“Can I keep the old drive installed. Will it work along side HDD or does it get replaced?”
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Yes, you can tell your bios to boot to your new drive, and then you can wipe your old drive and use it to back up current. They include a download of Acronis software that is easy to use.
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- The Crucial TeamSorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes. You can use it as your boot drive and the HDD for additional storage, which would be the best use, as the greater speed is the main reason for getting and using this drive in that manner. In that case, you would have to clone the HDD to it, or install the OS and (probably) change the boot order. If you wanted, however, you could also use the drive for storage (although, again, you would be wasting the main reason for getting it, namely, the far greater speed.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes! I believe there is even software that helps clone your OS and put it on your new drive. I didn't do that though, as I like to just do a clean install of windows afterwards- it is easy if you know if your windows activation is digitally linked to your Microsoft account.
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