Two SSD and a 1TB HDD

[RSDS1227]

I just built myself a new PC with a 250MB SSD, a 128MB SSD, a 1TB HDD and my O/S is win 10. I have the O/S on the 250SSD and I thought I could place LR5 on the 128SSD then store all my photos on the 1TBHDD. This all sounds good but I have no idea how to do it. Right now all my photos are on external HDD's so importing to new PC should be easy. IDK if I need to do something with partitions or disk management...
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thank you,
Rich

 

[Johan Elzenga]

If you want to start with a fresh catalog, then just start Lightroom on the new PC. Lightroom will ask you whether you want to open an existing catalog or create a new one. Choose a new one and navigate to the 128 GB SSD in the 'Save as...' dialog that follows.

If you want to continue with an old catalog, copy the entire catalog folder to the 128 GB SSD and start Lightroom. Tell Lightroom you want to open an existing catalog and navigate to the one on the SSD.

 

[tspear]

I would look to Intel's Smart Drive and have Windows treat the 128GB SSD and the 1TB as a single disk. Smart Drive will automatically move stuff to the 1TB disk which is not accessed frequently.

 

[RSDS1227]

Ya Tim, that is along the lines I was thinking it first. I have started moving photos from external HDD on to the 1TB drive now but not imported to LR yet.
Thanks for the advice, I am still looking for the best way.

 

[PhilBurton]

I would look to Intel's Smart Drive and have Windows treat the 128GB SSD and the 1TB as a single disk. Smart Drive will automatically move stuff to the 1TB disk which is not accessed frequently.

That is a molto cool feature. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: Does it require Windows 10?

Phil

 

[tspear]

No, it is also available with Windows 8. I got the name wrong, it is called Smart Response Technology.
I have never used it, so I have only read the press reports. It was also standard for some gaming machines for a while, not sure about anymore.

 

[LRList001]

Ya Tim, that is along the lines I was thinking it first. I have started moving photos from external HDD on to the 1TB drive now but not imported to LR yet.
Thanks for the advice, I am still looking for the best way.

Would it not be better to do this from within LR? If I understand you aright?

 

[Victoria Bampton]

Would it not be better to do this from within LR? If I understand you aright?

If they're not imported into Lightroom yet, it's probably easier to do it in Explorer before importing.