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    Cloning and HDD and puttin the image on an SSD

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by wajed, Sep 28, 2011.

  1. wajed

    wajed Notebook Enthusiast

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    Will my SSD degrade if I take an image of my HDD and "burn" (is that the right term?) it on my SSD?
     
    wajed, Sep 28, 2011
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    pmassey31545 Whats the mission sir?

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    Clone is the correct term I believe. I don't think it will degrade, but I have read where the data may not align properly and could cause some issues.

    That said, I cloned an HDD to SSD on my M17x R3 and had ZERO issues. But, a fresh install is always better I say. Just my opinion.........
     
    pmassey31545, Sep 28, 2011
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    tijo Sacred Blame

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    If you want to clone a HDD to a SSD, you have to make certain the software you use will align the SSD when cloning. The latest version of Acronis does it, i don't know about the other cloning utilities.
     
    tijo, Sep 28, 2011
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    pmassey31545 Whats the mission sir?

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    I did not know that. That is good info.
     
    pmassey31545, Sep 28, 2011
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    madmattd Notebook Deity

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    Also, if the source image was not originally formatted with Windows 7 (ie. NOT an upgrade from a previous OS to Win7), the alignment will be wrong unless you use a program that can REALIGN the image.
     
    madmattd, Sep 29, 2011
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    Vihsadas Notebook Enthusiast

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    However if you're going to "clone" your system image to another drive with windows system image restore, your partition will be aligned.
     
    Vihsadas, Oct 3, 2011
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    Mihael Keehl Notebook Evangelist

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    I would recommend getting making a fresh install on your SSD and getting a HDD Enclosure to house your current HDD and use it as an external hard drive to copy your entire Windows Profile "C:\Documents & Settings\Username" so as to you won't lose anything and you can selectively choose what you want on your laptop.
     
    Mihael Keehl, Oct 6, 2011
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    pkincy Notebook Evangelist

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    Is Acronis TIH 2012 alignment aware. If so that surprises me. I didn't think they were able to get that in this version.

    Now TIH 2010 and 2011 won't screw up alignment if you are starting with an aligned HDD and if you are using Windows 7 as many of us are that is enough to be certain that the new SSD is aligned.

    Easy enough to check. Do the cloning and run an AS SSD benchmark. And it will tell you if you are aligned.

    Perry
     
    pkincy, Oct 9, 2011
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    Panamaniac Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just cloned my HDD to my SSD a few days back.
    Everything is running 100x fasters and my boot time is around 16 secs...
    I used Acronis and just followed the guide it had.

    I dont know if it matters, but my WEI score went up to 7.5
     
    Panamaniac, Oct 13, 2011
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  10. makaveli72

    makaveli72 Eat.My.Shorts

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    Did this a couple days ago myself as well.

    I downloaded and used the trial version of Acronis TIH 2012;

    SSD is aligned and in good health. Envy is now more happier with its increased SATA rev 2 speeds.

    Anyone need more details on the process I took let me know.
     
    makaveli72, Oct 13, 2011
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    tlguinn_2000 Newbie

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    Can you list out the steps that you used to do this?

    I have a Dell that is fairly new, not too many programs on it, but just the usual Dell junk. However I want to put everything, including all of that junk, partitions, recovery, et. on my new 120GB SSD. Moving from a HDD.

    I have Acronis TIH 2012.
     
    tlguinn_2000, Nov 10, 2011
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    makaveli72 Eat.My.Shorts

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    makaveli72, Nov 10, 2011
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