Cloning into a SSD has been a real PITA...

[ViRGE]

Use your SSD for a week and then try to go back to the Green. Trust me when I say you'll never want to go without a SSD ever again.😛

 

[deustroop]

you did it the hard way

no need for the reserve partition thingy

no need to install winblows



I switch drives all the time, last was to an ssd. All i do is clone C to the new drive using casper. boot to the new drive and change the My Computer description so I know what drive I on .

Thats it.

 

[JackMDS]

I switch drives all the time, last was to an ssd. All i do is clone C to the new drive using casper. boot to the new drive and change the My Computer description so I know what drive I on .

Thats it.

I have a 500GB drive with two partitions.

C partion with 160GB, 140 OS and Apps on it.

D partition and 340GB data, 200GB data on it.

How I use Casper to clone it to a 128 SSD?


😎

 

[deustroop]

I can quote the app info on their web page but can confirm that the size control mentioned is available. I have only cloned to similar or greater sizes.

The app will copy a drive or an entire hard disk, partitions , active status and all. The info says it "supports copying of larger hard disks to smaller hard disks". The option is there , as well, to decide how much of the disk you want to use on the clone--you do not apparently need to use the entire disk even if it is smaller.

In your case it may well just ditch some of the data to fit it all in--seriously, I think you ask a rhetorical question since it would appear you know it is difficult to fit in more data than a drive can handle.

haha

probably their resource is to reduce partition sizes, not data.

 

[stlcardinals]

At this point you would have been better off just going with a fresh install on the SSD. I personally wouldn't want to run with a cloned install from a physical HDD on an SSD.

 

[deustroop]

Like I said,
Works ok,
I done it several times.
No diff between an ssd and a mech cloned drive.
In fact I on one now.
Hold it !
where my da

 

[sniperruff]

Use your SSD for a week and then try to go back to the Green. Trust me when I say you'll never want to go without a SSD ever again.😛

Yes the delays are definitely noticeable on the WD Green. I cleaned up all the partitions yesterday and cloned the working primary partition + system reserve partitions to the Green. Unplugged the SSD and the Green booted up fine - success! But yes, it loads everything with a 2 second delay.

The Agility 4 has such as notoriously bad rep I'm going to start a habit of cloning the primary perhaps monthly.

At this point you would have been better off just going with a fresh install on the SSD. I personally wouldn't want to run with a cloned install from a physical HDD on an SSD.

In retrospect I should have just gone for a clean install! But the SSD works fine now.

I also foresee in a few years, I'll run into a similar problem again and forget everything I learned!

 

[wirednuts]

I also foresee in a few years, I'll run into a similar problem again and forget everything I learned!

dont worry. i used to save partition software boot disks and clone disks and such. by the time you use them again, there has been some change that requires you to update the software youre using to try to fix whatever you need. so you have to relearn it no matter what.

 

[sniperruff]

Just want to give a quick update for those who are thinking about/having difficulty cloning an OS onto an SSD. Assuming your HD is larger than your SSD, and the OS-containing partition is smaller than the SSD:

1. Use Partition Wizard to relocate 100mb system reserve partition and the OS-containing partition to the front
2. Use EASEUS to "copy disk", and NOT "copy partition". EASEUS will create an exact copy of the front of your HD onto the SSD.

Just want to update since I cloned a netbook's HD onto another SSD and created a sh!tstorm of errors. Your partition letters will be randomly assigned when you clone a partition, which will be problematic when the boot record on the 100mb system reserve partition calls for C: to be booted but the clone is randomly assigned G: or something.

Thanks again for all your help!