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Noob expecting delivery of first SSD

Comdrpopnfresh

Comdrpopnfresh

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I bought a new laptop, and decided to make the leap to SSD storage. Bought the OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227551). Both are due to arrive tomorrow. Would it be best to clone the laptop's shipping partition image to the ssd; or back it up, swap out drives, and fresh install win7 x64 on the laptop+ssd?

To give a gauge on my knowledge of ssds... I've always thought them novel, performance kings, and have no clue what TRIM is or any other BIOS/config settings should be used.

...looking forward to no more defragging!
 
I should think that a fresh install is always preferable to what comes with the computer- regardless as to whether you are using a new drive.

Still, if it was me, I would store an image of the original setup before I nuked it.
 
another vote for fresh install ... you shouldn't use images when you are changing your system hardware (however, if you were replacing the hdd w/ a like hdd, or restoring a backup it makes sense)
 
Elganja said:
you shouldn't use images when you are changing your system hardware (however, if you were replacing the hdd w/ a like hdd, or restoring a backup it makes sense)
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I disagree with this part.

It takes me about two days- maybe longer- to get my system where I want it after a fresh install. There are reports of an image transfer going bad on updated hardware, but I believe trying to restore to the new media is worth the effort.

If the graft doesn't work, you need to start fresh, and you do loose a small amount of time in the attempt. However, if it does work as planned, a significant amount of time can be reclaimed.
 
I'd do a fresh install. Best way to avoid potential problems like alignment issues. Also good for cleaning up things you don't really need from the system.
 
I would go with a fresh install as well and it is simply because of the many that have had difficulty after restoring the image of their system. The end result seems to be systems that are running well below the ssd specs and some believe it may have to do with alignment, regardless of the OS when reinstalling the image.

The fix is always a fresh install so when you think about it, it may be worth the risk but have a heads up that there may be unexpected results which necessitate a fresh install.
 
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