Thinking of getting my first SSD

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ElFenix

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sandisk probably has some utility (likely based on acronis) that allows you to copy the partition from your current HDD assuming it'll fit.


edit: apparently not.

if you have a seagate you can use seagate discwizard for free.
 
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lehtv

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That's a decent drive. However, I highly recommend going for 240-256GB straight away, they tend to perform better and have lower cost per gigabyte. There's a pretty nice deal on a PNY Optima 240GB for $80 AR, not the best drive but certainly inexpensive. The Crucial MX100 256GB is also a good pick at $111.

SSD's are used just like hard disks, the only things you need to make sure is your SATA controller is in AHCI mode and your defragmentation schedule is turned off for the SSD.

It's possible to transfer the OS to the SSD, but the OS partition needs to be smaller than the maximum usable space on the SSD. In my experience, creating an image of the OS drive and restoring that image on the SSD works better than cloning the drive (I've used Acronis bootable media for this).
 
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KillerBee

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Have to agree with lehtv to go for the 240G - 2x the space for @$30 more
unless you think you will never get close to filling up 128G somehow

Personally always feel starting from scratch again with a fresh install is the way to go
cleaning out all the old crap from over the years and just reinstall what you really use
 
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Yes. I did it. I forgot exactly how, but somewhere on Microsoft's website I found out how. It also told me how I could move the My Documents, My Pictures, My Videos, etc onto my 2nd drive so I wouldn't fill up the SSD. After swapping it out, it made such a HUGE difference in speed, I feel like swapping out all my drives. I got the Samsung EVO Pro SSD.
 
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rolldog

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It was the 256GB Pro. The one that's the fastest. I bought the EVO, if it comes in MicroSd, for my camera, tablets, and phone.
 
dave_the_nerd

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Sonikku said:
Can I make a copy of everything I have on my current HDD onto the SSD without installing an OS from scratch?
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This is possible, but it's a bit of a hassle. (Block vs. file-based duplication, partition alignment, etc.)

I'd do a clean install.
 
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rolldog said:
It was the 256GB Pro. The one that's the fastest. I bought the EVO, if it comes in MicroSd, for my camera, tablets, and phone.
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Samsung's MicroSD cards using the "EVO" brand are just that, using the EVO brand. They have nothing in common with the 840 EVO SSD line.
 
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rolldog

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I got the Samsung 840 Pro for my desktop, which has 100,000MB/s random read/write, and it came with some software, I forget the name of it right now, to create a virtual drive and take an image of your operating system, along with the program files. This image can be restored onto the SSD as your new boot drive. All of your user directories can be transferred to your second drive, like My Documents, My Pictures, etc, using this link: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/answers?tId=44afc957-305e-4b1d-8509-9726204702e5
I makes an incredible difference speeding everything up. Your system will boot in about 5-10 seconds, depending on how many apps you have auto loading when you turn your PC on. I'm doing a major overhaul on my PC now and have been thinking about getting rid of all my old drives for either more SSDs, M.2 SSD, or PCIE SSDs.

Oh, and regarding the EVO drive, that's the one I was sent twice on accident before actually receiving what I ordered, which were 3 Samsung Pro Micro SDHC Class 10 90MB/s cards for 3 of my portable devices.
 
VirtualLarry

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rolldog said:
I got the Samsung 840 Pro for my desktop, which has 100,000MB/s random read/write
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If only it were that fast! 100,000 IOPS is not the same as 100,000 MB/sec. It's actually closer to 550-580MB/sec. (The max of the SATA6G interface.)
 
RaistlinZ

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The 256GB Samsung 840 Pro is currently $139.99 with instant discount code EMCPBWD37. I think the deal ends tonight though.
 
lehtv

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rolldog said:
Oh, and regarding the EVO drive, that's the one I was sent twice on accident before actually receiving what I ordered, which were 3 Samsung Pro Micro SDHC Class 10 90MB/s cards for 3 of my portable devices.
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So the micro SDHC cards were Samsung Pro, not Samsung EVO? Earlier you said they were EVO. :hmm:
 
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I was mistaken. I guess I have EVO stuck in my head because I bought the EVO twice from Amazon when I had meant to buy the pro. I have that ugly orange color of the MicroSd EVO cards stuck in my head. But the whole point is, regarding Sonikku's question about getting an SSD drive to keep the OS on, I would definitely say yes. I've been piecing together a new PC for a couple of months, you start by changing one thing and next thing you know you have an entirely new computer, and when I added an SSD drive to hold my OS, it made a huge difference. I have lots of fan monitors, temperature monitors, AI Suite, and a ton of other things that load and run in the background every time I turn my PC on, and it still boots in a matter of seconds. It's like turning on a brand new PC for the first time, but over time, it doesn't get slower and slower like a regular PC usually gets after you've been using it for a year or so.
 
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