What software to use with SSD clone and for backup too? Many Choices!!

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  1. Posts : 10,796
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #131

    You can use Paragon Migrate OS to SSD 3.0 but I don't know how that works.
    You have to do #129 step 1 to 5 anyway. Post diskmanagement screenshot afterwards

    You can delete SSD by right clicking the partition in disk management and select "delete volume". you don't have to "clean" the disk. But to be able to do it, you have to boot from old C. Otherwise SSD is in use and you can't delete the volume.
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    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #132

    LeftC said:
    Sorry, I've been out of town all day and I just got back. I hadn't been able to do any computer work.



    How do I delete all the info on SSD? I can use the Samsung Magician for this, I do believe. Also, I can do diskpart "Clean All" I do believe.

    Do I then do this?

    Then you need to align the SSD and define an active partition on it. Use elevated command prompt for this:

    Diskpart


    List disk

    Select disk n (where n is the number that was given for your SSD in List disk)

    Clean

    Create partition primary align=1024

    Format fs=ntfs quick

    Active (assuming you want to install an

    Exit

    Cone or Image? Do I do a clone or should I do an image using Macrium? whs mentioned using an image in his SSD - Install and transfer the Operating System tutorial. And you are saying clone. Just curious as to why??


    A few weeks ago I bought the $20 Paragon Migrate OS to SSD 3.0. Would this be an option to clone/image instead of Macrium?



    I don't have an extra partition on the SSD now. See snip.



    I'll finish up the other part of your directions later. It is getting late here.
    Image is a partition backup. It's 1 large file with all parition stuff in it (label, type [primary/logical], file system type, size and so on). For example you make on image of C and put the result on G and keep 3 versions. In case your harddisk dies you can restore it by booting from macrium rescue cd in case windows is dead.

    You also use image to backup to external disk, and later swap faulty disk. after that restore the image.

    A clone is just a partition copy. It's actually the same as making an image and restoring it.

    So use clone in your case
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  3. Posts : 124
    Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) Service Pack 1 (build 7601)
    Thread Starter
       #133

    Kaktussoft said:
    If boot priority is:

    cd/dvd
    ....
    ....
    ....
    esata
    harddisk
    network

    It still booted. It booted from harddisk (system reserved). BIOS can't address SSD as boot device as you proved. Most likely you built it in on same spot where DVD drive was(?)

    Anyway I give you instructions how to clone and how to boot.

    1. You added document last days on SSD? You want to keep them? Copy them from SSD to old disk. So from C to D
    2. Mark old harddisk OS active. So mark D active.
    3. Reboot. If not success. Stop and report back. But it should boot.... why not... it alway did if OS partition was active
    4. Assign "system reserved" a drive letter... I use P in my example. Maybe it has a drive letter already.
    5. In Elevated Command Prompt do
      Code:
      attrib  -h  -s  P:\boot\bcd
      del  P:\boot\bcd
      Bootmenu (not used at all now) is gone now.
    6. Delete partition on SSD using disk management. Now SSD is totally empty

    All went successfully? If so continue.
    It went great until I hit number 5.

    It boots to SSD with that boot order that you have. When I make the hard drive active, it boots to hard drive.

    1 - I moved the few items saved to the hard drive.
    2 - I marked the HD as active.
    3 - It booted successfully.
    4 - System Reserved was marked as "E" drive.
    5 - I am not sure about this. I kept getting a message that "path was not found." Are there supposed to be 2 spaces between the letters and words in those commands. I tried copying and pasting, 2 spaces like you had between letters/numbers and I also tried 1 space between them. It just didn't work right, The E drive still shows up in disk management. How can we check it?
    6 - I deleted what I had on the SSD ( a clean install of Win 7 and Office 2010 Professional Plus plus a zillion updates. The SSD also had 2 clones of the HD.)

    Below is a snip of the disk management.

    Kaktussoft said:

    1. Clone the old disk to SSD as described before. Do it using macrium. Clone OS only, not system reserved! Be sure it's active and primary. Be sure it uses full SSD space. Be sure it's aligned "VISTA/WIN7".
      Cloning a disk using Macrium Reflect v5 - YouTube
      Attachment 253038
    2. Start the clone process
    3. If done post screenshot of disk management
    I didn't get to this cloning point. I stopped like you told me because I couldn't finish the above.. .
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    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #134

    From elevated command prompt
    Code:
    attrib -h -s  E:\boot\bcd
    del E:\boot\bcd
    Even if it failes, do the clone process. Post disk management screenshot afterwards.
    then:

    Code:
    diskpart
    sel  vol  E
    active
    exit
    Now boot from win7 repair disc or win7 install dvd and perform "startup repair" 3 times with reboots in between.
    Startup Repair
    Last edited by Kaktussoft; 02 Feb 2013 at 13:19.
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  5. Posts : 124
    Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) Service Pack 1 (build 7601)
    Thread Starter
       #135

    Kaktussoft said:
    From elevated command prompt
    Code:
    attrib -h -s  E:\boot\bcd
    del E:\boot\bcd
    Even if it failes, ...
    This was not successful. It failed.


    Kaktussoft said:
    ... do the clone process. Post disk management screenshot afterwards.
    then:
    Cloning went fine. Used Macrium with alignment checked and used whole disk like you suggested.

    Kaktussoft said:
    Code:
    diskpart
    sel  vol  E
    active
    exit
    Now boot from win7 repair disc or win7 install dvd and perform "startup repair" 3 times with reboots in between.
    Startup Repairl
    This went OK, but there are problems. I ran startup repair 3 times each with SSD and hard drive. Now on startup, it won't start unless I use Win 7 installation disk. I get the following error message:
    File: \Boot\BCD
    Status: 0xc000000f
    Info: An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data.

    Below is a snip of disk management after cloning. Can we fix this?
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  6. Posts : 10,796
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #136

    LeftC said:
    Kaktussoft said:
    From elevated command prompt
    Code:
    attrib -h -s  E:\boot\bcd
    del E:\boot\bcd
    Even if it failes, ...
    This was not successful. It failed.


    Kaktussoft said:
    ... do the clone process. Post disk management screenshot afterwards.
    then:
    Cloning went fine. Used Macrium with alignment checked and used whole disk like you suggested.

    Kaktussoft said:
    Code:
    diskpart
    sel  vol  E
    active
    exit
    Now boot from win7 repair disc or win7 install dvd and perform "startup repair" 3 times with reboots in between.
    Startup Repairl
    This went OK, but there are problems. I ran startup repair 3 times each with SSD and hard drive. Now on startup, it won't start unless I use Win 7 installation disk. I get the following error message:
    File: \Boot\BCD
    Status: 0xc000000f
    Info: An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data.

    Below is a snip of disk management after cloning. Can we fix this?
    in screenshot you posted I see you're bootong from disk 1 C. That's new disk isn't it? how did you do that beacuse that's OK!! You didn't have a problem whatn making the screenhot. When did you have that bcd error?

    Code:
    diskpart
    sel vol E
    inactive
    exit
    system still boots?
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  7. Posts : 124
    Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) Service Pack 1 (build 7601)
    Thread Starter
       #137

    Kaktussoft said:
    LeftC said:
    Kaktussoft said:
    From elevated command prompt
    Code:
    attrib -h -s  E:\boot\bcd
    del E:\boot\bcd
    Even if it failes, ...
    This was not successful. It failed.


    Cloning went fine. Used Macrium with alignment checked and used whole disk like you suggested.

    Kaktussoft said:
    Code:
    diskpart
    sel  vol  E
    active
    exit
    Now boot from win7 repair disc or win7 install dvd and perform "startup repair" 3 times with reboots in between.
    Startup Repairl
    This went OK, but there are problems. I ran startup repair 3 times each with SSD and hard drive. Now on startup, it won't start unless I use Win 7 installation disk. I get the following error message:
    File: \Boot\BCD
    Status: 0xc000000f
    Info: An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data.

    Below is a snip of disk management after cloning. Can we fix this?
    in screenshot you posted I see you're bootong from disk 1 C. That's new disk isn't it? how did you do that beacuse that's OK!! You didn't have a problem whatn making the screenhot. When did you have that bcd error?

    Code:
    diskpart
    sel vol E
    inactive
    exit
    system still boots?
    I got the bcd error after cloning and trying to start the system up.

    It had to do a startup repair, but it booted up after this last change in command prompt.

    When it starts up, I get a black screen with two "Windows 7 Ultimate (recovered)" choices in white print. They appear like this:
    Windows 7 Ultimate (recovered)
    Windows 7 Ultimate (recovered)

    The first option has the hard drive starting first and with the second option, the SSD boots up. I just looked in "boot priority order" and the SSD isn't listed as a choice like earlier. How do we fix it so that the SSD boots up first? The C drive is the SSD and the F drive is the hard drive. E is system reserved. See snips. Should we move "E system reserved" from the hard drive to the SSD? The boot order is unchanged from how you told me to set it:
    cd/dvd
    ....
    ....
    ....
    esata
    harddisk
    network
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    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #138

    Boot to win7 ultimate SSD (so not HDD!). Now do in Elevated Command Prompt

    Code:
    diskpart
    list vol
    ---- write down volume letter of "system reserved". Assume it's E
    sel vol E
    inactive
    sel vol C
    active
    ---be sure SSD is active!
    Try to reboot. Iy eiter boots succesfully... that's fine. Or it doesn't boot at all. If not booting at all.
    Boot from DVD->command prompt.

    Code:
    diskpart
    list vol
    ---- write down volume letter of "system reserved". Assume it's Q
    sel vol Q
    active

    If it does boot with "system reserved" inactive, but gives an error.. post back error. and do a startup repair 3 times.
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  9. Posts : 124
    Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) Service Pack 1 (build 7601)
    Thread Starter
       #139

    I did both commands as you suggested. They went well. I did 3 startup repairs each on the HD and the SSD.

    When it starts up, it gives me two choices as to what boots up. They are:
    Windows 7 Ultimate (restored) {actually the HD}
    Windows 7 Ultimate (restored) {actually the SSD}

    The HD is the first choice and the SSD is the second. Can this be reversed?

    The 100MB partition is on the HD. Should it be on the SSD?

    Below are snips of partition wizard and diskpart. Notice the free space info shown in diskpart. There is a snip of disk management too.

    Thank you so very much for helping me with this project! :)
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    Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) Service Pack 1 (build 7601)
    Thread Starter
       #140

    benchmarks
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