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Windows 7: SSD - Install and Transfer the Operating System
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11 Mar 2011
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#379 | |
Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
SSD - Install and Transfer the Operating System
How to Physically Install a SSD and Transfer the Operating System Introduction
If you never owned an SSD, you have missed something. Yes, they are not cheap, but Dollar per Dollar there...
Last edited by Brink; 25 Feb 2013 at 12:34 PM..
| My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops
OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7
Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207
Keyboard with trackball - no mices
Mouse Trackball mice
Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals
Internet Speed DSL 6000
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21 Sep 2012
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#380 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SP 1 The North Star state |
AOMEI Partition Assistant 5.1 Home Edition, which is free, has a "Migrate OS to SSD" feature that you might like to try. I haven't tried it myself, as I purchased the Paragon Migrate OS to SSD software, but if AOMEI works as well as Paragon, it makes it a breeze to transfer the OS from one drive to another and maintain the proper alignment for an SSD. | | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Customized build from CyberPower
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SP 1
CPU Intel i5 2500k
Motherboard Asus P8P67 Deluxe
Memory 8 gigabytes Corsair PC3-12800 DDR3
Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 460 superclocked
Sound Card Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays ViewSonic 23" LCD
Screen Resolution 1980 x 1080
Keyboard Logitech USB
Mouse Microsoft 3 button
PSU Coolermaster 1000 watt modular
Case Coolermaster HAF X full tower
Cooling Coolermaster Hyper 212 plus
Hard Drives 120 Gb Samsung 840 Pro SSD
120 Gb Kingston Hyper X SSD
1 Tb WD Caviar Black HDD
Internet Speed download 1.5 Mb/sec upload 300Kb/sec
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21 Sep 2012
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#381 | |
Windows 7 home Premium x64 |
Quote: Originally Posted by LittleJay  AOMEI Partition Assistant 5.1 Home Edition, which is free, has a "Migrate OS to SSD" feature that you might like to try. I haven't tried it myself, as I purchased the Paragon Migrate OS to SSD software, but if AOMEI works as well as Paragon, it makes it a breeze to transfer the OS from one drive to another and maintain the proper alignment for an SSD. Thank you very much for the heads up on the program! It worked like a charm without even the need for the back up disks I would have had to bought to use Macrium since I don't have 40-50Gb of DVD-rw or flash drives laying around!
As for the tutorial, thank you everyone for your help, if I had everything the tutorial needs, it would have been a great experience, and I still learned a lot from it! Perhaps though, a note should be added that Macrium free, at this time, does not support USB external hard drives, only flash drives, SD cards and DVDs. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number CyberPower, Inc.
OS Windows 7 home Premium x64
CPU Intel i7-2600k
Motherboard Z68A-D3H-B3
Memory 8Gb
Graphics Card AMD Radeon HD6850
Hard Drives 2Tb 7200rpm HDD
120Gb Sandisk Extreme SSD
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22 Sep 2012
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#382 | |
Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
Quote: a note should be added that Macrium free, at this time, does not support USB external hard drives, only flash drives, SD cards and DVDs. That is not so. It works perfectly well with external hard drives. Just made an image a few minutes ago. I am referring to Version 5.0.4995 | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops
OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7
Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207
Keyboard with trackball - no mices
Mouse Trackball mice
Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals
Internet Speed DSL 6000
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22 Sep 2012
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#383 | |
Windows 7 SP1, Home Premium, 64-bit |
Quote: Originally Posted by Gaine Well, it would appear that the current version of Macrium is not compatible with usb external hardrives, only flash drives. Does anyone know if the other suggested programs would work with and external usb HDD? Gaine:
Are you using this version from this link? Macrium Reflect FREE Edition - Information and download | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one
OS Windows 7 SP1, Home Premium, 64-bit
CPU Intel Sandy Bridge i5-2500, not overclocked
Motherboard Gigabyte H67A-UD3H-B3, full ATX
Memory 4 GB Crucial DDR3-1333
Graphics Card none; graphics are integrated on CPU
Sound Card onboard: Realtek ALC892; external: USB Behringer UF0-202
Monitor(s) Displays NEC 90GX2-BK 19" LCD
Screen Resolution 800 x 640
Keyboard Leopold Tenkeyless with Cherry Blue switches, USB
Mouse Logitech or Microsoft optical wired; either USB or PS 2
PSU Seasonic SS-560KM, modular
Case Antec Solo II
Cooling CPU: Scythe Big Shuriken; Case: Scythe Slipstream 800 & 500
Hard Drives System: Intel 320 Series SSD, 80 GB;
Data: Samsung Spinpoint 103SJ, 1 TB;
Backup: WD Caviar Green WD15EADS-00P8B0, 1.5TB
Other Info Power consumption of this system, including monitor: 68 watts at idle; 144 watts at full load
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22 Sep 2012
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#384 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SP 1 The North Star state |
Quote: Originally Posted by Gaine
Quote: Originally Posted by LittleJay AOMEI Partition Assistant 5.1 Home Edition, which is free, has a "Migrate OS to SSD" feature that you might like to try. I haven't tried it myself, as I purchased the Paragon Migrate OS to SSD software, but if AOMEI works as well as Paragon, it makes it a breeze to transfer the OS from one drive to another and maintain the proper alignment for an SSD. Thank you very much for the heads up on the program! It worked like a charm without even the need for the back up disks I would have had to bought to use Macrium since I don't have 40-50Gb of DVD-rw or flash drives laying around! You are welcome and I am glad to hear AOMEI works well. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Customized build from CyberPower
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SP 1
CPU Intel i5 2500k
Motherboard Asus P8P67 Deluxe
Memory 8 gigabytes Corsair PC3-12800 DDR3
Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 460 superclocked
Sound Card Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays ViewSonic 23" LCD
Screen Resolution 1980 x 1080
Keyboard Logitech USB
Mouse Microsoft 3 button
PSU Coolermaster 1000 watt modular
Case Coolermaster HAF X full tower
Cooling Coolermaster Hyper 212 plus
Hard Drives 120 Gb Samsung 840 Pro SSD
120 Gb Kingston Hyper X SSD
1 Tb WD Caviar Black HDD
Internet Speed download 1.5 Mb/sec upload 300Kb/sec
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22 Sep 2012
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#385 | |
Windows 7 home Premium x64 |
Quote: Originally Posted by whs Quote: a note should be added that Macrium free, at this time, does not support USB external hard drives, only flash drives, SD cards and DVDs. That is not so. It works perfectly well with external hard drives. Just made an image a few minutes ago. I am referring to Version 5.0.4995 I used their newest version, 5.0.5089, could that be the reason why? | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number CyberPower, Inc.
OS Windows 7 home Premium x64
CPU Intel i7-2600k
Motherboard Z68A-D3H-B3
Memory 8Gb
Graphics Card AMD Radeon HD6850
Hard Drives 2Tb 7200rpm HDD
120Gb Sandisk Extreme SSD
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22 Sep 2012
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#386 | |
Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
Quote: Originally Posted by Gaine
Quote: Originally Posted by whs Quote: a note should be added that Macrium free, at this time, does not support USB external hard drives, only flash drives, SD cards and DVDs. That is not so. It works perfectly well with external hard drives. Just made an image a few minutes ago. I am referring to Version 5.0.4995 I used their newest version, 5.0.5089, could that be the reason why? That one I have not tried yet. But why would they go a step backwards. Very odd. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops
OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7
Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207
Keyboard with trackball - no mices
Mouse Trackball mice
Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals
Internet Speed DSL 6000
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30 Sep 2012
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#387 | |
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Windows Installer error after SSD migration
Hi WHS. I followed your great tutorial and managed to get my SSD (OCZ Vertex 4 128GB) going. Unfortunately, if I try to open any microsoft office program i get the following error: 
Any suggestions?
Thank you | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Shuttle SH67H3
OS Windows 7 Professional
CPU Intel i5-2500
Memory 16 GB
Graphics Card VGA Integrated
Sound Card Realtek ALC888
Hard Drives OCZ-VERTEX4
Maxtor 6L200S0
WDC WD10EVDS-63U8B0
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30 Sep 2012
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#388 | |
Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
I'd suggest to uninstall the Office programs and reinstall them. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops
OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7
Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207
Keyboard with trackball - no mices
Mouse Trackball mice
Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals
Internet Speed DSL 6000
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30 Sep 2012
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#389 | |
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Thank you.
I unplugged my HDDs and realized that my SSD is not working properly. I've started over. I will check back in later. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Shuttle SH67H3
OS Windows 7 Professional
CPU Intel i5-2500
Memory 16 GB
Graphics Card VGA Integrated
Sound Card Realtek ALC888
Hard Drives OCZ-VERTEX4
Maxtor 6L200S0
WDC WD10EVDS-63U8B0
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