System Restore - Enable or Disable
Configure system protection is OFF for all disks. Then enable it on the disks you want. then create a manual "Restore point". After cloning and messing around with drive letters.... system restore is normally a little bit out of sync.
I didnt uninstall SP1, I removed the backup files it left behind which allow it to be uninstalled to save space.
I am still seeing 2 issues, both I think related to the lettering and cloning.
1 - is the resource monitor under the disk tab shows weird drive lettering for running apps. posting pic on this post. it sayd D:0 instead of C:.
2 - is that apps in the windows firewall which have allow rules based on the app location are been blocked, this I think is related to #1 that the raw drive letter is incorrect even if appears as C: in explorer.
Start by marking "system reserved" as inactive. You can even delete that partition! It isn't used any more
Partition - Mark as Inactive
R is my ramdisk.
The system reserved partition on the hdd I have now deleted although it has no affect on anything.
D: has a swapfile as its a different physical disk to the OS which speeds up swap access, its always had a swap on my installation.
How is this relevant to the issue?
It is relevant because the paging file should be on the OS partition C. Turn it off and then back on to move it now. Virtual Memory Paging File - Change
What other ill-advised tweaks based on old-school rumours have been done?
If you have a WD or Seagate HD in the mix I'd start over and use the free premium Acronis cloning/imaging app which comes with either HD on their website Downloads page. The Manual is also there and easy to understand. Norton Ghost is old school by comparison.
Besides this the best reviews on moving OS onto SSD are for using SSD - Install and transfer the Operating System
Last edited by gregrocker; 24 Aug 2012 at 11:45.
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