Solved install ssd and keep all programs without a reinstall of windows

[gregrocker]

Do you have any questions about the options I wrote out for you?

 

[Kaktussoft]

Okay, here is where I am. Took me awhile to get bios set up, but is ok now, CD 1st boot, SSD next. Disconnected HDD, Disconnected External drive. Started computer, and it boots fine, all works.

SSD is a Silicon Power S80, SATAlll, 240GB.

Motherboard I have no clue.

It's fast now? No 2 boot entries in boot menu? (one pointing to old win7 on HDD)

 

[Kaktussoft]

SYSTEM (D) and OS (G) on same phusical disk as "data" can be deleted in disk management if system is running smoothly from SSD. Just right click on it and do "remove volume".

What do you want to do with the unallocated space that you have afterwards? Add it to "data"? Create new partitions?

 

[gatewatcher]

SYSTEM (D) and OS (G) on same phusical disk as "data" can be deleted in disk management if system is running smoothly from SSD. Just right click on it and do "remove volume".

What do you want to do with the unallocated space that you have afterwards? Add it to "data"? Create new partitions?

System is running smoothly. What I really wanted to do from the beginning was have an SSD for faster boot time. Save all my programs, not have to reinstall them. Maybe just have OS and MSoffice on the SSD. When things are download I wanted everything to go to my HHD. That's what I wanted, that's not what happened.

 

[gatewatcher]

I basically know just enough to get myself in trouble.

 

[Kaktussoft]

SYSTEM (D) and OS (G) on same phusical disk as "data" can be deleted in disk management if system is running smoothly from SSD. Just right click on it and do "remove volume".

What do you want to do with the unallocated space that you have afterwards? Add it to "data"? Create new partitions?

System is running smoothly. What I really wanted to do from the beginning was have an SSD for faster boot time. Save all my programs, not have to reinstall them. Maybe just have OS and MSoffice on the SSD. When things are download I wanted everything to go to my HHD. That's what I wanted, that's not what happened.

You want "my documents" , "my music" and so on on HDD?
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/18629-user-folders-change-default-location.html

Don't move the user account's appdata folder!

 

[gatewatcher]

Yes, that's correct. I don't know if it's the right thing to do however. I'm not moving anything without step by step directions. That's how I got in this fix to begin with. Till I came here and you helped, didn't even know that the SSD wasn't booting first.

 

[Kaktussoft]

Yes, that's correct. I don't know if it's the right thing to do however. I'm not moving anything without step by step directions. That's how I got in this fix to begin with. Till I came here and you helped, didn't even know that the SSD wasn't booting first.

Allways make backups!! Is it the "my docs", "my pictures" and so on stuff that's so big?
Or do you have really big applications?

 

[gatewatcher]

I have back ups, to external drive. Docs,1.75GB
Music, 4.08GB
Pics, 4.0GB
Videos, 16.5GB
My file folder, 19.4GB
Appdata,8.81GB


Maybe I shouldn't move anything. But I don't want to fill up my SSD. New stuff should not go to it, I think. Not sure if I'm right.

 

[gregrocker]

I wrote out for you earlier what's worked best in thousands of similar cases.

Wipe the Hard drive with Diskpart Clean Command I gave you.

Create new Logical data partition on hard drive, copy your files into it. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/146694-partition-extended-logical-drives.html

Move the User folders there following link that's been posted twice now. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/18629-user-folders-change-default-location.html

For best organization keep your files sorted into the User folders.

Save a Macrium backup image to hard drive. Macrium Imaging - Windows 7 Help Forums

Keep secondary backup of files and images on external. This can be automated to backup whenever you plug in external using Windows Backup Center. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/615-backup-user-system-files.html

 

[gatewatcher]

@gregrocker

Yes, you have posted those things earlier. Have to sort all the info out, and not get into trouble doing it. Create a new logical data partition after running clean command and copy files into it. Not sure how to do that. Move users folders, will follow your posted link for that. I'll get it figured out.

Thank you, may take me awhile to figure it out.

 

[gatewatcher]

Didn't forget about coming back here. Reconnected my HDD. since everything working on SSD. Reading through all suggestions again so hopefully will not make any mistakes. I want to again thank everyone for helping me. Not going to mark this solved yet until I'm finished. I will come back when I am, or if more questions. This is all new to me.

 

[gregrocker]

Just ask back any questions you have at all.

I have no doubt you can do these things because you're the first to get Macrium Cloning to work correctly in a long time. We had almost given up on it. Maybe when you're done you can write out how you did that successfully because it was failing for almost everyone.

 

[Kaktussoft]

Just ask back any questions you have at all.

I have no doubt you can do these things because you're the first to get Macrium Cloning to work correctly in a long time. We had almost given up on it. Maybe when you're done you can write out how you did that successfully because it was failing for almost everyone.

I did clone using Macrium Reflect and Partition Wizard maybe 5 times. What problems do they get when they boot the first time afterwards (with old hdd temporaray DETACHED from system)? Don't say bootmenu, because that can be solved by "startup repair". v4 How to fix common boot problems using the Windows PE (Windows PE) option rebuild BCD can do that job as well.

 

[gregrocker]

Just a lot of reports lately that Macrium wouldn't clone. I didn't get into it too deep, just advised imaging. Wolfgang may know more about it as he was in some of the threads.

 

[gatewatcher]

No secret to the cloning. I'm a novice, no secret there either. I just installed my blank SSD, opened Macrium clicked on my HDD then clicked clone, a window came up and I selected SSD to clone to. Should have said, I have multiple back ups just in case.

Update on where I am.
Trying to figure out the libraries. While I'm at that, didn't clean the HHD yet. System is running fine from SSD. When I'm feeling up to it going to do everything the same day. I keep a list of the things I want to do and the order in which to do them. Sort of like the step by step directions I asked for in my previous posts.

 

[Kaktussoft]

No secret to the cloning. I'm a novice, no secret there either. I just installed my blank SSD, opened Macrium clicked on my HDD then clicked clone, a window came up and I selected SSD to clone to. Should have said, I have multiple back ups just in case.

Update on where I am.
Trying to figure out the libraries. While I'm at that, didn't clean the HHD yet. System is running fine from SSD. When I'm feeling up to it going to do everything the same day. I keep a list of the things I want to do and the order in which to do them. Sort of like the step by step directions I asked for in my previous posts.

That's NOT how you did it. Otherwise partition "data" was also cloned. (which doesn't fit of course).
You did cclone 2 partitions i assume (?) And you did a "startup repair" when old HDD was detached. Am I right?

 

[gatewatcher]

I also said I get confused. I fooled with mini partition wizard before any cloning. Had nothing to do with the cloning at all. Probably should have said, I cloned system and c from HHD to SSD. Sorry.

Yes, I made a restore disk because either you or someone here I think recommended it. Never used it though that I remember.

 

[gregrocker]

What did you do with Partition Wizard exactly? Anything that you kept on the new SSD before cloning, or did you actually clone to a blank SSD?

 

[gatewatcher]

If I remember correctly. I put the SSD in. It didn't show up in disk management. It did show up in Macrium but was just a gray block. I think I followed instructions here as I still have them saved. v5: How to clone a disk (Clone Disk, v5) clone was to a blank disk.

Edit: actually it didn't show up in my computer, disk management it might have, not sure now.