Moving OS from SSD to HD

Rooster212 · 20 Sep 2011 at 00:56

Basically my SSD needs to be wiped/updated etc and I think the easiest way to keep windows would be to clone the SSD (64GB) onto the hard drive I will be buying tomorrow. However I have NO idea what program I would need or how I would do it!

I am planning on using the SSD as a cache once I have it all sorted (been getting blue screens and OCZ told me to do a load of stuff to it that will wipe it, and I want to use it as a cache using the Z68 chipset thing anyway)

Any useful pointers or guides would be great

Hagar · 20 Sep 2011 at 08:54

Clonezilla boot disk. Will create an exact copy of your system drive onto the new one.

Rooster212 · 20 Sep 2011 at 16:58

Trying it now. Won't get the chance to try it until tomorrow but will keep you posted!

skyripper · 20 Sep 2011 at 17:24

May need to turn on all the Windows 7 prefetch, superfetch stuff, indexing etc. which SSDs dont need and is normally turned off if you install Win 7 on an SSD. Although if you're only without your SSD for a week or so, not sure its worth the hassle.

Rooster212 · 20 Sep 2011 at 18:45

I'm going to be using it as a cache from now on anyway even if i RMA so its ok, i will turn it all on before i switch the data over so that it all works properly.

Philtor · 20 Sep 2011 at 21:00

There was another post where someone had problems doing this. Something to do with the 100MB system reserved partition that's created when installing Windows on the SSD. Would be interested to hear how this goes as I may need to do it myself sometime.

Rooster212 · 21 Sep 2011 at 23:13

Ok just attempted it using a guide here but it failed to clone the drive... Get a segmentation error, does this have something to do with the fact it is an SSD?

Rooster212 · 21 Sep 2011 at 23:21

It also corrupted the SSD in the process. w00t. Windows now won't boot at all.... attempting repairs.

Rooster212 · 21 Sep 2011 at 23:35

na its screwed... this is why this SSD needed RMA'ing. damn.

Rooster212 · 22 Sep 2011 at 00:03

Basically I am going to reinstall windows on the hard drive i was going to clone it to, grab any data i would have wanted from the SSD then wipe it. Just can't be bothered with any other method!

its an error that I can't seem to fix (error 0xc000000f if anyone is interested) so just going to sod it and RMA it.