SSD - Install and Transfer the Operating System

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  1. Posts : 24,479
    Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
       #430

    Don't mind me, of course do as whs says, I misunderstood you question. (Going to stand in the corner now.)
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  2. whs
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       #431

    Britton30 said:
    Don't mind me, of course do as whs says, I misunderstood you question. (Going to stand in the corner now.)
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    Windows 8.1.1 64bit
       #432

    OK, Great !
    How do I put a drive letter on the HHD ?
    Now it has E,F,and G. I believe one of them is the copy from Paragon since it only makes a copy of the OS to transfer.
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  4. whs
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       #433

    I don't understand. Drive letter for what ?? HDDs have no drive letter - only partitions have drive letters.

    I don't think Paragon makes a copy. Post a disk management picture of the HDD.
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    Windows 8.1.1 64bit
       #434

    The HDD does not need a letter designation ?
    How do I access it then ?
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  6. whs
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       #435

    I guess you mean for your folders. Those you need to put into a suitable partition. Maybe the one that used to be the OS partition. Once you have deleted that partition and have unallocated space, define a new partition. Don't worry about the drive letter, that is automatic.
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  7. Posts : 1,568
    Windows 8.1.1 64bit
       #436

    If I do a quick format won't it wipe all the partitions out ?
    After connecting the HDD and restarting the machine, it sounds like the HDD is being read also.
    Last edited by COMPUTIAC; 17 Dec 2013 at 15:06.
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  8. whs
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       #437

    Did the system boot from the SSD when the HDD was disconnected.
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       #438

    Yes, it did.
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  10. whs
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       #439

    So do the following: right click on the (old) C partition on the HDD (in Disk Management) and delete partition, then delete volume (also right click) until you have unallocated space (not freespace). Do the same for the little 100MB partition.

    Once you have that big chunk of unallocated space, right click on that and click on 'New simple Volume'. Then the wizard will guide you.

    Then define the folders we discussed before in this new partition.
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