HDD to SSD advise

[denis280]

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

 

[Insert_Nickname]

When in doubt do a clean install. There is less that can go wrong...

 

[postmortemIA]

cloning has risk of bad sector alignment, not worth it unless you know for sure that cloning tool handles that.

 

[tracerbullet]

Running Windows? If so which version?

Maybe backup what you have now, prep the new drive w/ the Windows CD, then do a restore?

 

[denis280]

Running Windows? If so which version?

it is seven 64 bit. thanks guys for your info.

 

[biostud]

I used this:

http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx

to do it on my laptop. Worked without problems.

 

[zCypher]

Although I've heard plenty of people do clones without issue, I always do a clean install to be on the safe side.

 

[kleinkinstein]

Clean install > clone

 

[RadiclDreamer]

I've never had issues with the apricorn drive transfer kits included with crucial m4 drives

 

[denis280]

Ok! i will try to clone.be back with result. thanks

 

[Muse]

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."

 

[denis280]

I used this:

http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx

to do it on my laptop. Worked without problems.

Perfect! no issue everything working a-1.thanks biostud

 

[postmortemIA]

Out of curiosity, would you mind running as ssd benchmark and confirm that your partition is aligned?

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Out of curiosity, would you mind running as ssd benchmark and confirm that your partition is aligned?

I have and always do this, and yes the acronis software does this just fine in all cases i have tested it

 

[mfenn]

I have and always do this, and yes the acronis software does this just fine in all cases i have tested it

OP didn't use Acronis.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

OP didn't use Acronis.

Sorry i actually meant apricorn, their included EasygigIV works great for drive to drive