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I just got a new 500GB SSD and caddy. I will be installing the SSD as the main disk for my OS and working files and install the HDD within a caddy in place of the optical drive.

I am not exactly sure but I think my bios is capable of 750GB. What would happens in this case especially if the HDD contains data? Could I access all the data?

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  • Yes and Yes... For a more specific answer you would have to provide additional specific information like model name/numbers of the drives, motherboard/computer, bios revision, etc. In general, relatively modern computer hardware can easily support drives up to 2TB and larger, and the limitation is per drive, not a total, so if you have a 2TB limit and 4 drives connected, assuming everything else is fine you should have 8TB of storage across 4 volumes, so your two 500GB scenario should not be an issue.
    – acejavelin
    Jan 29, 2016 at 20:15

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BIOS limits are per-device. It shouldn't be a problem.

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  • would I be able to access all data?
    – user10853
    Jan 29, 2016 at 20:11
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    @user10853 - Why wouldn't you be able to access your data?
    – Ramhound
    Jan 29, 2016 at 20:35
  • I thought the bios might limit what I can access just like RAM. As a confirmation I installed them and can access them
    – user10853
    Jan 30, 2016 at 14:27

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