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    OS migration software

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by jamielampert, Oct 7, 2015.

  1. jamielampert

    jamielampert Notebook Enthusiast

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    i want to migrate my OS from one SSD to another SSD. Anyone recommend any software to do this.

    Thanks
    Jamie
     
    jamielampert, Oct 7, 2015
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    Can you explain a bit how this software works?
     
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    I am not sure how others feel about this but if I am upgrading to a new SSD I like starting out fresh. I have had so many problems in the past migrating one to the other it just is not worth it...I am trying to keep as much of my hair as I can :rolleyes:
     
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    My thoughts too, no offense see to the OP but people who do OS migration from an HDD to an SSD are just being lazy. If you want to unleash the full performance of your SSD you have to format and do a clean install, nothing beats that.
     
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    Guess I am lazy then. I will say though my first startup install with the SSD was a fresh one to get rid of the bloatware. I did this though on day one of receiving the machine.
     
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    I am not trying to be a dick but I don't really care what your feeling are about weather or not I am lazy for doing a migration instead of a clean install. I was asking what program would be best to do so.
     
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    Macrium Reflect. Period. How? Google it
     
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    What if I want to migrate from one ssd to another ssd?
     
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    The OP specifically said from one SSD to another.
     
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    To me it's no different...hdd to ssd or ssd to ssd. Start fresh
     
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    there is no need to start fresh. a migration is no different if it is done right.
     
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    oh yes it is different! tried it many times and there's always a performance hit in migration. Old AHCI drivers, the IRST driver registered on the old SSD because when you do install IRST (if you do and if you actually care about performance), after the initial reboot, it actually installs an updated controller driver which is then linked to the current HDD/SSD. When you migrate you are not having the same IRST driver link that was supposed to be installed on the SSD/HDD. All that logic aside, the benchmarks do not lie.

    But hey, it's your system, do whatever you want!
     
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    Macrum reflect free will do a nice job, I used it to, Going from Samsung 840 EVO to 850 Pro,SSD to SSD,its called cloning a drive, macrum reflect has video on it and step by step instructions, its the best one I have used. If the drives are different sizes,,using disk properties to adjust the C- partition with windows on it--up or down---very easy

    with cloning you copy all the free space too, so make adjustment up and down on the windows partition,,,easy

    One more note if your cloning windows 10, keep an eye out for another partition that is generated-it will have a drive letter-called recovery partition-nothing on it,, I used amoei partition assistant to delete the partition and update the entire drive--very easy--. Win 10 thinks there might not be enough room for recovery so it generates another partition-actually plenty of space.

    http://www.disk-partition.com/free-partition-manager.html

    As too cloning it has big advantages-all the privacy,driver updates, programs ect, settings are transferred over, no need to start from square one again and reinstall all the drivers ect.

    Think of cloning as running raid 1--mirror image drives--nothing to be superstitious about, or peddle gossip.. the mirrored drive works perfectly well, when main drive falls out and it becomes mirrored by another drive or cluster of drives-simply put.

    One more thing adjust windows 10 the way you want it,,privacy, ect,, Win 10 is a super charged dragster compared to older windows systems that are much slower, its a smarter op sys, so be smarter, dont retreat--move forward.

    Cheers
    3Fees :)

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    When I went to clone the drive it was telling me that it could not be cloned because it was a dynamic drive. I was really confused because if I went into my disk management my drives were not labeled as dynamic, they were labeled as basic. any info on that?

    I also downloaded macrium and tried to install it and nothing happened. any info on that as well?
     
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