Adding ssd as boot drive to an existing system

Grafter67 · 20 Mar 2014 at 04:42

One of my pc's was shop bought with windows 7 oem 32-bit. It didn't come with a windows dvd but I do have the genuine license number.

I've previously upgraded the CPU and ram without problems, but now I want to move the C: drive to an SSD.

It seems like I can download an ISO image of Win7 for the new drive or clone the existing drive and either way then go through the phone license update?. Is there a big advantage or disadvantage to one over the other?

Draeger · 20 Mar 2014 at 07:54

I wouldn't go from a SATA IDE HDD to an SSD with a cloned image. You would be much better off doing a fresh install, avoiding alignment issues and get the best performance level from the SSD. Win7 will optimise the drive during the install process. Lot's of info on doing so here on the forums.

KIA · 20 Mar 2014 at 10:26

http://www.paragon-software.com/technologies/components/migrate-OS-to-SSD/

Grafter67 · 21 Mar 2014 at 02:34

Thanks.

One more question. Can I legitimately go from 32-bit to 64-bit on the same license with a fresh install?

marc2003 · 21 Mar 2014 at 03:29

Grafter67 said:
Thanks.

One more question. Can I legitimately go from 32-bit to 64-bit on the same license with a fresh install?

yes. the keyword there being fresh. you can't upgrade. i'm sure you know that but not everyone does.