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I currently am running Win7 - 64 bit. Looking to upgrade to Win8 (64 bit) as well as switch my boot drive to an SSD. Which one should I do first? Does it matter? If it makes any different, my motherboard is an ASUS P6T deluxe, and my new SSD is an OCZ Vertex 4 256 GB. Thanks, GS |
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Install the SSD first . . . no point installing Windows to the old drive, then doing it again to the SSD. Edit: By definition, if you install the OS to the existing drive, the SSD will not be your boot drive. I've never tried upgrading the OS to another drive; not sure if that's even possible? In any case, the only reason not to do a clean install is if you have programs that you can't/don't want to reinstall. If that's the case, I'd use clonezilla or similar to clone the existing drive to the SSD, then run the Win 8 upgrade. Otherwise, you can leave the existing drive untouced, add the SSD, and install Windows 8 there, making sure to boot off of that drive. You can then access the existing drive as a data drive, and get any files/data off there that you'll need. |
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