New SSD, want to move partition

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foreversilent004

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I got my 60GB OCZ Vertex, but really have no time to reinstall Windows and set everything back up. How can I go about moving the entire partition?

The current HDD is a 320GB, with about 180GB of data on it. About 140GB is music and ISOs, so I will move them to another computer.


Help?
 

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Win7 x64 7232Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.2GHz4GBNVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
IBM ThinkPad T61p
OS
Win7 x64 7232
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.2GHz
Memory
4GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M
Hard Drives
WD 320GB
You can move the data off of the partition to the other computer via network or transfer cable, or using external.

Then shrink the partition to same size or smaller than the SSD.

Now clone Win7 HD to SSD, or copy partition using free Partition Wizard CD.

Cloning software is often available on your HD's Support Downloads webpage for this purpose.
 
Backup your data and music. Delete the data and music from the original drive. Then use cloning/imaging software like Norton Ghost to make an image of your Windows 7 drive and then restore it to your SSD. Make completely sure that once the data and music is removed that the total OS and miscellaneous data is less than the 60gig SSD drive. You cannot put something bigger on a smaller drive. I would try to get that down to 30gig so you have half the drive for the system restore points, new software etc. You need to have some slack space.
 

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Windows 7 Enterprise (x64); Windows Server 20...16GB
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Dell OP7010
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Windows 7 Enterprise (x64); Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64)
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16GB
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4 Dell 24" LCD
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1280x1024
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Dell
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Dell Optical
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What about the 100MB System Reserve partition, should I also move that?
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Win7 x64 7232Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.2GHz4GBNVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
IBM ThinkPad T61p
OS
Win7 x64 7232
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.2GHz
Memory
4GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M
Hard Drives
WD 320GB
Most imaging software will ask you to select the partitions on the drive; so select the 100mb reserve as well as the C partition for the image.
 

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My Build
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win7 Ult 64
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i7 3930K & 3960X
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ASUS P9X79 Deluxe
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16GB G-Skill 2133MHz
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Sapphire HD 7970
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On-board
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Crucial M4 256GB, 1.5TB WD Black for Data/Images
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foreversilent004 said:
What about the 100MB System Reserve partition, should I also move that?
Click to expand...

Yes.
Each cloning software is slightly different in how they lable the options. Acronis asks which partition of that drive you want to back up or, do you want to Image the Entire disk as it is.

But what you want to look for is a "Image Entire Drive" option, rather than just partitions.

This will image everything, including the little 100MB partition as well as the OS partition and make things much easier.
 

My Computer My Computer

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Windows 7 Home Premium 64bitIntel Core i7 2700k8GB Mushkin Redline Ridgebacks @1866EVGA GTX570 SC
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom (Self Build)
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 2700k
Motherboard
eVGA P67 SLI
Memory
8GB Mushkin Redline Ridgebacks @1866
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA GTX570 SC
Sound Card
XiFi Titanium HD
Monitor(s) Displays
LG W2453V
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Intel 320 80GB -- Intel X25-V 40GB --WD Black 1TB x2 -- WD Blue 640GB
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Seasonic x750
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Corsair 600T SE White
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eVGA Superclocked CPU Cooler
Keyboard
Saitek Cyborg
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Kaspersky
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IE
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LG BD/DVD
FYI: You can recover the MBR into Win7 partition if you want by marking it Active, then running Startup Repair from the booted Win7 DVD repair console up to 3 separate times with reboots.
 
Wishmaster said:
foreversilent004 said:
What about the 100MB System Reserve partition, should I also move that?
Click to expand...

Yes.
Each cloning software is slightly different in how they lable the options. Acronis asks which partition of that drive you want to back up or, do you want to Image the Entire disk as it is.

But what you want to look for is a "Image Entire Drive" option, rather than just partitions.

This will image everything, including the little 100MB partition as well as the OS partition and make things much easier.
Click to expand...

OK, to sum it up:

Remove all media from HDD to another computer
Run Acronis to image entire drive
Move artition onto SSD, then expand it to fill the whole drive

Yes?
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Win7 x64 7232Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.2GHz4GBNVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
IBM ThinkPad T61p
OS
Win7 x64 7232
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.2GHz
Memory
4GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M
Hard Drives
WD 320GB
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