Hard drive configuration help please...

[Bizness]

1) Unplug the cable from Disk2 & plug in to SSD drive.
2) Unplug all other cable from HD's.
3) Install OS to SSD.

Have a read of those tutorial:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/149969-ssd-install-transfer-operating-system.html
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/70822-ssd-tweaks-optimizations-windows-7-a.html
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/91339-ssd-hdd-optimize-windows-reinstallation.html
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/87555-user-profile-change-default-location.html
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/18629-user-folders-change-default-location.html

When you are up & running, replace the HD's one at a time, sort out the DATA if need.

When you get to the drive with the old OS's on, save your data, than you can delete the partitions.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2668-partition-volume-delete.html?ltr=P
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2674-partition-volume-create-new.html?ltr=P

Top work, I'll have a play. Ta.

 

[theog]

I am going offline now, off to watch my son bungee jumping.

 

[Bizness]

OK, will go through the SSD stuff later and effectively build from scratch. In the meantime, I've booted into the SSD Win 7 setup, installed Partition Master, set the Sata drive Win 7 partition to Primary, rebooted, run repair, gone into diskpart deleted Win XP partition, set WIn 7 as active, fixed mbr, rebooted. And had an NTLDR error.

Reran repair, autofixed errors and bob's your uncle

 

[Bizness]

OK, all other installations cleared.

Now, should I reinstall Win 7 on the SSD changing to AHCI in the bios, or use the Paragon Migrate OS to SSD - System migration to Solid State Drives (SSD) - Overview program to transfer what I've got?

Problem is that current Win 7 installation (including profiles which I need) comes to 85GB and I've got a 64GB SSD

Would it be better simply to install from scratch on the Win 7 machine and then transfer user profiles?

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello Bizness, welcome to Seven Forums!



It's not as hard as all that, have a look at Option Four of this tutorial at the link below and be sure to post back with any further questions you may have and to keep us informed.

Partition Wizard : Use the Bootable CD



First download the Partition Wizard Bootable Disk (PWBD) ISO file to the desktop, be sure to get the PWBD and not the installed version; scroll down to see the download link for the bootable CD ISO file at this link below.

Partition Wizard Free Bootable CD


Then use ImgBurn to burn the ISO to a CD, at no greater than 4x speed with a verify; it was designed for use and works best from a CD rather that a DVD then boot the created CD to make the changes.

ImgBurn Free ISO Burning Software

 

[Bizness]

Thanks Barefoot Kid, but you've lost me. Option 4? I don't have partition issues any more, just queries with regards to what to do next with my SSD

New install and transfer profiles to it.
Or use the utility I linked to transfer existing OS install and profiles to the SSD (but I'd need to clear about 20 GB of profile data)

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Sorry mate, I just skimmed the thread after a few posts. :shock:



Have a look at this tutorial at the link below.

User Profiles - Create and Move During Windows 7 Installations

 

[theog]

You can put your own data on your 250gb or 1tb HD's, before you delete the old OS's HD.

Your BIOS should be set AHCI.

By deleting the Win XP partition, you deleted the boot files.

Leave the SSD for OS & Programs.

 

[Bizness]

Cheers boys

 

[Bizness]

You can put your own data on your 250gb or 1tb HD's, before you delete the old OS's HD.

Your BIOS should be set AHCI.

By deleting the Win XP partition, you deleted the boot files.

Leave the SSD for OS & Programs.

More my settings, favourites, itunes setup etc. I'm worried about. Data already on another drive.

 

[theog]

Your setting will not come to 85gb.

 

[gregrocker]

If you want to keep the WIn7 installation on the SSD, you can mark it Active then with the other HD unplugged boot the Win7 DVD to run Startup Repair up to 3 separate times to write the boot files to the SSD Win7 which were placed on XP Active partition since it was not unplugged during install.

This method will allow you to boot the HD's independently via the BIOS, which keeps each free to come and go as you please. Set SSD first to boot after DVD, then boot the SATA Win7 using the one-time BIOS Boot Menu key given on first screen when you boot.