how easy is it to transfer my OS to a SSD

Matskiuk · 9 Aug 2017 at 15:02

doing it now, 1% every 5-8 mins, going to take along time

Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
AMD A10-5800K
RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 799MHz (10-10-10-28)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. F2A85X-UP4 (P0)
Graphics
2 monitors (1920x1080@60Hz)
3071MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti (ZOTAC International)

laddy · 9 Aug 2017 at 16:08

i use my ssd for my os everything else goes to another drive, apart from a few games! When i have to use an image file for recovery purposes or a refresh, it sure is quick to do.

Matskiuk · 9 Aug 2017 at 19:12

at 87% might be finished by 22:00 (18:12ht now)

BenhB · 9 Aug 2017 at 20:35

Thats not bad

Matskiuk · 9 Aug 2017 at 21:35

ok done, had an issue tho, comp wouldnt boot with the old c drive plugged in

boot time soooooooooooooo much faster now

just need to work out how to plug in the old c drive etc without confusing the bios boot time thing

Matskiuk · 9 Aug 2017 at 21:46

ive noticed that the ssd is in "index" settings, and read that is doesnt need to be so turning that off, taking a while

i appreciate your help guys so far

anything else you can help me with?

HoneyBadger · 9 Aug 2017 at 22:08

The non-booting sounds like the PC is finding to MBR's (Boot loaders) and doesn't know which one to load. Are you using Win10?

Matskiuk · 9 Aug 2017 at 22:34

win 7

Matskiuk · 10 Aug 2017 at 11:43

Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
AMD A10-5800K
RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 799MHz (10-10-10-28)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. F2A85X-UP4 (P0)
Graphics
2 monitors (1920x1080@60Hz)
3071MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti (ZOTAC International)

BenhB · 10 Aug 2017 at 15:57

Glad it all went ok. Best thing to do is make sure the boot drive is plugged into SATA port 0. Then in Bios settings make sure that port is set as the 1st port. This will save problems in future if you have to reset the BIOS for any reason. Although it should still boot from the old drive if it sees that first.

Matskiuk · 12 Aug 2017 at 23:14

saying its ok, isnt 100% going right

every now and then, it wont boot, ive had to disconnect one of my (non capable booting) drives and the restart, it boots, and then i shut down and then connect it and it boots, no chance so far in connecting my old "c" drive, my bios is acting weird, i try to say "only boot from my new ssd" but it still hangs, ive tried to turn off all other options of looking at other boot options, scarey moment, said there was no boot drive available, my new ssd was plugged it but for a while it wasn't recognized, i did swap about the cables trying to make it port 0, didn't work, its port 6 and looks like it'll stay that way as it boots