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<blockquote data-quote="coolcanadiancat" data-source="post: 900456" data-attributes="member: 5728">My 10 year old PC is about to get two long needed upgrades. Ram upgrade and a SSD upgrade.My main (and only HDD) is a WD Black 1TB 3.5&quot; Internal Drive (HDD is about 5 years old)I just purchased a WD Blue 3D Nand Sata SSD 1TBOriginally I was planning on cloning (sector by sector) from the HDD to the SSD and using the HDD afterwards as a storage device (wiping the HDD,only after confirming successful SSD operation...)...since both drives are 1TB I figured this would be the way for me to go.Then, I read that most just put the OS (Win 10 Home X64) onto a smaller SSD and keep all other files etc.. on the larger HDDShould I stick to my original thought or use the SSD as the OS boot drive, with all else on the HDD?I&#039;m just doing this now as my understanding is that SSD,s are more reliable now than in the past. (Though my old and trusty WD Black has never let me down or develop bad sectors--well, at least not as of yet)Last but not least what are your thoughts regarding cloning software? (I have O&amp;O DiskImage 15 Pro, and free versions of MiniTool Partition Wizard 12 and EaseUS Partition Master 14.5 (Macrium Free could also be an option) as could be ???Thanks in advance for all your thoughts and advice.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="coolcanadiancat, post: 900456, member: 5728"] My 10 year old PC is about to get two long needed upgrades. Ram upgrade and a SSD upgrade. My main (and only HDD) is a WD Black 1TB 3.5" Internal Drive (HDD is about 5 years old) I just purchased a WD Blue 3D Nand Sata SSD 1TB Originally I was planning on cloning (sector by sector) from the HDD to the SSD and using the HDD afterwards as a storage device (wiping the HDD,only after confirming successful SSD operation...)...since both drives are 1TB I figured this would be the way for me to go. Then, I read that most just put the OS (Win 10 Home X64) onto a smaller SSD and keep all other files etc.. on the larger HDD Should I stick to my original thought or use the SSD as the OS boot drive, with all else on the HDD? I'm just doing this now as my understanding is that SSD,s are more reliable now than in the past. (Though my old and trusty WD Black has never let me down or develop bad sectors--well, at least not as of yet) Last but not least what are your thoughts regarding cloning software? (I have O&O DiskImage 15 Pro, and free versions of MiniTool Partition Wizard 12 and EaseUS Partition Master 14.5 (Macrium Free could also be an option) as could be ??? Thanks in advance for all your thoughts and advice. [/QUOTE]

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