MacBook Pro.. HD and SSD.. Bootcamp?

[Conor D]

I currently have Windows running on my MacBook Pro through Parallels but it's causing issues and is restricted performance wise. I have a SSD which I want to put into the optical drive location as a second drive and leave the HD where it is.

Is it possible to use the SSD solely for Windows? Including all OS and Bootcamp software. I don't know how to approach this as I've only installed Windows to a partition on the Mac HD.

I guess I could install a fresh Bootcamp partition onto my current HD and format the SSD for windows and use it as a storage drive? Though putting the Windows OS on the SSD may have performance benefits..

I will be using it intensively over the next few months so I might as well do it right.. Does anyone have any advice on how to set the SSD up to install bootcamp as a second drive?

[mikef]

Conor D said:

I currently have Windows running on my MacBook Pro through Parallels but it's causing issues

What sort of issues? I'm running Win 10 and Centos under Parallels 11 and it's been rock solid

[Bikerjon]

You would likely see a decent performance gain just by replacing the HD with the SSD and running windows via parallels. I really don't see a need for bootcamp much these days.