Help with transfering OS to SSD

[Mark Phelps]

If you're willing to spend $20 (USD), read through the link below. I used this to migrate my HDD contents to SDD and it worked great:

Paragon Paragon Migrate OS to SSD - Overview

 

[whs]

If you're willing to spend $20 (USD), read through the link below. I used this to migrate my HDD contents to SDD and it worked great:

Paragon Paragon Migrate OS to SSD - Overview

Yeah right. That's what Steve suggested too and I am using the tool also. Question is whether she wants to spend the money.

But even with the tool, we'll have to get her data off C into a data partition because she currently has some 200GBs of stuff on C:.

 

[essenbe]

WHS, I believe the Paragon tool will allow you to choose what data not to transfer and that data will still be on the original disk.

 

[whs]

WHS, I believe the Paragon tool will allow you to choose what data not to transfer and that data will still be on the original disk.

Yes Steve it does. But a) that is a messy operation and b) I would not want to leave it on the old C partition. Next thing you lnow, she is going to delete the old C partition and all data is gone.

If it is in a seperate data partition, all she has to do is to INCLUDE it into the appropriate library and she is done. I like to seperate my own folders from the system and program generated folders anyhow. And e.g. in Documents, you get a lot of automatically generated folders.

 

[Lucy77]

Alright well i did a clean install and everythings working fine it seems, much much faster as well.. Theres a problem though... when ever i go to the BIOS and try to set the thing to AHCI from IDE it gives me BSOD every time, so its currently back in IDE mode.. is that a problem?

 

[whs]

Did you enable AHIC in the system too: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/61869-ahci-enable-windows-7-vista.html

 

[Lucy77]

Okay just followed the guide there to turn it on in the reg + bios and now its on and works.

 

[Dave76]

Congrats, there are many excellent tutorials on Seven Forums.

 

[DeaconFrost]

try to set the thing to AHCI from IDE it gives me BSOD every time, so its currently back in IDE mode.. is that a problem?

For future reference, always check this before doing a fresh install...it saves you some steps later on.