Can you have windows and hyperspin on an ssd and the rest on a platter?

[equlizer]

I REALLY want to speed up my bartop.  its currently running win7 pro, i3 3200mhz, 8gig ram, 2tb drive.  I have an old 60gb ssd i would like to use.

Would i have to re-install windows and all that crap or is there some way to copy over just that stuff.  Thx

[05SRT4]

You would need to have a fresh install of windows on the SSD if you dont already.

The Hyperspin stuff is all folder based so you can copy it over. You will need to go in and update all the Emulator,rom,media etc, path directories though.

[JudgeRob]

A lot of ssd come with cloning software, but be sure to read reviews because there are mixed results.

[Phreakwars]

When I clone drives, I use a program called EaseUS Todo Backup. You can find it here:

http://www.todo-backup.com/download/

There are a couple ways you can do a clone.

1 you can just have both drives connected to your SATA ports and clone that way, or, the method I use... a USB 3.0 adapter like this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA2BP0U33777

This nifty little gadget comes in REAL REAL handy when I am working on PC's and the customer wants an upgrade to an SSD drive. It also reads the older style laptop drives, as well as 40 pin IDE drives.

But to answer your first question.. YES, you can have hyperspin on the platter drive and the OS on the SSD. You will have to reconfigure with Rocket Launcher, but it's not too painful a task.

But from MY point of view, and this is just preference. I'd rather not run an SSD because for me... it's TOO FAST. Now you might be saying "wait a minute... too fast??" Well yes. It boots way too fast for the effect I am going for. That being, the bootup animation screen you see as the OS is loading.

As an example, this is the screen you see when my son's cabinet boots. The only problem is, on the SSD drive I have installed, it only displays for a split second before the OS is loaded.




While on a couple other project machines, they only have platter drives, and on those, you can clearly see the animation going on.

But that is my ONLY complaint... other then that, I say GO FOR IT.

EDIT: in THIS video, you can see what I am talking about... Notice how fast the animation screen displays then changes.

[equlizer]

I don't plan on cloning the drive (2TB SSD is VERY expensive)  Guess ill bite the bullet and install a fresh copy of win7 and change the directories.  I could care less about the animation.  My main comp boots up in 5 seconds so i've gotten used to that