I wanted to upgrade my old computer. So, I made a new computer, and bought an SSD (Intel 40GB). I did a clean install of Windows 7 on the SSD. I also put my old hard drive (400GB spinner) with all my programs in the computer.
When I boot from the old hard drive (spinner) which still has Windows 7 everything works fine. But, this was a 32-bit version accessing only 3.25GB of RAM, while I have 8GB installed.
When I boot from the SSD it is a 64-bit version of Windows 7 and boots fine. However, my old hard drive (spinner) doesn't allow me to access the programs or data on it.
I basically want to use the SSD just for having Windows and use my old hard drive (spinner) for the programs and data.
Any advice?
Best Answer
You're going to have a hard time running programs from a drive different from where you have your OS installed. Really you should only use this for data access and keep programs + OS on the same drive.
When you say you can't access your programs, I believe you. But I don't understand what you mean by not being able to access your data.