HDD > SSD just backup then restore?

jimmy321 · 13 Jun 2012 at 11:28

As the title says is it just a case of backing up the current magnetic HD then doing a restore to the new SSD with the W7 disk?

Bane · 13 Jun 2012 at 11:49

You could run AS SSD benchmark on the mechanical drive so you have a before and after comparison

Would also confirm your partition is offset correctly on mechanical drive, as not sure how easy it would be to correct when restored on SSD compared to doing a fresh install.

dave_beast · 13 Jun 2012 at 11:50

Yes but before you restore use diskpart to put a 1024k offset on for correct alignment.

wazza300 · 13 Jun 2012 at 11:52

you need to run ssd in ahci mode for best read/write speeds(in the bios),if you allready installed windows and restoring it in ide mode you need to apply a reg tweak to enable ahci or else it will blue screen

google enable ahci win7 and it will tell you how,its simple and works 100%

jimmy321 · 13 Jun 2012 at 12:28

OK I googled the instructions for diskpart, it's in RAID mode in the bios and I had a smaller SSD in it a while back. Only used the mechanical HD to see me through till I got a larger SSD.