Solved Installed SSD, WEI didn't budge and can't open in 'computer'.

[dancinbear]

I just installed a Kingston Hyperx 120gb and I am disappointed. I installed it with Paragon Migrate and all went well. I went into the bios and changed the boot order and assigned it a drive letter with Macrium Reflect. I ran the WEI and it is the same as before..5.9. All I migrated was the os, Adobe PhotoElements 8, and Totalmedia theater 3. I didn't do the achi change as I thought I'd screw something up.
Any ideas? Thanks.

 

[GeneO]

Yes. After backing up, Do the AHCI change.

Also make sure the partition on the SSD is properly aligned. It would help if you downloaded the ASSD benchmark and posted the result here.

 

[dancinbear]

Here is the benchmark.

Thanks for the response, GeneO. I'm not sure what you mean about the partition alignment. I assumed Paragon Migrate would take care of that. Anyway here is the result of the benchmark you asked me to obtain.

 

[rustberger]

I'm not sure what you mean about the partition alignment.


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To check the alignment of your SSD's partition, it is quite simple.
In windows 7, run msinfo32 by typing it into the search box on your start menu and hitting enter.
click on: components => storage => disks
Look for your SSD and check the partition starting offset.
It needs to be divisible by 4096 (ie return a whole number when you divide by this) otherwise the alignment is not correct.

 

[dancinbear]

Got it.

Thanks to you as well, Rustberger. My offset was 1,048,576 which indeed is divisible by 4096. Is that offset ok as high as it is? Also, i went into computer management and my SSD is active and online. All looks ok, at least to a novice, but why can't I get any results when I try to view the contents of the SSD? Anyway, thanks for your help.

 

[GeneO]

Thanks for the response, GeneO. I'm not sure what you mean about the partition alignment. I assumed Paragon Migrate would take care of that. Anyway here is the result of the benchmark you asked me to obtain.


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THe AS-SSD shows your partition is aligned (the green 1024K - OK it displayed).

So with those numbers the SSd is performing well and should boot pretty fast (around 15 seconds after windows itself starts booting).

Oh, I see this isn't your C: boot drive. You won't see any improvement in WEI or boot time unless Windows is installed on the SSD. Are you accidentally booted to your old system drive?

 

[dancinbear]

This is starting to make sense.

I didn't see any changes in speed and I was beginning to think the old drive was continuing to boot. What can I do to make the ssd my c drive? Thanks for your continuing help.

 

[Hopalong X]

Just in case you need to know how how to open Disk Management.

1. Open the Start Menu, then right click on the Computer button (dark right side) and click on Manage.

A) Go to step 3.
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OR

2. Open the Start Menu, then type compmgmt.msc OR diskmgmt.msc in the search box and press enter.

3. If prompted by UAC, then click on Yes.

4. In the left pane of Computer Management, click on Disk Management under Storage. (see screenshots below)

Open disk management and make a Snip and post it. That will help everyone see what your set up is showing.

It will look similar to below Snip.

 

[dancinbear]

Disk management snip

Here go HopalongX. G: is my SSD and F: is my external hd. Thanks.

 

[Hopalong X]

Sorry I couldn't get back to you earlier. I had to go to the hospital.
I posted for more help.

This tutorial should help explain some basics.> http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/149969-ssd-install-transfer-operating-system.html
Good luck.
Mike

 

[theog]

What was the HD Drive score only before.
What is the SSD Drive score only now.

Not the overall score.

 

[Lordbob75]

It looks like you didn't actually install the OS onto the SSD (though you said you migrated it), or something got messed up.

My recommendation would be to backup everything you need to save, unplug everything but the SSD, and format it before doing a clean install onto the SSD. This will for sure give you that performance boost, but you will have to reinstall EVERYTHING (which is a pain, but it's worth it).

~Lordbob

 

[dancinbear]

I hope you're ok.

I check out the link you posted and I hope all is well with you.

 

[essenbe]

In that picture of disk management appears your SSD is G, and it does have something installed on it.


The top part is showing G as 77% free.

 

[Dave76]

Go to BIOS and select the SSD as first to boot in the system boot order.

Best to have your main OS drive connected to Port 0, now your SSD is on Port 1.
Swap the old OS HDD and the SSD cables.

By assigning a drive letter to the SSD will also cause issues, the system needs to be able to assign "C" to the OS drive.
Which drive letter did your assign to it?

 

[profdlp]

...I see this isn't your C: boot drive. You won't see any improvement in WEI or boot time unless Windows is installed on the SSD. Are you accidentally booted to your old system drive?

Good call. The WEI numbers take into account only the system (Windows) drive. Your WEI score is still based on the old one.

 

[essenbe]

The AS SSD test he ran had pretty good numbers, but if you look at the top it was drive G. He neeeds to go into bios and change the boot order to the SSD as 1st hard drive. He said he used Paragon Migrate. It does an excellent job. I have used it several times and it has never failed. He should be able to change the boot order in bios and the SSD should boot.

 

[Lordbob75]

The AS SSD test he ran had pretty good numbers, but if you look at the top it was drive G. He neeeds to go into bios and change the boot order to the SSD as 1st hard drive. He said he used Paragon Migrate. It does an excellent job. I have used it several times and it has never failed. He should be able to change the boot order in bios and the SSD should boot.

This is probably going to fix it. If it doesn't unplug the other HDDs and see if it boots.

~Lordbob

 

[dancinbear]

I'll give all of this try.

I changed the SSD to G. I will try all that was suggested and I really appreciate the collaborative efforts to save me from myself! I will get back when I get the chance to make changes. Thanks again.

 

[Dave76]

Let us know the progress and/or any questions.