Great, you did it.
Verification
If you want to verify the alignment (e.g. for a SSD where you are not certain whether the proper alignment was done), you use the following commands.
Diskpart
List disk
Select disk n
List partition
Now you should see a result like this.
Partition ### Type Size Offset
------------- ---------------- ------- -------
Partition 1 Primary 59 GB 1024 KB - but 64KB is just as good.
The offset has to be divisible by 4.
Use Diskpart
SSD Alignment
Set your old C to inactive - best with BEST FREE Partition Manager Software for Windows supports all 32-bit & 64 bit Windows No-server OS. But i would keep it around for a while - as backup in case the SSD has problems. Also keep the Image you just used.
That WEI is a smoking gun.
i intend to keep it around for a while, just in case. and i will keep the image i used.
do i need to use PW to set it to inactive? or can i do it with diskpart?
would i still be able to chagne the boot sequence in bios and boot to my old windows drive (incase of emergency) on my WD drive? or would it need startup repair?
Sueeeeet. Nice work!
Post back a Disk Mgmt screenie if you like so we can check how it worked out.
Let' s make sure there is no boot reliance between drives.
Can you boot the HD now using one-time BIOS Boot Menu key, or do you only need it now for data?
You now have a backup image if you want to get rid of the OS on HD.
You can also link to User files on HD if you need the SSD space: User Folders - Change Default Location
Later we can help you surgically remove all of the HD OS except the User folders.
You can try diskpart too. The boot sequence you have to change permanently to the SSD - else it will be looking for an active partition on your old HDD. But if you ever want to boot from the HDD again, all you need to do is make the old C (now E) active again and change the boot sequence back to the HDD.
all i have done after restoring the image to the ssd is change the bios boot order to the SSD
attached disk management screen
edit: i have also already changed my user folder locations to the Z: drive, they appear to still be linked (pic attached)
That looks good. But you still should deactivate E. It does not really hurt to keep it this way, but you may get funny effects. Look once into msconfig > Boot tab whether you now have 2 win7 listed.
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