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I use disk management in Windows to format and partition my SSDs when I first get them and that way I know they will be properly aligned. I would use diskpart, but I can never remember how to do it that way![/QUOTE]
I did that but added no partition and fro 2nd time it get stuck at 47%
Diskpart
list disk
select disk # (where # is the number assigned to the disk)
clean
create partition primary align=1024
select partition 1
format fs=ntfs quick
active
exit
exit
It looks like this
I formated it like other have done but I need the data migration software that was on the drive. I guess I go to samsung
It can be done from an elevated command prompt inside Windows or from the Install disk. At the 1st screen, do not select your language, hold down Shift and press F10. When finished type exit hit return, type exit again and hit return and you will be back at the same language screen. Then complete the install. You will get no 100MB partition, which means no Bit Locker. At the install screen, do not format the disk under advanced options, just install. It should be done with bios in AHCI mode and the SSD the only drive connected for a clean install.
Elevated command prompt. Click start, type cmd in the search box, on the cmd option that appears, right click it and select 'run as administrator.
If you have a Samsung SSD, the cloning software is usually Norton Ghost and should be on the DVD sent with the disk, or you can download it here
Samsung Semiconductors Global Site
I was able to figure all that out but it still fails at 47%. I did it from cmd. To do it from the disk, do I use the w7 disk?
what was a healthy 111.79g becomes unallocated
Yes, Windows 7 Installation disk. When you type clean, it should be unallocated. Then you are creating a partition and formatting it. It should then be a Primary partition. After finishing (after you type activeand it completes that) type list partition again, it should show a partition with an offset of 1024 (offset is the alignment).
You may consider a clean install. If you are stalling out on the data migration it is most likely the migration software. Norton Ghost is not the easiest software to use. I use Paragon Migrate. It's $19.95, but is almost fool proof and has never failed me. You can also read this. SSD - Install and Transfer the Operating System
WHS, maybe you can help here. I know very little about Norton Ghost. You do and you wrote the tutorial I linked to about transfering the OS.
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