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12-30-2012, 08:58 AM
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HDD to SSD advise
Hi! Guys. just wondering if i should clone my WD 500 to this new SSD kingston 128gb http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16820139109 or just do a clean install. Thanks
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12-30-2012, 09:15 AM
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When in doubt do a clean install. There is less that can go wrong... 
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12-30-2012, 12:05 PM
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cloning has risk of bad sector alignment, not worth it unless you know for sure that cloning tool handles that.
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12-30-2012, 04:28 PM
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Running Windows? If so which version?
Maybe backup what you have now, prep the new drive w/ the Windows CD, then do a restore?
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12-31-2012, 05:34 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tracerbullet
Running Windows? If so which version?
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it is seven 64 bit. thanks guys for your info.
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12-31-2012, 06:43 AM
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Lifer
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I used this:
http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx
to do it on my laptop. Worked without problems.
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12-31-2012, 11:08 AM
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Although I've heard plenty of people do clones without issue, I always do a clean install to be on the safe side.
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12-31-2012, 11:17 AM
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Clean install > clone
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12-31-2012, 02:07 PM
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I've never had issues with the apricorn drive transfer kits included with crucial m4 drives
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01-01-2013, 06:04 AM
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Ok! i will try to clone.be back with result. thanks
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01-02-2013, 06:58 AM
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Lifer
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I'm wondering the same thing, gonna swap HDs for a couple of SSD's I got around Black Friday, will be back for the "results."
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01-02-2013, 07:55 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by biostud
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Perfect! no issue everything working a-1.thanks biostud
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01-02-2013, 08:18 AM
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Out of curiosity, would you mind running as ssd benchmark and confirm that your partition is aligned?
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01-02-2013, 08:37 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by postmortemIA
Out of curiosity, would you mind running as ssd benchmark and confirm that your partition is aligned?
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I have and always do this, and yes the acronis software does this just fine in all cases i have tested it
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01-02-2013, 08:32 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RadiclDreamer
I have and always do this, and yes the acronis software does this just fine in all cases i have tested it
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OP didn't use Acronis.
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01-03-2013, 02:25 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mfenn
OP didn't use Acronis.
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Sorry i actually meant apricorn, their included EasygigIV works great for drive to drive
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