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Installation and Organization Strategies

Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by TheDalek, Nov 29, 2011.

TheDalek Notebook Enthusiast

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I'm getting my new system today. Migrating from XP to 7 with 65 apps to track down and move over, and then there's the process of getting all my documents in order.

When it comes time to start fresh, what strategies do you employ to keep things in order, keep the system optimized, and make sure you have backups and reasonable restore points.

Also - I'll have a 120GB SSD and a 750GB regular disk. How do you decide which apps go on which drive?

TheDalek, Nov 29, 2011

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To decide which app goes on which drive:

Use it every day: SSD
Needs speed for any reason: SSD
Used infrequently: HDD
Needs insane amount of HDD space: HDD
App that you use, but don't need to be fast (monitoring for example): HDD

As for the installation, first get every up to date driver to external storage before you start reinstalling. Get all installers for your programs. Install Windows, drivers, AV, get it connected online at this point, install the rest of your programs. Put your personal data on the HDD, set the libraries to be on the HDD, optional: move the user folders to the HDD. Make an image of your C:\ drive and you're done.

tijo, Nov 29, 2011

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