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SSD on the way-can I just clone?

jhansman

jhansman

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Am finally replacing my WD Raptor with and SSD. I have Acronis True Image, which has a Clone feature. Can I just set up the SSD on Port 1 and clone my Raptor to it, or do I have to setup Win7 from scratch? I'm prepared to do the latter, but I'd like to avoid all the updates and app installs that come with a fresh install. My boot drive has about 50GB on it now, but I may reduce that before I start all this. TIA!
 
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It depends on how you originally set up the Raptor. If in AHCI or RAID mode, then yes. If in IDE mode, than you will need to jump through some hoops to convert to AHCI or RAID mode to take advantage of some of the SSD features.

Incidentally, you should keep some images (not necessarily "clones") of the OS partition for backup anyway. When something happens to the OS, a backup image is far superior to "Restore Points".
 
windows easy transfer is REALLY powerful dude. its the same app simplified from the windows 7 enterprise migration toolkit.
 
Gillbot said:
You also need to check sector alignment I believe. Cloning is not the best option, a fresh install is.
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I've read that cloning apps that support alignment do exist, but they also had many conflicting user reviews. When I jump to an SSD, I plan to just do a fresh install.
 
Bill Brasky said:
I've read that cloning apps that support alignment do exist, but they also had many conflicting user reviews. When I jump to an SSD, I plan to just do a fresh install.
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I used acronis which is supposed to support it, but when I used the alignment check utility it was off alignment. Performance improved after a fresh install.
 
it's okay to clone now and enjoy the benefits - then reinstall later. that is what i did. i wanted instant gratification - only benchmark queens will really notice the alignment issue. everyone else will be gobsmacked at the performance increase.
 
Gillbot said:
I used acronis which is supposed to support it, but when I used the alignment check utility it was off alignment. Performance improved after a fresh install.
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This is exactly the type of thing I read when researching whether alignment could be correctly established during cloning. Many, many users said the same thing... It's supposed to support alignment, but really doesn't work very well. I also read users who believed it worked for them.

If anything, OP, making an image backup and cloning the new drive takes a fraction of the time a fresh install does. If I was you, I'd try the cloning while keeping in mind there's a good possibility it won't work. If you need to do a fresh install, you'll only lose and hour of pc down time and *maybe* ten minutes of your time.
 
I have a recent image, and a bootable Acronis disk, so I may just put that image on the SSD and see what happens. Another alternative, and one I've been meaning to do, is create a new install disc with the Win7 SP1 slipstreamed, so at least if I do a clean install I don't have to sit through interminable updates.
 
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