😂 I had 8GB RAM but shit man It was damm slow..... Now I feel much better 😀
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@@ralphbagnall7646 the fuck man ????🙄
One of the clearest and best presented demo's I've ever seen on here. Well done!
I'm amazed this is still helpful 11 years later. Thanks Linus!
I finally got an ssd in 2020 and im looking at linus from 2013 😂
Knight and day difference right ?
hey i had a question. so this video is talking about making the ssd a boot drive but when you installed your ssd did you have to clone your windows to transfer your data or no???
@@juliansaclolo3003 he built the computer with a SSD in it, installed windows on it. And then he’s teaching us how to configure a HDD
@@jivewig forsure thanks bro
@J Espinolaall comments here are the same honestly and i did actually get an ssd in 2020 so i didnt lie lol
This helped me so much. I installed an SSD and had an issue getting it to migrate and all the forums were telling me to download all these drivers and rollback. This was to the point and exactly what I needed.
So will this work if I get a 1tb ssd and do this to my 256gb ssd laptop?!
can someone help me, please? I've installed windows 10 on a dynamic drive (2 SSD's 250GB Samsung). For some reason, it's not booting from the SSD, any recommendations?
You don't really have to mess around boot order in bios. every motherboard has SATA plugs for first and second boot. SATA 0 indicated on a motherboard is the first boot. SATA 1 is for the second boot. All you have to do is to figure out which one goes in for which drive. it reduces the complication.
Go to Linus Tech Tips
masih ga kak?
use what linus did in the id
@@redding4540 I haven’t seen that yet I will try it I’m having the same problem thanks
Gonna get an ssd today at almost the end of 2020 and watching linus from 7 years ago..
Talk about nostalgia
Wait how is that nostalgia? You’ve never seen this video before 😂
This guy looks familiar... I wonder why
He should make a youtube channel.
@@LukzForEver i know right!
@@DevinLatulippe damn he does look familiar
@@wasdhghjghj Hope that he would be *carefull* with pc parts
Oh wait
Finally bought an SSD in 2020, waiting for it to arrive.
Same got mine today
Mine is out for delivery today 😁
Has it arrived yet?
newcrt yes
@@GangsterDolphins good to know
7 years later and this helped my perfectly. Thanks Linus!
2021 now and a 2013 video from Linus is still better than any other thing i found, he knows his stuff
Thank you Linus i was troubling for 2 and half hours.now its done forever.
This was a life saver! I just did my first build and couldn't figure out why I could only store to my SSD. I'm a visual learner so this was super helpful. :)
Just built my first computer thanks to Linus and I needed to set up my HDD for storage and this video helped me do that! Settings a little different but the overall picture is the same! Thanks again Linus!
Changing this comment so no one knows what happened
he does... Linus Tech Tips!
NowJoJo r/wooosh
yea he would be usefull
@@ubajava He already has one, linus tech tips.
@Random Account ?
I'm a beginner PC builder so I really appreciated this video. Thank you for explaining this well.
That graphics card looks rad. Bet its fastest operation is in the field of stealing a 6-pack of beer from a gas station.
Just wanted to let you know that you have made my build experience less stressful and much more straight forward and I appreciate it all, thanks and merry christmas!
Thank you!!! I know these are basic tutorials but some of us are beginners!! Without videos like this i would be completely stumped!!
Back when Linus was just a humble employee. Bet he'd never have dreamt that he'd go on to be a multimillionaire with the biggest name in the tech space.
man i would love you to do an updated version of this
Absolutely
I wish this was what he still did. I crave content like this!
It’s a shame he doesn’t have his own channel, he could get 11+ Million subs
Edit: most likes I’ve ever had lol, 156
@Albanstyler ...
Albanstyler it’s a joke
@Albanstyler no he doesn't
@Albanstyler r/woosh
@Albanstyler r/wooosh
When I see a video from 8 years ago, I don’t know why I just think the video is from 2009
Because it looks like it is from 2009
This video was extremely helpful. I bought a 1T HDD and install it on my computer to my surprise nothing happened, then I figured there is a trick to it. So I went on youtube and landed on your video, it's exactly what I needed to do. Thank you so much!!!
Me: sees linus speaking in a simple tone
Also me: wow his voice expression change from being *BORED* to *SUPER FUN* to actually watch
Love it when a random Linus Video from 2013 still helps me in 2022.
Youve helped me out so much mate! Always come to your channel for advice when stuck. Cheers.
Please do a new video on this on windows 10!!!
I found that it is a similar process. Right click on the windows icon to see the management options such as disk management and computer management. To move files such as music you right click and select properties then to location in the properties panel at the top, from here you can move it to your other drive.
***** thanks for that!
It's the exact same thing.. simple and easy
its the same shit
It works in the same exact way, I just installed a new SSHD (yea, Solid State Hybrid Drive, new thing)
Can we get an updated version of this?
Even a mac version
@@WindIsCalm well I have a mid 2010 imac and it only saves to its boot ssd and not the mass storage hdd.
@@WindIsCalm Depends for what you do, you cant beat the build quality of a MacBook Pro and it's great for editing and compute tasks and windows is always the go to for gaming
We have to bring ncix back from bankruptcy and you’re paying for it
When I bought my machine about a year ago I was told by Best Buy it just couldn't be done! I dug through so much information and lo and behold I kept getting your video, but it wasn't clicking at first (I'm 58 years old so you were really going at it pretty fast) but slowly and surely I actually did it. If it wasn't for your video I would never in a million years been able to do it and I have very severe ADHD so learning is a huge challenge. Thank you for helping do something that I was told would be impossible to do, in the back of my mind though I never accepted the answer. All the best to you and great job!! I feel so proud being able to have done it and you were my partner in crime. Thank you sincerely for the post, you boosted my self esteem immensely.
great job Glenn!
Well done!
His channel now days is, Linus tech tips
i genuinely came back to this video 7 years later to help me configure my pc lol
7 years later.. installing everything on my 970 evo 1TB nvme m.2 lol
imagine not having both a m.2 and a hdd
just wondering, even if i have already got my operating system and all my other files on my current hdd, if i setup an ssd and hdd system like this will it start booting my os from the ssd or do i have to place it onto the ssd and manually place whatever current files i have on my hdd that i want on my ssd to my ssd
If you hook up an SSD, just go into the BIOS settings and put it at the top of your boot sequence. Once you have your OS installed, you'll boot off of your SSD instead of your normal HDD. Your old hard drive will just be a drive letter, and your programs will have to be reinstalled on the new SSD, however the program files from your HDD will still be available. All the data (pictures, music, videos etc. will also be located on your old HDD.
4:01 I got lost there… How do you manually install the programs? Can anyone help pls?
You know you're watching an old video when you see Linus on NCIX.
Do you have to install windows on your new ssd first?
Have u found an answer? I have the same question
@@Julian-rh6pj yes you have to download windows on your ssd first.
Captain Sar oh alright, thank you 👍🏻
The only problem with having a separate HDD for storage is that it takes a second or so to access as it's always sitting idle. This can be a little frustrating when accessing many folder locations quickly.
Is it frustrating trying to save the planet?
@@Ioganstone what?
2024 and this is the most simple, to the point video that solved my problem, thank you!
So for a new PC, would I first install Windows oem from a usb THEN do the steps in the video to set the SSD as the boot drive?
Yea
how do i get windows onto a usb
Download it on to your usb from a separate computer
+Neel top kek
ya, he kind of skipped the part about installing windows to the new SSD drive
this is really 100% what i was looking for the only video so far the really told me what i needed very nice thank you
Man I wish I found this video before I took my pc back apart to ensure the drive was plugged in right. Thanks for the help, never built a pc before.
+Zach Kokiri Welcome to years of frustration and fun all rolled into one. Something just never feels right for me when i plug in a console game and it just works lol. I always end up having more fun mucking about with PC's.
The video 9y old and still helpful, thanx linus.
Wow this guy was so helpful he's gonna be big one day
obvious troll
🤣🤣🤣
Took me 2 solid years of slow editing to realise SSD are much faster and more ram the better.
Also if I can use my old HDD as storage then happy days.
I'm going to my PC and now setting save defaults to my storage HDD.
Even my render output files keeping me SSD clean from filling up.
Thanks for this window really helped bring light on things.
I read through a few of the reply's here and I have to say I'm disappointed to see so much bickering. Some folks use this format to learn something. Just a few straight answers are all most folks want, not to get into and argument or be called stupid for not knowing as much as the next guy. After all, the only stupid question, is the one that's not asked....
thast youtube my friend , everyone's a expert and everyone's right , it anoys me too
Thank you this helped and usually videos never help me in the end
My question is how do I get windows 8.1 to go over to my ssd from my hard drive?
You'd have to a fresh install of Windows to your SSD. Transferring it can be very hard and may risk corrupting files. Plus it wont get the full affect of the SSD as it would being a fresh install.
I seen you can just clone it over? Also will my same windows 8.1 work or no?
If I do a fresh install
Perhaps your SSD came with a disk that'll allow you to transfer Windows and/or even files over. If not, you can buy software that'll allow you to do such a thing. Even then, I still highly recommend just doing a fresh restore for many different reasons. Some being the reasons I stated in my last comment.
Your version of Windows should work, yes. Just as long as you use the same disk as the one you used to install your current copy.
Wasn't 100% on what you ment by "Also will my same windows 8.1 work or no?". I apologize if that wasn't an answer to it.
Again.... What if the old HDD is full of data. Its all very well making a tutorial with nice clean new disc's but that's not a real world scenario. 99 times out of 100 people will be upgrading from an older HDD to a nice new SSD where they want to keep all their old data but use the new SSD as the boot disc, only for the OS. Can anyone help? literally no one has made an instructional video of forum post covering this topic in a credible manner.
same. all os migration software are now NOT FREE unlike 3 years or so ago.
I just put all my important stuff on a 128gb sd card and started from scratch. Seemed like the easier route for me
Make a backup of everything and just format, best way to do it
I happened to disconnect my HDD (which had everything installed into it) to allow my new SSD to install windows without any hassle. Turned pc off, plugged the HDD back in, voila, hope it works.
You can clone your OS partition to SSD using Macrium Reflect. It has a free license so u don't need to pay to use it. Hope this helps
How do u get to the Web Installation Wizard?
So when you add simple volume it initializes the ssd, not formatting or wiping the whole drive just initialize, correct? I need my old rig 2.5 SSD drive in the new build.
Who is watching this video in 2023
Here in 2024 😂🤦♂️
@@abrahamacosta1056 😂
Here in 2024
I'm Watching it in 2024😂😂
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If i only use SSD, i need RST? i duno what exactly that program do and if the SSD needs or what needs or why.
Kikematamitos is
I feel like all of these new comments are from people who bought the crucial m.2 from the flash sale on Amazon day lol. This is one of those comments.
Yeah... that's me
No I bought a hdd for my first build and didn’t think anything of pairing it with an ssd. Boot times and launch speeds aren’t terrible but from what I can gather they will be MUCH bette
3:42 If I wanted to keep the files and data of my HD I would have to click on "Do not format this volume"? I have an extra HD and it's half full with important files and I don't want to lose them
Can you update this for 2019?
why? i just did everything he said and it worked flawlessly.
Windows 10 is annoying.
ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS VIDEO. Thank you Linus and team!
What if the hhd you’re installing already has data you want to keep. Can this be done without loosing the data?
I'm in same boat. I just want to see what is on my old disk from old computer first. (Not showing as a folder, but in Disk Management). Not vibrating when I put hand on it. Not sure how to kick-start its heart.
AWESOME!!! Thank you Linus!!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
heres what i did, with absolutely no experience at this whatsoever:
copy OS from HDD to ssd (DiskWizard or many free programs can do this for you, and will actually kinda hold your hand thru it if youre a noob), done. instead of going in and confusing people in your video with programs they dont understand like you did, after i copied OS to ssd, i turned off pc and unplugged the hdd from the motherboard that was the original boot up system, but left the ssd plugged in.
started it up, ssd booted up my OS and assigned itself as c drive. turned it off again, plugged back in the hdd storage, booted it up, ssd is still drive c, hdd storage is drive d, done.
WetDogBed thanks for this. so I could essentially just format my current HDD and copy my OS to SSD and that would be similar to a fresh install? Or would I need to buy another copy of Windows 7?
it will be exactly how it was on your old hdd, albeit faster. not exactly like a fresh install, more like taking your brain out of your body and putting it in a hunky beach weightlifter body. lol. give it a day or so to get settled and used to how you do things, much like any new pc.
So to get things like games and adobe editing programs to boot up faster would I get an SSD as a boot drive, and store all of said games and video/photo editing programs on an HDD? I'm a bit confused here and about to try and get into this. I would think I need to install the games and programs on the SSD to see the speed boosts, but can the SSD boot things up that have been downloaded and stored on my HDD, and if so does it affect the speed of the boot-up? I am a bit of a noob I apologize.
The main reason to get an SSD are indeed the speeds. But, in order to get that speed, you need to install the program and store al its files onto the SSD in it's entirety. If you install the program on the SSD and store the files it uses on the HDD, you get a program that boots very fast, but loading the files (and saving / rendering) will be downscaled to the speed of the HDD.
To take your Adobe editing programs as an example: If you install Adobe After Effects on your SSD, but store all your video, sound, effects, etc. files on your HDD, After Effects will start up very quickly. Adding filters, motion tracking, etc. is very responsive, but when you're done editing, and are going to render the video, it will be slowed down, because the files it uses to render the video are on the slower HDD.
To clarify some things from your comments: You don't need to set the SSD as a boot drive, in order for programs to load faster. You can have your windows on an HDD, but your programs on your SSD. Your hard drive does NOT handle booting programs. That's a task for your CPU (in combination with RAM, or sometimes called "internal memory"). You get more speed from an SSD when loading programs, because the SSD can transmit data much faster to the CPU, than an HDD does. That's why SSD is so much faster.
I hope this helps you. If you have more questions, don't hesitate to ask! You don't have to apologise, just because you're just getting into these things. Everybody started from the bottom, and worked their way up by asking these kinds of questions. Ask away, and you will learn! And perhaps you will help a beginner in the future ;)!
What a wonderful response! Really, thank you so much! So it seems like an inexpensive way to see faster boot speeds when using things like After Effects, Premiere Pro, Animate CC would be to purchase a decent amount of RAM? The CPU I recently purchased is an i7-6800K so when I am ready to fully upgrade my PC, I don't think that will cause any problems. I only use 8GB of RAM but after this I am now thinking of doubling that. From what you're saying about the boot drive/storage drive set-up, it also seems like setting up an SSD as a boot drive would help gamers with huge game libraries with boot up times for games, but since I don't exclusively game, would removing the HDD element entirely and just purchasing a large 1-1.2TB SSD to keep everything on (and maybe an external hard drive to archive completed projects) be the ideal solution? Thank you again for taking the time to help me!
+DtC the most important component for video editing is your graphics card. That component defines the speed of the render. AfterHDDAfter that come the CPU/RAM. If it is not too expensive, more RAM is always good.
I would not buy a 1TB SSD. One 250GB or 2 120GB drives in RAID0, but that last option is a bit more advanced. The reason? Money. A 1TB SSD is way more expensive than buying a 250GB SSD and a 1TB HDD
I agree with everything you said besides the graphics card being the reason for faster render times. Your CPU cores is what boost decreases your rendering times. I have experimented with this. My current computer has a better graphic card than my last computer even more ram but is slower to render videos because my last computer had a better processor. This is from Sony Vegas. Maybe other programs might utilize cuda better but for the most part Sony Vegas utilizes the processor more than it does the graphic card.
Another great option is too buy a 500 SSD use that for rendering and stuff then once you already made the video you can transfer it to your HDD just for storage. I like to keep my old videos so thats a great way to do it. Instead of using up your expensive SSD. The magic guy gave some great advice though but yea dont buy a 1TB ssd drive thats crazy expensive
i was able to make the ssd to show up in "my computer". however, i cant seem to find it in the bios so i'm not able to change its position with my hdd.
+zeki yildirim please help
+zeki yildirim download the bios from your motherboard's manufacture website then install and lastly press f2 or delete once your computer restarts. Hope this helps.😀
ill try it out. ty
+zeki yildirim i think that you just missed the location at your bios settings. I missed it once, but its there just look something like ´´Boot priority´´
hopefully you find it :)
ty :D
This tutorial is still useful in 2024 on Windows 10. Thank you.
Can install games on hdd if SSD is my bootable drive
Yep ofcourse
Do you have a window 10 version? Also cloning it.
Thank you
Ask NCIX to make a new video abt it.
@AThePetrov and then when NCIX went bankrupt
7 years later.. RUclips: lets recommend this
I need to see this for real because I reset cmos
Wow.. how far you have come !!
120 gb SSD. I still have this in 2019....
Hell yeah download GeForce now and play any games
wolfmanjacksaid Literally just set up two 250Gb WD Blue HDDs thanks to Linus.
I still dont have an ssd xd
Is there a way to make steam games install to the HDD, but have steam on an ssd? I would appreciate feedback.
its in the download settings under content libraries so download steam to your ssd then go to the steam settings and change the download location
CustomKiIIer Thank you so much man! :)
Lake Titicaca Having steam on an SSD won't necessarily improve performance though. When running games it will still have to retrieve the files from the HDD.
LordJaffarr he probably just wants it to start up faster not improve the performance of the game so when he starts up his pc he doesn't have to wait to click it or for the hdd to get it open
Lake Titicaca np glad I could help :)
I have an HDD with my operating system in it and im planing to buy a SSD. Will thus still work and am i able to put my os to the ssd for a faster Boottime?
Yes. You just need to install the OS on your SSD and alter your boot order to look for the SSD first. You should also format your HDD too.
+ParkPants and how do I do that
what do you mean format your harddrive?
Hi ,I have brand new SSD and a current HDD in my setup .
Should i format my HDD first then go thru the process of installing OS in SSD or do the later first ? Thanks
If you want to keep your files, use a data migration tool to clone over your files to your ssd. If you have a Samsung SSD, that software should be provided for you in the included CD. If not, a good tool is EasyUs Todo Backup. Otherwise, I usually install the OS on the SSD first then clean the HDD through command line later.
Dont you need to have windows on the ssd in order to make system boot to ssd?
i just bought a 240GB kingston a400 ssd in oct 2019 and watching in now
bad and cheap ssd. doesn't even have dram cache. go with next timrt Wd blue 3d or crucial mx500 or samsung evo 860
Same as me kingston A400 just install tonight
same here a400 for os hdd for games
@@RoastMasterUK am planning on buying an M.2 SSD for my laptop with 1TB HDD... Will the M.2 speed up boot ups even if the games/apps are installed in the HDD?
@@allenc.3561 no the SSD won't have any effect if the file isn't on it
My drive doesn't come up in the devices and drives in this pc....
ruclips.net/video/R-qTVkbgMwI/видео.html
hello in boot priority i only have my hard drive showing. I rebuilt this computer only updating the battery and GPU. All my other parts are the same and the previous computer booted normally? I have no other options to boot with, ive tried everything :(
The latter part of this video is bad practice for managing libraries (Windows 7/8/10). Instead of creating a new folder on your drive, right-click My Documents/My Music/My Pictures and click Properties. Go to Location. Set your location from C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Documents to D:\Users\%USERNAME%\Documents. It will ask you if you want to move your files, say yes.
The one tricky folder is the Desktop. You have to kill Windows Explorer but open an explorer window in another process to move it.
Since Firefox and Chrome save to %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox and %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data respectively, I would move those folders to your HDD (unless it's a WD Green or similar drive with very poor performance), and create symlinks for them. Then I would set up a backup script to back up those folders to the SDD on a weekly basis (this is my script):
gist.github.com/NobleUplift/c7ae8a18eba6406e0df4
If it's only temp files that you're worried about, Firefox caches to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox and you could symlink that, but keeping the cache on the SSD is good for performance.
***** For the use case you're looking at (having to move/install folders to the D drive only once), it is the easiest solution, but that solution also comes with caveats. As I've mentioned, one of the greatest benefits of having an SSD is the paging and caching since it's instantaneous read. Having the %TMP% folder, which is located at %LOCALAPPDATA%\Temp if I'm not mistaken, on the HDD will slow down your system. By how much, I cannot say. The same goes for the caching folders of other apps.
This comment seems popular so I have a question regarding boot drives and that.
Here is the question. My build has that I'm going to build has two drives (one an SSD for boot drive and some games and a HDD for everything else) would it be easier if I install the SSD as a boot drive and set it up, then install the HDD for everything else?
+Professor RUclips Won't matter one way or the other. If you have both your SSD and HDD in when you install your OS, just make sure not to accidentally select your HDD.
Now if you have data already on your HDD, there's no harm in keeping it unplugged while you install your OS.
Ideally, your boot media should have no important data on it (so that if your OS fails your data is fine) and your data disk should be in a RAID 1 array (WD Reds are best for this).
I had a RAID 1 array using WD Greens (I know, I was young and stupid) and one of those disks failed. Even though I do back up, I would have had to reinstall all my games, programs, etc. Love RAID.
+Patrick Seiter sorry to seem like such a noob but how do you set up a raid? Also in the bios how do I set up windows and set the boot priority to the SSD (sorry if I said that horribly wrong). I know these are pretty nooby questions but I'm trying to know everything before building my PC
i think its funny how they used to have lame artwork on the back of graphics cards then
My God I’m watching this in 2020.
same here
If you learn from it, I'd say why not.
7 years later still helpful this guy should create his own channel called Linus tech tips
2019 and I still don't have an SSD.
"Im managing u now" I LoLed
That awful camera and intro. Good stuff.
+Amaroqdricaldari And monitor resolution
+Amaroqdricaldari Le 2013
Loool at bass segue tho. Love Linus tho
lmao
The intro sounds like creepy porn music lmao
7 years later and still is perfect
Thank youuu !! this vdeo helped me so mush ! i bought a SSD and i wanted to use this SSD ONLY for my OS , and i dont knew how to do that ! now i know !
Linus, r'ly? Guys if u don't know how to transfer your existing os or reinstall it from scratch onto SSD, just go and buy a xbox/ps4 console. The things what should be on the SSD: your OS, utilities, most demanding games (256GB most reasonable choice atm). All the storage as "my documents"/music/pics or any other media/download/junk/etc.. should be placed on classic hdd storage (up to 4TB at reasonable price atm), I prefer green ones - silent, low power consumption. Fast, silent and cheap, simple as that.
well, following that logic, no one would know how to do it. Or did you just know it from birth? And how do you know what everyone else prefers?
Mamborambo
Well, I know how m8, and that's just basics of basics. I just described the best/optimal way, no one will tell u that, no one of those "sponsored pc-actors". How I what every one prefers? Cause building/diagnose a PC is the thing I'm very best, m8, and that's just one of many skills I've got.
John Doe Wow, you sound like a troll, so im not gonna go any further... but just in case, what if someone only edits videos? then it would be much cheaper to get 80gb SSD and 1tb HDD. thats what i mean about what people prefer.
Mamborambo About HDD I wrote "up to 4TB", so all that just about size of SSD? 80GB, it's a price of pack of cigarettes? U're from Ukraine/Kazahstan/Etiopia/Zamunda or what? Need a donation?
Every idiot says that m8...
It's finally Blac froday 2019.. now i can afford a 256 ssd
You and me both
@@djgoblin1 yoooo just bought my 256gb SSD
I really really hope you bought an m.2 because they are literally cheaper than sata drives and 5 times faster.
@@tggt00 got a sata one because I'm on a budget. The only m.2s that match says SSDs in price are m.2 sata SSDs so it isn't a big difference. I also got a 2 tb HDD for my games
you can get the 970 evo m.2 ssd 500gb for 80 dollars right now, or a 250 gb for 50-60 dollars, pretty cheap if you ask me. sata ones are just 10-20 dollars cheaper
I like this guy, he seems like a nice person
Can I get windows on a SSD without losing all my information on my HDD? I just wanna transfer my games from my HDD to my SSD without losing info also. Im new that this and I don't know much about this stuff, though I do know a bit with these videos. Can someone help me please?
Who got this recommended in 2021? :-)
Got an SSD Rn . Smh Linus is already in 2022
Today I was searching how to upgrade my old laptop and I just discovered this channel, I didn't knew that there was this channel called NICX Tech Tips. I watch Linus videos daily but didn't knew this.
0:04 thats me when i bought the ssd