Solved want to clean install new ssd with existing 7 copy.

[moose]

I noticed my current 128gb ssd is almost full (os&programs). So i have ordered a new one, the samsung 840 evo 250gb. my question is when I install my dvd copy of 7 pro on the new drive, will the key work even though it is installed on the old ssd?

 

[whs]

Yes it will work without any problem. But you could also transfer your current system to the new SSD.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/149969-ssd-install-transfer-operating-system.html

PS: I am a bit curious though how you could have filled a 128GB SSD. My systems and a healthy selection of programs never exeed 30GB. My user data is on a spinning disk though.

 

[moose]

My computer says 30 free of 119, so not completely full, yet. I have corel draw, photoshop CS6 extended, lightroom, and some other various programs all residing on the 120. I have changed the library folder locations as well to my 1tb. Since this is my first build, I'm pretty new to configuring the system properly for use with ssd's and hdd's. So as a result my lack of knowledge probably has resulted in a fuller drive than needed.lol.

 

[moose]

BTW thanks for answering so quickly WHS!

 

[whs]

I always make some room on my SSDs by eliminating the hiberfile. The command is powercfg -h off. That saves you as many GBs as the size of your RAM. I also reduce the pagefile to 2GBs. Those 2 operations save me 14GBs on the SSD with my 8GBs of RAM.

The program files I would not move to the spinner. That defeats the purpose of the SSD. I do, however, always move my own files (Documents, Pics, Music and Videos) to the spinners. On a laptop with only 1 disk bay that is of course not possible. But with a USB3 or eSata attached external disk, the userfiles can very well be moved to an external disk.

 

[moose]

I followed your advice, and went from 28.9 to 56.8. Thanks for your help.

 

[whs]

I followed your advice, and went from 28.9 to 56.8. Thanks for your help.

Sounds good to me. That means that you can probably continue to operate with the 128GB SSD.

 

[gregrocker]

I don't know why anyone would want to do without the modern Hibernate function which makes Win7 effortless to walk away from without a second thought as to when one is coming back.

This is not IMO a reason to avoid getting a sizeable enough SSD. Why would one turn off one of the most beneficial features of Win7, and one which is perfected finally in Win7?

 

[whs]

Hibernate is certainly a matter of personal preference. I myself have never used it and have never seen a need to use it. Sleep mode does nearly the same job but I never stop in the middle of a task.

 

[gregrocker]

The problem with Sleep is that it keeps power to the RAM so if you go away for weeks it has powered RAM the whole time. Hibernate saves your work but actually shuts down the PC so you don't have to think about it.

 

[whs]

Hmm, I see your point but I shut my systems down every night and certainly when I go away for weeks. I then even cut the whole power line off - because of possible T-storms.

 

[gregrocker]

I try to write for the average consumer who either shut it down after use because they consider it an appliance like an oven, or a huge segment of mostly younger generations tend to pay no attention to the state their PC is in when they walk away by default.

Thus these provide perfect failsafe defaults protecting both their work and the hardware besides great convenience.

Hiberate was somewhat buggy in previous versions so many are still trained to turn it off for that XPired reason. Sorry it bugs me to see that taught here.

 

[moose]

Personally I have never used the hibernate function, so gaining the extra 16gb on the ssd is more beneficial than allocating it to a never used function. With the speed of start up now with the ssd I turn my rig off more so now than in times past. I appreciate your thoughts thou Greg, but for me I never use hibernate.
Now, what to do with a new 250g evo unit,lol.

 

[whs]

I am of the same opinion as far as hibernate goes. I think Greg likes to keep the system as original as possible. For people that are not familiar with the system, that is probably a good approach. But sometimes 'shortcuts' help to meet other goals - like in this case.

The larger SSD can still be useful for running a selection of virtual partitions. I run 6 Linux distros and Windows 8 in virtual partitions but since I have only smaller SSDs, I always have to swap them in and out. And if nothing else, you can install the virtual partitions on an externally attached SSD. That's what I have also done because I had an extra 60GB SSD lying around. It works very well. Here are a few tutorials that may give you some ideas.

VMware Player - Install Windows 8

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/278957-vmware-player-install-setup-zorin.html

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/276540-portable-os-carry-your-os-external-drive.html

http://www.sevenforums.com/virtualization/277690-vmware-player-windows-8-demo.html

And download the control sheet for a series of tutorials I made about Linux Mint - a really sexy system that is very easy to use. One major advantage of Linux is that you can safely browse on the internet without being worried about malware. Besides it is a very fast and efficient system and it is free.