Dynamic Drive Clone software issue

[wrockisland]

Tried to clone my Win 2000 hard drive to a SSD last night using Paragon and EaseUS software. Kept on running into a brick wall, as both programs do not support Dynamic Drives. Does anyone have any suggestions for a clone program that supports my new Mercury Extreme Pro?
Thanks,
wrock

 

[JackMDS]

Try the Acronis TrueImage 2011.

 

[Zargon]

I was under the impression you are NOT supposed to clone onto SSD's, but I could be wrong,....

 

[JackMDS]

There is a long story here, http://forum.acronis.com/forum/10130

 

[Zargon]

looks like that thread has some good info and tools allow it

 

[mfenn]

I recommend doing a clean install when you move to an SSD. That way you don't have to futz with alignment issues at all. That being said, Jack posted a very helpful thread.

 

[wrockisland]

Thanks fellas!
Seems like the mix of Win 2000 and a Dynamic Drive is toxic for a lot of software. The Acronis Tech told me my SSD wouldn't be a Dynamic Drive after the clone. he said it would have been made into a Basic Drive during the process. Isn't the point of a SSD to keep it Dynamic?

Since this is the last of the Win 2000 OS in my fleet, maybe it's time I jumped up to XP and did a clean install?
wRock

 

[dpodblood]

Jumped up to XP? If you have the option then get away from Windows 2000 no question. After all you are talking about installing a 12 year old OS on a piece of hardware that's only been popularized for the last couple years.

 

[mfenn]

Thanks fellas!
Seems like the mix of Win 2000 and a Dynamic Drive is toxic for a lot of software. The Acronis Tech told me my SSD wouldn't be a Dynamic Drive after the clone. he said it would have been made into a Basic Drive during the process. Isn't the point of a SSD to keep it Dynamic?

Since this is the last of the Win 2000 OS in my fleet, maybe it's time I jumped up to XP and did a clean install?
wRock

Why would you want the SSD to be a dynamic drive in the first place? There's no performance benefit (in fact, you will take a performance hit) and you haven't mentioned wanting to do a software spanned, striped, or mirrored volume.

 

[wrockisland]

I had heard that keeping the SSD Dynamic was part and parcel of the process. Is this not the case?
My experience is limited to using SSD's on Macs as a gateway hard drive to external SATA drives. They preform flawlessly every day for two shifts.
If Basic is the way to go, now that I've formatted the SSD how do I configure it to Basic?
wRock

 

[mfenn]

I had heard that keeping the SSD Dynamic was part and parcel of the process. Is this not the case?
My experience is limited to using SSD's on Macs as a gateway hard drive to external SATA drives. They preform flawlessly every day for two shifts.
If Basic is the way to go, now that I've formatted the SSD how do I configure it to Basic?
wRock

Dynamic vs. basic really has nothing to do with the physical medium. Dynamic drives simply give you another level of abstraction (and overhead) that enables you to do the spanning, striping, or mirroring that I described above. If you've got a drive initialized as Dynamic, the only way to convert it back to basic is to delete all the volumes and reinitialize it as basic.

 

[wrockisland]

Did a clean instal yesterday, and am awed by the speed of this new drive on the old Precision 220. I'd say the 2 CPU 700 is as fast as my Mac G5 1.6; both with Merc SSD's!
Thanks for all the help fellas!
wRock