| Windows 7: Tricky cloning question to SSD drive - |
10 Jun 2012
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Tricky cloning question to SSD drive - I have a 1TB Seagate that came new with a Sony Desktop (32MB cache unfortunately). I created a D partition but now we have 5 partitions on the drive. I want to install my Samsung 830 256MB SSD. I have two partitions I need, the Windows partition and I guess I can keep the SONY partition. I can’t figure out the others on there and to boot the drive is GPT. Question – I tried several different brands of cloning software to no avail. Any thoughts or help appreciated. Ghost was a disaster… Is there any way I can specify which partitions I want and make it bootable and not clone the others ? What software to use ? | My System Specs |
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10 Jun 2012
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#2 | | Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Norfolk, VA |
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HAL-9000 OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit CPU Intel i7 3770K Motherboard Asus Sabertooth Z77 Memory 16GB DDR3 1333 Corsair XMS3 Graphics Card XFX HD6950 2GB EyeFinity Sound Card Logitech G35 & Sennheiser PC135 & VIA HD Monitor(s) Displays 23" HP 2310e, 23" Samsung B2230, 21.5" Viewsonic Screen Resolution 5760x1080 Keyboard Logitech G15 and G13 Mouse Logitech G700 Gaming Mouse PSU Antec True Power New 650watt Case Cooler Master HAF-932 Cooling Corsair H60 Hydro Cooler, 3x 230mm Fans, 2x120mm Fan Hard Drives 16TB of Storage
128GB & 256GB Crucial M4 SSD's, 2X 1TB WD Black, 3x 2TB WD, 3x 2TB Samsung F4, 1.5TB Seagate, WD 500GB, Internet Speed 50/10 Mbit Other Info Speakers : Alesis M1 Active Mk2 Studio Monitors , APC RS 1200 UPS, HP 4500DN Color Laser, HP P1006 mono Laser, Kodak 8500 Dye-Sub, Epson 1280 inkjet, Epson Worforce 610 MFC |
11 Jun 2012
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Thanks. This may do it. I got the C drive and the efi partition using this and I used EASE US to resize and create a D drive partition. Only, this software forced me to use other drive letters than C and D. Any thgouht / ideas on how to change them on their own when another drive is hooked up ? Samsung told me Windows would see the OS on what will eventually be the C partition and rename it ? ? ? | My System Specs | | |
11 Jun 2012
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#4 | | Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1 SecretCity |
| My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number ACER ASPIRE 5742G OS Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1 CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz Motherboard Acer Aspire 5742G Memory 4,00 GB Graphics Card ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series Sound Card (1) AMD High Definition Audio Device (2) Realtek High Defi Screen Resolution 1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz Hard Drives WDC WD5000BEVT-22ZAT0 |
11 Jun 2012
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#5 | | W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE Indian Territory |
I wouldn't recommend it, except that it sounds as though there is diverse hardware involved. TI 2012 Plus Pack is suppose to permit recovering to different hardware via their Universal Restore. I have not had the opportunity to test this very thoroughly, so take my recommendation as a guess. TI 2012 works well, except that it causes an abnormal shutdown message, regarding an operation in progress, that halts rebooting, and requires a forced reboot but only on the day of a scheduled image creation. I'm going to try installing TI 2010 also, because it didn't have this problem, but it doesn't have Universal Restore, but can recover from an image made with TI 2012 PP. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number DIY OS W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE CPU Phenom II 1090T w/Noctua NH-D14 /**4400+ X2 w/CM Hyper TX 3 Motherboard ASRock 890FX Deluxe 4/**A8N-SLI Memory 2 x 2GB Patriot PGS34g1600LLKA/**4x1GB Corsair VS Graphics Card EVGA GTX460 SC/**EVGA 8800GTS Sound Card Asus Xonar D2X/**Xonar D1 Monitor(s) Displays Acer X233H, Dell E152FPc /**LG M237-WD Screen Resolution 1920x1080 & 1024x768/**1980x1080 Keyboard Logitech Media USB/**Saitek Eclipse Mouse Cordless Trackman Wheel/**Ditto PSU CM RS600 w/ APC BX1000G/**Antec 500 TP w/ APC BX1000 Case HAF922/**Antec 1040IIB Cooling 3x200mm, 1x140 and 1x120mm/**5x80mm fans Hard Drives WDC 2TB, 1.5TB, 1TB, 500GB,Seagate 500GB , Maxtor 80GB /**500GB Seagate & WDC 1TB Black Internet Speed 3.3Mbps Other Info SB 560 5.1 w/ Sennheiser RS140/**Creative T20 speakers, Dvico FusionHDTV7 Gold RT, Cisco E3000, HP 5510V AIO, Linksys E3000, Belkin F5U237 hub and **F5D8055 adapter
(** = 2nd rig) |
11 Jun 2012
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#6 | | Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1 SecretCity |
make both partitions on SSD primay as well. and mark the new C as active.
disconnect old HDD and reboot. eventually perform startup repair. All working? | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number ACER ASPIRE 5742G OS Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1 CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz Motherboard Acer Aspire 5742G Memory 4,00 GB Graphics Card ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series Sound Card (1) AMD High Definition Audio Device (2) Realtek High Defi Screen Resolution 1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz Hard Drives WDC WD5000BEVT-22ZAT0 |
11 Jun 2012
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Once the SSD boots I cna alter the drive letters to C and D. However now, I have S & T (arbitrary).
Can I presume windows will do a startup repair ? Using the systen repair disk ? Sorry but I'm a little fuzzy with GPT drives. I've got the data in the right spots and the EFI partition...
I'd be real happy to load softeware and have it automated but it appears with 5 drives on the current HDD in GPT PLUS a Sony partition it aint gonna work. | My System Specs | | |
12 Jun 2012
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#8 | | Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1 SecretCity |
Is DISK1 the SSD? If so post screenshot of easus partition manager so I can see all disks and partitions. Is disk1 a mbr disk or or gpt disk?
If already a mbr disk: - remove the 200MB partition on SSD
- add the space (which is now unallocated) eventually to S
- mark S active.
Don't bother about now. They are just defined in registry. It's easy to fix.
post screenshot of disk management afterwards | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number ACER ASPIRE 5742G OS Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1 CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz Motherboard Acer Aspire 5742G Memory 4,00 GB Graphics Card ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series Sound Card (1) AMD High Definition Audio Device (2) Realtek High Defi Screen Resolution 1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz Hard Drives WDC WD5000BEVT-22ZAT0 |
12 Jun 2012
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Disk 1 is the HDD.
When I install the SSD will it automatically re-assign drive letters ? | My System Specs | | |
12 Jun 2012
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#10 | | Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1 SecretCity |

Quote: Originally Posted by idainc Disk 1 is the HDD.
When I install the SSD will it automatically re-assign drive letters ? Not totally automatic because you copied registry as well. Can fix that later.
What is disk0 with 5 partitions? | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number ACER ASPIRE 5742G OS Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1 CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz Motherboard Acer Aspire 5742G Memory 4,00 GB Graphics Card ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series Sound Card (1) AMD High Definition Audio Device (2) Realtek High Defi Screen Resolution 1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz Hard Drives WDC WD5000BEVT-22ZAT0 Tricky cloning question to SSD drive - problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 10:06 PM. | |