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Install to new SSD from old HDD Recovery Partition
I have a Mesh i5 750 PC base unit which performs very well but I would like to add a Corsair 60GB Force SSD 2.5" SATA-II as a boot drive, and use the original 1TB HDD as a data/games store. Can anyone tell me whether it is possible to simply install the SSD then restore the Mesh's operating system (Windows 7 64-bit HP) onto the SSD from the original HDD's recovery partition?
I have previously done a 'clean' install of a retail copy of Windows 7 64-bit to a SSD boot drive on a home-built system and remember that it had a slightly different sequence from 'normal' installations to a HDD. As I recall it created a small (100MB?) hidden partition on the SSD for nefarious Windows purposes then I had to perform a couple of registry hacks to optimise Windows 7 for a SSD, and move my default Libraries and data stores to to the 'slave' HDD.
I suppose the real question is: does a reinstallation of Windows 7 from an OEM Recovery partition (or even from a Recovery Image backed up to DVD) go through the same installation process(es) if it recognises that it is being installed onto a SSD?
Thanks in advance.