SSD - Install and Transfer the Operating System

Just a quick query and has probably been covered but can't find it.

Have just got my 128GGB Crucial and ant to istall th eOS onto it and keep my Seagates as backups.
1. The machine is set for ACHI do I have to reset it before running the SSD?
2. Do I have reinstall my security as they will see me as using the same activation code on two machines and ? stop me.
3. Is it better just to transfer the security after the OS is on and delete it from the "old" drive.
4.I have two Seagates 1TB in situ and do clone from time to time from one to the other with EaseUS can I still clone the SSD to those without wiping the Seagates?

ICit2lol said:

Just a quick query and has probably been covered but can't find it.

Have just got my 128GGB Crucial and ant to istall th eOS onto it and keep my Seagates as backups.
1. The machine is set for ACHI do I have to reset it before running the SSD?
2. Do I have reinstall my security as they will see me as using the same activation code on two machines and ? stop me.
3. Is it better just to transfer the security after the OS is on and delete it from the "old" drive.
4.I have two Seagates 1TB in situ and do clone from time to time from one to the other with EaseUS can I still clone the SSD to those without wiping the Seagates?

1. Leave the setting in BIOS to AHCI before installing the SSD.
2. Try uninstalling security from the Hard Drive before you put in back on the SSD.
3.See #2
4. Yes you can. :)

Britton30 said:

ICit2lol said:

Just a quick query and has probably been covered but can't find it.

Have just got my 128GGB Crucial and ant to istall th eOS onto it and keep my Seagates as backups.
1. The machine is set for ACHI do I have to reset it before running the SSD?
2. Do I have reinstall my security as they will see me as using the same activation code on two machines and ? stop me.
3. Is it better just to transfer the security after the OS is on and delete it from the "old" drive.
4.I have two Seagates 1TB in situ and do clone from time to time from one to the other with EaseUS can I still clone the SSD to those without wiping the Seagates?

1. Leave the setting in BIOS to AHCI before installing the SSD.
2. Try uninstalling security from the Hard Drive before you put in back on the SSD.
3.See #2
4. Yes you can. :)

Thanks mate you're a brick

Meant to say it's so tiny I didn't realise!

mjf said:

I plan to keep my current OS Seagate as an active drive after installing an SSD. So I can boot normally to the SSD and use the data partitions on the Seagate but boot to the Seagate if needed.

I think this is similar to ICit2lol's requirement. The point I want to make is that the Seagate and SSD will need to have different disk signatures.

Spot on MJF thats just what I wanted to do I was just concerned re the security coverage using the SSD and the drives as backups but Britton has explained that bit so it's full steam ahead as soon as I get my jobs done woo-hoo!!

MJF, only your boot partition should be active.

Britton30 said:

MJF, only your boot partition should be active.

Gary, I think Michael is talking about 2 different physical drives from where he loads switching with the BIOS boot order.