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Need to Replace SSD Drive - Options?
Hello All,
I have a 100GB SSD drive as my main drive. For the most part there is not much on the drive. I have Windows 7, MS Office 2010 and Rosetta Stone. I have a second drive which is 1TB (SATA) which is where I install most programs, store music, store pictures and data. I would have installed the Rosetta Stone on the 1 TB drive but Rosetta Stone does not allow you to choose a destination location. Rosetta takes up 2 - 3GB... Sigh.
Anyway, back to my dilemma. My SSD drive is 103GB and I have just under 7GB free. I just moved some stuff around to free up space. 7GB is probably enough and I might be able to remove some more stuff but it got me wondering how difficult it would be to splurge and to buy a 250GB or larger SSD and to replace the 103Gb SSD. Samsung has a couple of drives that are 250Mb and they cost $140 or less.
My motherboard is an ASROCK Z97 Extreme6.
I need help figuring out what my options are and what makes the most sense.
I could keep the existing SSD and install a new SSD, install Windows 7 on the new SSD. That way I would have two SSD drives and my 1TB as the 3rd drive. I like this option as I would not have to reinstall MS Office and it would not hurt to have a second drive with Windows 7 installed. That way if the new SSD failed, I could boot from the old SSD. It would be kind of a waste of drive space but with a new 250GB SSD, I don't really think it would be an issue.
I have heard about "ghosting" techniques whereby the information on one drive is copied and placed on a new drive. I could then use the new drive as my primary drive and provided the new drive booted without issue, I could format the old SSD and use it for whatever I wanted. Truthfully, I would probably just remove it as I have plenty of HD space on my 1TB. The new 250GB SSD would be more than enough for Windows 7 and MS Office. I like having Windows and MS Office on an SSD as the performance is much better. Another advantage would be that I do not have to reinstall Windows.
Anyone like either idea better? Other suggestions?
Thanks, Bill