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Windows 7: Partition Image - Restore from a HDD to a SSD
Partition Image - Restore from a HDD to a SSD How to Restore a Partition Image From a HDD to a SSD
Published 31 Mar 2010
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Featured Tutorial | | |  Information Searching the Web on this topic showed me, time after time, pages and pages of negative results. I tried it anyway and it worked, 1st time!
 Note I used Acronis True Image Home 2010 so I am not sure if other programs will work.
 Warning This process will delete all data from the partition Windows was previously installed on
Here's How:
1. Install the SSD
2. Boot up and enter the BIOS to make sure the drive is detected
3. If the SSD is seen in the BIOS, set it to #1 in the hard drive priorty
4. Install Windows to the SSD as a Custom Installation (from Step 2)
5. Once Windows has successfully installed, enter Control Panel,
AdministrativeTools, Computer Management, Disk Management. Right click
the SSD (it should be c: ) and Mark Partition as Active". Click OK at
the warning/s
6. Delete the old partiton that Windows was installed on and reformat
7. Reboot to your Windows installation media (disk or flash drive)
8. Perform a Startup Repair (You may need to do this a few times before
Windows will boot)
9. Once in Windows, install Acronis True Image Home 2010
10. Start Acronis and Activate Startup Recovery Tool (F11)
11. Reboot
12. Press F11 when prompted
13. Select Acronis True Image Home 2010
14. Select Restore
15. Choose the image you created most recently. Do not select the option to restore the MBR
16. Restore the image to your c: drive
17. When complete reboot
18. This is where I got nervous. Windows booted but hung. A hard reset
was needed. Upon restart I got a message that chkdsk needed to run. Allow it
to run.
19. Reboot and enjoy!
 Tip Check that Windows has disabled Auto Degfrag by right-clicking the drive, select Properties, Tools and Defragment Now. When you click Configure Schedule and then Select Disks, your SSD should not appear. If it does, however, simply un-tick it
To ensure prefetching and Superfetch are disabled you'll need to enter the registry and check these entries:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\MemoryManagement\PrefetchParamaters
Both EnablePrefetcher and EnableSuperfetch need to have a value of (0)
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31 Mar 2010
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Thanks for the info, well done!
| My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number * BFK Customs *
OS W 7 64-bit Ultimate
CPU Intel Q9550 Yorkfield
Motherboard ASUS P5Q Pro
Memory 8GB Dominator 8500C5D
Graphics Card ATI : XFX 5870
Sound Card Realtek HD Audio 7-1
Monitor(s) Displays 1x 47" LCD HDMI & 3x 26" LCD HDMI
Screen Resolution 1920x1080P & 1920x1200
Keyboard Microsoft 500
Mouse Razer Diamondback 3G
PSU Corsair 620HX
Case Cooler Master RC-690
Cooling Tuniq Tower 120, 2x 140mm and 3x 120mm case fans
Hard Drives 1x 80GB Intel X25-M G2 SSD : 1x 500GB & 1x 640GB WD Caviar Black(s)
Internet Speed 14 Mb/s
Other Info 1x Koutech 3Gb/s SATA HDD Hot Swap Rack
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31 Mar 2010
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Thanks for the nice tutotial, pal. Getting a print of it right know  | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Self Assembled
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit SP 1
CPU Intel Core i3 2120 @ 3.30GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. H61M-DS2 DVI
Memory Corsair 2GB x2 (Single-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz)
Graphics Card 2047MB GeForce GTS 450 (ZOTAC International)
Sound Card Onboard (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Monitor(s) Displays LG Flatron E2040T
Screen Resolution 1600x900
Keyboard Logitech MK220
Mouse Logitech MK220
PSU uMAX 750 watt.
Case iBall
Cooling Air/ Fans
Hard Drives Western Digital 1 TB
Seagate 500 GB
Internet Speed BSNL Broadband
Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser Waterfox
Other Info Dell Studio 15" Laptop
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31 Mar 2010
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Nice job, and the magic wand did edit it whilst you were asleep. | | 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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OS Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) SP1
CPU Intel 3770k 4.6GHz
Motherboard ASUS Maximus V Formula
Memory 8GB (2x 4GB) Crucial Ballistix
Graphics Card Sapphire 7950 (1060/1600)
Sound Card On Board Realtek HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays 27" Acer B273HU (via HDMI)
Screen Resolution 2048 x 1152
Keyboard Microsoft Wireless 5000
Mouse Microsoft Wireless 5000
PSU Corsair AX750 Gold
Case Corsair Obsidian 800DW
Cooling Corsair H100 (2x AP-121/2x UK-3000 push/pull)
Hard Drives Crucial M4 128GB
2TB WD Black
1TB Samsung F3 SATA
1TB WD Elite External
2TB WD USB 3.0
Internet Speed 5mb/s
Other Info Logitech z-2300 2.1 speakers
Lamptron FC-5 v2
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31 Mar 2010
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Great information and very well done. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home built
OS Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
CPU Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
Motherboard ASUS P4P800-VM Motherboard Chipset: Intel 865G + ICH5
Memory 2.50 GB RAM
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
Sound Card SoundMax Integrated Digital Audio (Chip)
Monitor(s) Displays ViewSonic VX 1962 wm
Screen Resolution 1680 X 1050
Keyboard Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000 v10 USB
Mouse Logitec optic USB
Cooling Fan based
Hard Drives Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 80 GB
ST380215A ATA Device 18.6 GB
Western Digital "My Book" external hard drive 750 GB
Internet Speed 3.01 Mb/s download 0.64 Mb/s upload
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31 Mar 2010
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Nice tutorial 
I've done this on HDDs, no SSD - yet  , and not had problems.
You might consider adding a link for the free Acronis versions from Seagate / Maxtor, and Western Digital. You must have one of their HDs in your system to use it. Seagate DiscWizard Maxtor MaxBlast 5 Western Digital: Acronis True Image WD Edition Software
I would be surprised if this didn't work with Macrium Reflect and Paragon, both have free versions. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number 76~2.0
OS Windows 7 Ult x64 - SP1/ Windows 8 Pro x64
CPU Intel Core i5-3570K 4.6GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-Z77X UD3H, f18
Memory 8GB (2X4GB) DDR3 1600 Corsair Vengeance CL8 1.5v
Graphics Card Sapphire HD 7770 Vapor-X OC 1GB DDR5
Sound Card Onboard VIA VT2021
Monitor(s) Displays 22" LCD Dell
Screen Resolution 1680x1050
Keyboard Logitech Wave
Mouse CM Sentinel
PSU Corsair HX650W
Case Cooler Master Storm Scout
Cooling Corsair H80 2x12cm Noctua NF P12 , 2x14cm case fans
Hard Drives Samsung 840Pro 128GB SSD,
Seagate Barracuda 500GB SATA2 7200rpm 32MB cache, Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA2 7200rpm 32MB cache,
Internet Speed Dismal
Antivirus Avast
Browser Opera Next
Other Info eSATA ports,
External eSATA Seagate 500GB SATA2 7200rpm,
External USB WD 500GB
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31 Mar 2010
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Quote: I would be surprised if this didn't work with Macrium Reflect and Paragon, both have free versions. Provided the target partitions are equal or larger in size, it should work. But they cannot "shrink" images. And for SSDs, you have to predefine the partition with the proper alignment. | | 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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01 Apr 2010
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Macrium Reflect will restore to different sized partitions . Paragon also.
Previous versions wouldn't do this, but the new ones will.  | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number 76~2.0
OS Windows 7 Ult x64 - SP1/ Windows 8 Pro x64
CPU Intel Core i5-3570K 4.6GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-Z77X UD3H, f18
Memory 8GB (2X4GB) DDR3 1600 Corsair Vengeance CL8 1.5v
Graphics Card Sapphire HD 7770 Vapor-X OC 1GB DDR5
Sound Card Onboard VIA VT2021
Monitor(s) Displays 22" LCD Dell
Screen Resolution 1680x1050
Keyboard Logitech Wave
Mouse CM Sentinel
PSU Corsair HX650W
Case Cooler Master Storm Scout
Cooling Corsair H80 2x12cm Noctua NF P12 , 2x14cm case fans
Hard Drives Samsung 840Pro 128GB SSD,
Seagate Barracuda 500GB SATA2 7200rpm 32MB cache, Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA2 7200rpm 32MB cache,
Internet Speed Dismal
Antivirus Avast
Browser Opera Next
Other Info eSATA ports,
External eSATA Seagate 500GB SATA2 7200rpm,
External USB WD 500GB
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01 Apr 2010
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For Macrium, "Disk Space Management" comes only with the paid edition. Macrium Reflect FREE Edition - Information and download | | 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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