Transferring W7 to SSD

[feetand nches]

Hey guys, My current HDD is getting old and shows some wear with Crystal Disk Info. So I want to move it to another drive of mine, Samsung EVO 850, 250GB.

This is the computer in question:
HP Pavilion dv7-6c23cl

I am wanting to create an Image of my HDD. I was thinking to Image the "System" Drive and the "C" Drive because I don't need or want the Recovery D Drive anymore, and have some Recovery Disks if needed. And just drop those two Partition Images on the new SSD, well, my used SSD that has an Old install of Windows 7 and Linux Mint in a Dual Boot situation from an old laptop that I don't use anymore.

My question is, do I need that "HP_TOOLS" "E" Partition once I get rid of the Recovery D Drive?

I will leave Diskpart and Disk Management if that helps. Thanks, Nasty7

DISKPART> list partition

  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    Primary            199 MB  1024 KB
  Partition 2    Primary            672 GB   200 MB
  Partition 3    Primary             21 GB   672 GB
  Partition 4    Primary           4062 MB   694 GB

 

[samuria]

You only need system and c partitions the others are not needed and you have them on the old drive if needed. You say there are problems with the old drive do you mean it has had sectors if so they will be written to the new disk some clone tools have a special settings to not copy but if you don't use it you will have had blocks written to your new drive

 

[feetand nches]

Well that sucks! I don't really want to lose all my work, and a few programs that I don't want to lose licenses for.

I wonder if the Samsung Software has this capacity?

I will get back with the Crystal Disk Info. And I will attempt to run chkdsk /r to see if that will fix enough of the problems. I think I already ran chkdsk before, will that type of fix make this possilbe?

One issue I just had was, I could not use the 3.0 Port for the Destination of my WD Passport External Drive.

Thanks, Nasty7

 

[feetand nches]

What do I do?

My thinking is, download the Samsung Software to existing pc, and see if I can Clone the Two Partitions I want to the new drive in a External Drive Bay?

If I cannot do this, I may just keep using the drive till it dies for the reasons stated above.

 

[DavidE]

Well that sucks! I don't really want to lose all my work, and a few programs that I don't want to lose licenses for.

Belarc Advisor (free) should be able to get your licenses.

Products: Belarc Advisor

 

[SIW2]

You won't need the E partition if you have the Samsung recov disks.

Plenty of free software can copy the partitions for you. If you want to use usb3 , you will need to install usb3 drivers.

 

[SIW2]

I don't think the Samsung thing has the functions you want
Deleted recovery partition but have a HDD backup | Page 3 | NotebookReview

 

[feetand nches]

Belarc Advisor (free) should be able to get your licenses.

Products: Belarc Advisor

It's not the license itself, but Installing it again. I have MiniTool Power Data Recovery license and the copy only installs once or something. I've already gone through emailing them once and getting another download link to do this once, don't know if they will do it again. For some reason the Copy I have wont work a second time, even on the same computer, so I assume the software is written so you can't reinstall a second time.

Also, running out of installations of MS Office 2007, and don't know how many installs I have left of that either, and don't want to spend time on the phone with them...arrrgggg...you know how that goes. Can't really afford to buy a new Office, and really like that hog Office 07.

Thanks though

 

[feetand nches]

You won't need the E partition if you have the Samsung recov disks.

Plenty of free software can copy the partitions for you. If you want to use usb3 , you will need to install usb3 drivers.

Thanks SIW2, I'm confused as usual. I did make a copy of Macrium Reflect with WinPE_3.1 so don't know why it would not work. I use it all the time on my main desktop. I will post the Crystal Disk Info in the post below. I've been researching it to see if I can indeed get this done without reinstalling all this stuff. I have lot's of good stuff to keep on this laptop, iso's etc. Just backed it up and it took like an hour, so if things go well, I'll try to get those times down somehow, like just copying the OS Files and not all the other stuff.

 

[feetand nches]

Hopefully someone can tell me what to do with this situation...pleasssssseeeee! LOL. This is my main work laptop and really love it, though just today realized it was only SATA-II Capable, and I always thought it was SATA-III. Here is my CDI Text and a pic also, thanks so much for your time guys, especially on a Sunday. Clearly the most obvious one now is:
C5 100 100 __0 000000000008 Current Pending Sector Count: OF "8"

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
CrystalDiskInfo 7.0.5 Shizuku Edition x64 (C) 2008-2016 hiyohiyo
                                Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    OS : Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 [6.1 Build 7601] (x64)
  Date : 2018/04/22 15:40:04

-- Controller Map ----------------------------------------------------------
 + Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller [ATA]
   - ATA Channel 0 (0)
   - ATA Channel 1 (1)
 + AMD SATA Controller [ATA]
   - TOSHIBA MK7575GSX SATA Disk Device
   - hp CDDVDW SN-208BB SATA CdRom Device
 - ATA Channel 0 (0) [ATA]
 - ATA Channel 1 (1) [ATA]

-- Disk List ---------------------------------------------------------------
 (1) TOSHIBA MK7575GSX : 750.1 GB [0/2/0, pd1]

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 (1) TOSHIBA MK7575GSX
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
           Model : TOSHIBA MK7575GSX
        Firmware : GT001C
   Serial Number : 32ILF24DS
       Disk Size : 750.1 GB (8.4/137.4/750.1/750.1)
     Buffer Size : 8192 KB
     Queue Depth : 32
    # of Sectors : 1465149168
   Rotation Rate : 5400 RPM
       Interface : Serial ATA
   Major Version : ATA8-ACS
   Minor Version : ----
   Transfer Mode : SATA/300 | SATA/300
  Power On Hours : 4428 hours
  Power On Count : 5306 count
     Temperature : 46 C (114 F)
   Health Status : Caution
        Features : S.M.A.R.T., APM, 48bit LBA, NCQ
       APM Level : 0080h [ON]
       AAM Level : ----
    Drive Letter : C: D: E:

-- S.M.A.R.T. --------------------------------------------------------------
ID Cur Wor Thr RawValues(6) Attribute Name
01 100 100 _50 000000000000 Read Error Rate
02 100 100 _50 000000000000 Throughput Performance
03 100 100 __2 000000000833 Spin-Up Time
04 100 100 __0 0000000014E7 Start/Stop Count
05 100 100 _10 000000000000 Reallocated Sectors Count
07 100 100 _50 000000000000 Seek Error Rate
08 100 100 _50 000000000000 Seek Time Performance
09 _89 _89 __0 00000000114C Power-On Hours
0A 206 100 _30 000000000000 Spin Retry Count
0C 100 100 __0 0000000014BA Power Cycle Count
B7 100 100 __1 000000000000 Vendor Specific
B8 100 100 _97 000000000000 End-to-End Error
B9 100 100 __1 00000000FFFF Vendor Specific
BB __1 __1 __0 0000000001EA Reported Uncorrectable Errors
BC 100 _99 __0 000000000002 Command Timeout
BD 100 100 __1 000000000000 High Fly Writes
BE _54 _47 _40 0000302D002E Airflow Temperature
BF 100 100 __0 00000000000D G-Sense Error Rate
C0 100 100 __0 0000002C002C Power-off Retract Count
C1 _98 _98 __0 0000000061AA Load/Unload Cycle Count
C4 100 100 __0 000000000000 Reallocation Event Count
C5 100 100 __0 000000000008 Current Pending Sector Count
C7 200 200 __0 000000000000 UltraDMA CRC Error Count

-- IDENTIFY_DEVICE ---------------------------------------------------------
        0    1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9
000: 0040 3FFF C837 0010 0000 0000 003F 0000 0000 0000
010: 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2033 3249 4C46 3234 4453
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080: 01F8 0000 706B 7C09 6123 7069 BC09 6123 203F 0054
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220: 0000 0000 101F 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
230: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0001 0080 0000 0000 0000 0000
240: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
250: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 D9A5

-- SMART_READ_DATA ---------------------------------------------------------
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-- SMART_READ_THRESHOLD ----------------------------------------------------
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[samuria]

Mr does have an option built in to not copy bad blocks so you MUST use that so the new drive doesn't get bad blocks

 

[feetand nches]

Mr does have an option built in to not copy bad blocks so you MUST use that so the new drive doesn't get bad blocks

What is Mr?

 

[SIW2]

It is one of many free tools that can do clones.

Most partition managers and disk imaging programs do that kind of thing. I usually suggest Aomei backupper, but I think system cloning is only available with the Pro version of that.

I haven't checked all the available tools just now, but I have a feeling the free versions will allow cloning an entire disk, or simply copying partitions.

You would want system clone - which is not the same as those.

 

[feetand nches]

I'll just download the Samsung Tool and see if that will Avoid Cloning the Bad Sectors.

Also, I botched a chkdsk run, but just restarted it. I will run chkdsk then attempt the Clone.

Thanks again SIW2

 

[Paul Black]

I think by MR he means Macrium Reflect, but I could be wrong!

 

[Ranger4]

What is Mr?

I think it means Macrium Reflect.

Some people have had problems using the Samsung software.

I would suggest that you download Macrium Reflect Free & install it & then perform the cloning. I have used Macrium for cloning & it works. Below is the Macrium website where you can get the free version.

Macrium Software | Macrium Reflect Free

 

[feetand nches]

Ahhh, Mr LOL... I did not get that.

Does Macrium need to be installed to do this?

I already have the Bootable DVD Created for my other computer with WinPE-3.1. Just used it earlier to Image the Drive. I did think the Free Version Had the Clone Option, but was not positive. I also did not know the Samsung Software had some issues, thanks, will use Macrium.

 

[Ranger4]

To do a clone Macrium needs to be installed on the old HDD, then you open Macrium after you have connected the SSD to the motherboard & you should see the option to clone this disc & it should show the SSD as the receiving disc.

 

[SIW2]

You want to clone the Disk? You said earlier you didn't want the E partition.

I am not sure mr has a clone function in the free version.

 

[feetand nches]

Thanks for all your help, I will pursue this tomorrow. I made a few mistakes that cost me more time.

I'll install Macrium tomorrow and see if I can Clone the SYSTEM and C Drive to the SSD!

Looking forward to getting that SSD going on my best laptop.