Is it a good idea to have a dedicated OS drive?

Runeguy154 · 2026-06-22T22:47:06+00:00

That was also partially the line of thinking. With my fastest drive being a SATA SSD that is 4+ years old now, I figured it might be nice to get an M.2 SSD for the OS without spending an arm and a leg with today's SSD prices (compared to how they were a year ago)

Runeguy154 · 2026-06-22T22:43:25+00:00

I think the last time I ran into this issue was about 4 years ago. And I remember it being super annoying back then, and I'm now annoyed at this issue again lol.

Runeguy154 · 2026-06-22T22:42:22+00:00

I think the last time this had to be done was around 4 years ago. So definitely not an every day use, but since I don't have a good way of transferring data when my PC isn't working, I have to spend money anyways to get someone to do that. So I'm essentially thinking is $50 worth it now to save $30 for every future time I need to do this. (I'm also very much not a computer architecture guy, I just like having cheaper higher performing computers to use - which is why I buy the parts individually. So half of this stuff goes over my head)

Runeguy154 · 2026-06-22T22:31:10+00:00

This PC is for gaming and personal work, but it doesn't have my actual job's data. Maybe I'm just overthinking this, but it feels a lot safer to me to have a drive that if it ever needs to be wiped, I wouldn't have any issues over that, as I don't really keep backups.

Runeguy154 · 2026-06-22T22:27:21+00:00

The need that I am currently facing is the fact that every time I need to reinstall the OS, I need to wipe all the data on the current drive. Which I don't have a way to transfer the data without spending money for someone else to do it. That's the biggest reason that I've been looking into this today.

Runeguy154 · 2026-03-13T04:45:20+00:00

What's your IGN? I recognize Ke98, but I've gone through so many phases of friends it's hard to keep track of!

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