Just wanted to ask what antivirus software did you have a problem with (Mcaffe perhaps)? I remember when I first got the laptop new it came pre-installed on in and that software was a royal PITA to get rid of.
Personally I have used Zone Alarm (paid) and never had a issue when doing a clone with that installed. But just to be on the safe side I will uninstall when I do it.
Thanks
Hi,
Well cloning an install is a lot different than upgrading to a very different os like win-10
So that's mainly why you would uninstall an antivirus program,
I believe everyone has made the mistake using Mcafee at one point or another
Mine was 6 years ago :)
But I use MSE and it should still be uninstalled if upgrading to win-10
10 has it's own security that replaces MSE's features and the install to 10 could have issues even with a M$ product.
I downgraded to Win 10, took a look at it for a few days and quickly upgraded back to Win 7 64bit ;-) Cloning vs imaging? Thought both were the same ? I do have a image also saved to a external HD, I could install using that way also, my only issue would be of course formatting the new SSD unless that would not be needed using a Acronis Image?
Hi,
Well cloning an install is a lot different than upgrading to a very different os like win-10
So that's mainly why you would uninstall an antivirus program,
I believe everyone has made the mistake using Mcafee at one point or another
Mine was 6 years ago :)
But I use MSE and it should still be uninstalled if upgrading to win-10
10 has it's own security that replaces MSE's features and the install to 10 could have issues even with a M$ product.
Cloning and imaging are decidedly different.
The term "cloning" is often used carelessly.
Imaging involves making an image file that is later restored.
Cloning does not make a file and nothing is later restored.
Cloning typically refers to an entire disk.
Imaging is done on a partition-by-partition basis--one or more of the partitions on a disk. Maybe all partitions on a disk, maybe not.
Cloning is a real-time copying of one disc to another. Imaging is not.
Imaging is a legitimate backup strategy. Cloning is not.
Neither cloning nor imaging requires that the destination disk be formatted. The necessary formatting is carried out behind the scenes as part of the process.
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