Just bought a SSD

I ordered a Mushkin Sata III SSD and a 12.7 MM Optical drive to 2.5 HDD Caddy. Hopefully I got that all right lol. I'm just boggling my mind right now how I'm going to install a new copy of windows and then delete the old one off the other HDD. Then I need to find that guide for optimizing Windows for a SSD. It's only 60GB so I need to shrink the out of it. Also need to do this with out an optical drive. :s.
I've searched multiple multiple times and I can't find that guide for optimizing SSD's for windows use which told you how to make a bootable USB flash install for windows and shrinking it down.. Also is there any programs that will help me maintain sector alignment? Once I get the drive I plan to take many pictures, write a good review of the experience and make a little tutorial on how to do all this. =]

 

I believe you may find this guides handy The SSD Optimization Guide - The SSD Review

As for Bootable USB with Windows 7 AND SSD optimization...Which links have you checked?

I what are your plans for the 60GB SSD?

If you're worried about space, you could try what this guy has suggested (please ignore the SSD in RAID 0, near the bottom he does discuss mounting HDD to folders in your SSD) Righthooks Guide to RAID with Solid State Drives and Multi Disk file Management | Trubritar News
That may help you out.

 

Here's a link to make a bootable USB with the Microsoft supplied tool:

Microsoft Store Online

As for optimization, just disabling the paging file (or shrinking it drastically), greatly limiting the system restore size (2-5% or so), and turning off hibernation will make a huge difference. If you're going to have a second hard drive, consider doing a system link on the C:/Users folder to D:/Users (or whatever drive letter your second drive is). Doing custom installations on programs to make them use the D:/ drive is also helpful.

Move the Users Directory in Windows 7

I've had a 60GB SSD in my desktop for two years now and doing the above stuff has kept it manageable.

 

- That is a great guide I and I found it helpful. I also like this one : http://www.overclock.net/t/1156654/seans-windows-7-install-optimization-guide-for-ssds-hdds
- For the Bootable USB I'm going to use the link Anthony provided however I need to figure out how to get my copy of Windows into a ISO file. I think I can just convert the DVD into an ISO and then use that?
- I'm going to install Windows 7 on the SSD and then I'm going to use it for video editing, 500mb/s read speeds will be very nice in Sony Vegas. After that I don't think I'll have any room to put games on it but if so I will.

- Thanks, I'm making a bootable flash install of Windows right now.
- I will turn off hibernation. With a 20 second boot time why bother doing anything else but a complete shut down/start up.
- I plan using my HDD for as much 'paging' as I can. Asides from paging related to Sony Vegas, Photoshop etc.


The only part I'm skeptical on now is alignment actually installing it. I don't think there is much documentation so I'm going to make a write up to help provide that for anyone looking to do the same thing. Also after I put windows on the SSD can I just shift+delete everything related to my install of windows on my HDD? Or is there a better way of doing this lol?
Hopefully prices on these things drop next year so I can get 2 500GB ones and do RAID-0. 1g/bs read speeds please!

 

If you don't plan to just format the entire drive after you install the SSD, you'll have to go through and delete all the files related to the old Windows install. I'd recommend just backing up what you need and formatting the drive though. (then putting everything back).

I didn't see what model you have, but forum user Theriko has made available the service manuals for most Clevo laptops:

Free Cloud Storage Made Simple - MediaFire

 

I don't have a secondary drive to back up everything onto. I guess I could transfer everything over to my GF's laptop using the network. 100GB/S at 100MB/s which should take about a half hour if I'm doing my math correct. Oh and I have a P151HM from Malibal. I should update my sig.

 

For converting your Windows 7 disk to an ISO, you could use CDBurnerXP - Download.com

Another suggestion is to just download the .iso file from this website, the link is http://forum.notebookreview.com/windows-os-software/604187-legal-download-digitalriver-windows-7-sp1-13-languages.html

There is also a program to remove the ei.cfg file so you can use a single disk for any version of Windows, provided you have the legal product key to use that version. Create Windows 7 Universal ISO With All Editions Selection On Install with ei.cfg Removal Utility My Digital Life

 

That tool was not allowing me to select the ISO I have.
Instead I copied the DVD directly to the flash drive in DOS using the xcopy command.