Swapping SSD on acer aspire m3 581ptg

Hi , my model is acer aspire m3 581ptg  and my question is very,very simple....  If I wanna change my current 20gb ssd  for another one (128gb) , 1) After change it, should I do something? (I still have my hdd 500gb "as it comes from factory,partition and recovery stuff)  2) This change, will make any difference in the overall performance or will be the same (with plenty of space that won't be used NEVER)
Thanks a lot for your time
Kind regards
Sebastian
 

Thanks for the answer. I've been through the wiki and have the system set up according to it, with a few modifications of my own.
The file system is ext2 and it became so bad that I couldn't even repair it after booting with a rescue stick.
So, I reinstalled and the problem was right there again, even after a fresh format and re-partition.
Now however, after a second reinstall, it has been running well for about a week.
It all feels very strange and all I really wanted to know was if any other ssd and AA1 users have experienced anything similar, but I guess I'm the only one this far. I hope it stays that way

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