Help with transfering OS to SSD

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  1. Posts : 1,379
    Win7 Pro 32-bit, Win8 Pro 32-bit
       #21

    If you're willing to spend $20 (USD), read through the link below. I used this to migrate my HDD contents to SDD and it worked great:

    Paragon Paragon Migrate OS to SSD - Overview
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  2. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #22

    Mark Phelps said:
    If you're willing to spend $20 (USD), read through the link below. I used this to migrate my HDD contents to SDD and it worked great:

    Paragon Paragon Migrate OS to SSD - Overview
    Yeah right. That's what Steve suggested too and I am using the tool also. Question is whether she wants to spend the money.

    But even with the tool, we'll have to get her data off C into a data partition because she currently has some 200GBs of stuff on C:.
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  3. Posts : 26,869
    Windows 11 Pro
       #23

    WHS, I believe the Paragon tool will allow you to choose what data not to transfer and that data will still be on the original disk.
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  4. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #24

    essenbe said:
    WHS, I believe the Paragon tool will allow you to choose what data not to transfer and that data will still be on the original disk.
    Yes Steve it does. But a) that is a messy operation and b) I would not want to leave it on the old C partition. Next thing you lnow, she is going to delete the old C partition and all data is gone.

    If it is in a seperate data partition, all she has to do is to INCLUDE it into the appropriate library and she is done. I like to seperate my own folders from the system and program generated folders anyhow. And e.g. in Documents, you get a lot of automatically generated folders.
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  5. Posts : 11
    Windows 7 x64
    Thread Starter
       #25

    Alright well i did a clean install and everythings working fine it seems, much much faster as well.. Theres a problem though... when ever i go to the BIOS and try to set the thing to AHCI from IDE it gives me BSOD every time, so its currently back in IDE mode.. is that a problem?
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  6. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #26

    Did you enable AHIC in the system too: AHCI : Enable in Windows 7 / Vista
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  7. Posts : 11
    Windows 7 x64
    Thread Starter
       #27

    Okay just followed the guide there to turn it on in the reg + bios and now its on and works.
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  8. Posts : 12,177
    Windows 7 Ult x64 - SP1/ Windows 8 Pro x64
       #28

    Congrats, there are many excellent tutorials on Seven Forums.
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  9. Posts : 5,795
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
       #29

    Lucy77 said:
    try to set the thing to AHCI from IDE it gives me BSOD every time, so its currently back in IDE mode.. is that a problem?
    For future reference, always check this before doing a fresh install...it saves you some steps later on.
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