adding an ssd :)

[SavageCupcake]

hi guys going to be getting a muskin chronos 120 gb soon for windows, programs and a couple of games (BF3) to go on i currently have a single wd caviar blue 500gb. how should i go about transferring stuff? ive got windows 7 OEM so i should be able to re install it due to having the same mobo etc?? will i have to reinstall all my programs? will my steam games be affected? any help would be great

[jamesriley94]

I always do a clean install. Write down the programs and just download and reinstall them. Gets rid of all the junk on the pc.

As for steam, yes it will be affected. You need to go onto in steam, right click a game and click back up game files i think it is, then back up all games so some folder of your choice.

After reinstalling steam after getting the new SSD, you can restore all the games straight from the saved backup folder. Beware though, you cant choose individual directory locations for each individual game. So, if your steam games amount to more than 120gb, or around 90gb after windows installs, it wont fit on the SSD, so you may have to put them all on the old hard drive. To do this, while installing steam after getting the new SSD, create a folder on the old hard drive called Programs, or Steam or something, then choose the directory as that to install the Steam program to. Either that or just choose not to restore some of the games as I take it you dont play all your steam games every day.

[SavageCupcake]

i wanted to leave the steam games on my hard drive mate ill do a clean imnstall then, my music and photos wont be affected on my old hdd wil they?

[jamesriley94]

No they wont, but to get to them you'd have to go like, users - (username) - music which is kind of awkward. It'd be better if you'd move my music and everything out into the root of the drive, then delete the windows folders as you dont really need them, and it'll just make things awkward

[jamesriley94]

Originally Posted by McRoger

After reinstalling steam after getting the new SSD, you can restore all the games straight from the saved backup folder. Beware though, you cant choose individual directory locations for each individual game.

Seriously?! This has happened 3 times to me now, people just copying and pasting parts of my posts, all it is is just spammers trying to get their post count up! Maybe if you research things yourself you'd actually have a valuable input into the thread instead of just being a worthless aubergine.

[Master&Puppet]

Make sure you download the latest firmware for your ssd. The sandforce controller has had some issues in the past but each revision of the firmware has made things much better.

[SavageCupcake]

is the muskin chronos a reliable drive? or should i save up a bit more and get a corsair force 3 or crucial m4? dont want to have it dying on me

[jamesriley94]

I'd play it safe and get the crucial, even if it was double the price of the mushkin.

[SavageCupcake]

well the mushkin and crucial are both 90 quid at aria crucial it is then

[gionascm2]

It'd be better if you'd move my music and everything out into the root of the drive, then delete the windows folders as you dont really need them, and it'll just make things awkward