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    HP dv6t Quad Edition - How to Clone Win 7 x64 Installation with MBR?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by nisjoker, Dec 20, 2009.

  1. nisjoker

    nisjoker Notebook Guru

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    I would like the replace the HDD in my HP dv6t Quad with an SSD. Questions:

    A. What is the best option to clone the OS (Win 7x 64 Prof) to the SSD? I want to be able to directly clone with drive without creating an image in between and doing a restore from that image. And the MBR should also be cloned. Some options that I know of are: Norton Ghost (Do I need v15 or v14 will work?), Acronis True Image Home (Not heard good things about it), StorageCraft's ShadowProtect (This might not work as I think I need to create an image first?)

    B. And what partitions should I absolutely clone to the SSD? Current partitions are: C: (OS), D: (Recovery), System and HP_Tools


    Thanks in advance for your advice. Regards.
     
    nisjoker, Dec 20, 2009
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  2. timesquaredesi

    timesquaredesi MagicPeople VooDooPeople

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    C is the only one to clone. if you look around on this forum, you will see a few people mentioning some hard drive cloning programs - ghost, cloneHD i think is the other one.

    however, i think a clean installation would be best to get the best performance out of your new drive.
     
    timesquaredesi, Dec 20, 2009
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