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Can I use my SSD and my HDD at the same time?

Cappuccino

Cappuccino

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Hello. I have a SSD and a HDD. So I was wondering can I use both at the same time? I was thinking to install ALL my steam games onto my HDD and others like anti virus and Microsoft office etc onto my SSD? Is that a good idea? I have ALOT of games right now and I have like 20GB left on my SSD. I have a Samsung EVO SSD btw and I'm on a MSI laptop.

May someone guide me through this if this is possible? Really appreciate the helP! 😀
 
You can install your OS to your SSD and your major apps. Install your games/steam and media storage to your HDD. All you have to do is specify the directory path when installing your games. This is assuming you have two HDD/ssd bays on your laptop available for use.
 
Yep, you won't have any issues with it at all. You'll just need to specify the steam install to you D: or E: drive. Whichever that hard drive is set to.
 
Thanks all. I have some question to ask. Do I just drag my current steam games to my HDD or do I have to do somethig else? Do I have to fresh install my games again? Also if I use my SSD and my HDD will it still have fast load times since I have a SSD or will it use my HDD since I will be installing my games on my HDD? Sorry if I'm confusing you I'm a newb! >_<
oh and can I format my HDD first? I think it still have the OS in it.
 
Whatever gets installed to the SSD will be fast...boot up etc as long as the OS is installed there. You will lose a little speed in games when they get installed to the HDD. I am unsure if its possible to relocate the steam/game directory someone else will have to chime in there.
 
ANSWER: "You can use combined SSD and HDD technologies in several ways." [For instance, ISRT HDD-acceleration.]

I'm wondering if the OP is insufficiently articulating a concern as to whether or not he can put both an SSD and an HDD into a cramped laptop.

I'M THE GUY WHO BOASTS AN OBSESSION WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY (PRE-SSD) SINCE 1982. I've built every machine I've owned since 1996, and at least modified in sometimes radical ways all the machines I've own in total.

BUT I'VE YET TO OWN A LAPTOP, despite the fact that I actually built a battery-powered laptop precursor in 1983 -- using Grandma's old Samsonite over-nite case. [It was a Timex-Sinclair 1000 with Z80A, and it had a thermal printer! I could run it while riding on the Washington Metro subway.]

So I'm getting my first laptop soon -- against the grain that I always purchased "new, latest and greatest" for parts and everything else. It will be a Gateway E-475. And I will replace the 2.5" HDD with a Crucial MX100 500GB SSD.

I'm almost paying disproportionately close to the alternative of purchasing a new ASUS, ACER, Lenovo -- whatever. Of course, it all depends on "features."
 
Cappuccino said:
Thanks all. I have some question to ask. Do I just drag my current steam games to my HDD or do I have to do somethig else? Do I have to fresh install my games again? Also if I use my SSD and my HDD will it still have fast load times since I have a SSD or will it use my HDD since I will be installing my games on my HDD? Sorry if I'm confusing you I'm a newb! >_<
oh and can I format my HDD first? I think it still have the OS in it.
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You'll have to reinstall your games to the HDD.

Yes you should format the HDD before using it for game installation.

Game startups will be a tad slower off the HDD; running the games off the HDD is a minute (small) difference.
 
OMG this thread is LOL ...

Of course you can use them both at same time,,,,, you can even put another SSD and another hard drive,,,, just depends how your mobo is done......
 
BonzaiDuck,

You may want to see how much Gateway would charge you to include the SSD.

I replaced a HHD with a SSD in a Dell laptop a couple of years ago and it took several hours. I had to remove the keyboard, monitor, and circuit boards to get at the drive. Dell posted the repair manual which had the step-by-step directions. Otherwise, it would have taken even longer. I do not know if this arrangement is typical of most laptops -- all I remember was that it was a pain. I much prefer to work on desktops.
 
Whisper2 said:
BonzaiDuck,

You may want to see how much Gateway would charge you to include the SSD.

I replaced a HHD with a SSD in a Dell laptop a couple of years ago and it took several hours. I had to remove the keyboard, monitor, and circuit boards to get at the drive. Dell posted the repair manual which had the step-by-step directions. Otherwise, it would have taken even longer. I do not know if this arrangement is typical of most laptops -- all I remember was that it was a pain. I much prefer to work on desktops.
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YES! That's probably why I've avoided getting a laptop for so long: you can't so easily configure, modify or enhance them as you can with an ATX motherboard (or any desktop mobo, for that matter.)

But this isn't a NEW Gateway: this is a "business/government surplus" Gateway E475. Just looking, it seems like that model was released in 2007 at a price around $2,000, but that explains why I would only pay $200+ for the refurb and Win 7-64 configuration.

It's relatively old technology, but something I can tinker with.
 
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