Deploying Syspreped image onto new SSD

[Dkcode]

Hi,

Can I just dump a syspreppd (generalized) Win 7 image onto a brand new SSD or is it best to install Windows 7 from fresh?

Even more so, is it possible to just use imagex to capture the contents of my OS drive and dump it straight onto the SSD. Will Windows pick the new drive up as an SSD and adjust settings accordingly?

Obviously I want to get the best out of the drive performance wise.

 

[ed29a]

Run this command:
wmic partition get BlockSize, StartingOffset, Name, Index

If your partition is aligned (Windows 7 installations align it by default) then go to next steps.

(1) Add SSD to system, leave your current drive.
(2) Turn off defrag of your boot drive and do SSD helping tweaks (no pagefile if possible, move temporary folders to another drive or RAM, etc ...).
(3) Create a RAID1 mirror of your boot drive and the 100 megabyte system partition using your SSD and boot drive.
(4) Wait for it to sync it.
(5) Shut down system, remove old boot drive.
(6) Power on, windows will complain that RAID1 is broken. Ignore it.
(7) Once booted, remove mirror and unload 'missing disk'.

Enjoy the SSD!

 

[Dkcode]

That's awesome - thanks!

BTW I do not bother with the 100MB system partition. I manual diskpart my drives before I install OS.

Just a query - will the imagex utility achieve the same results as it would by creating and syncing RAID 1?

 

[ed29a]

No idea what imagex is. I always used Raid1 method to clone my drives.

 

[Dkcode]

Its a imaging tool from Microsoft which is used to deploy desktop images onto multiple workstations.

It is file based rather than sector based.

Anyway I used it and it worked fine.

Thanks for your help though.