SSD advise help

Stinger53 · 21 Jan 2012 at 18:08

Hi, i want to get a SSD for my pc. i'm lookin at the M4 ones.
Main question is: is it possible to transfer win7 from my current harddrive and onto the SSD without having to buy a new copy. i own the retail version. if so how do u do it?

chaparral · 21 Jan 2012 at 18:24

Yes you can clone your harddrive onto the SSD with software like Acronis*True*Image*Home

But i would recommend you do a fresh install of windows 7
(With your retail version of windows 7 you no need to buy a new copy

Stinger53 · 21 Jan 2012 at 18:33

is there a way to remove it from the Harddrive?

wkingsnorth · 21 Jan 2012 at 18:36

Stinger53 said:
is there a way to remove it from the Harddrive?

format it and find a HDD zeroing program (fills the HDD with a load of random stuff, I assume zeros, but then what do I know?) and Zero the HDD so your data can't be retrieved if you want to sell (is that what you're asking)

chaparral · 21 Jan 2012 at 18:36

Stinger53 said:
is there a way to remove it from the Harddrive?

You can format the harddrive to remove all the data from it..

Stinger53 · 21 Jan 2012 at 18:49

ok thanks

just gotta get the money to buy one. would the m4 be the best to get? also what size would be good to get?

wkingsnorth · 21 Jan 2012 at 19:17

Stinger53 said:
ok thanks just gotta get the money to buy one. would the m4 be the best to get? also what size would be good to get?

The M4 had that 5200 hour time bomb (Has that been fixed? I'm still running firmware 0001 on mine :S) but it's a good SSD and I've got no problems with it, I doubt the 5200hour problem will still be here by the time most people get to that

. (If you're wondering, and 'bomb' is that after 5200 hours it shuts down every hour. No data loss, but still)
Size depends on what you're going to be using it for. If you have another HDD, 128gb will be fine for Windows, Office and a few other things, but it's all down to how much you use it.

Stinger53 · 21 Jan 2012 at 19:30

wkingsnorth said:
The M4 had that 5200 hour time bomb (Has that been fixed? I'm still running firmware 0001 on mine :S) but it's a good SSD and I've got no problems with it, I doubt the 5200hour problem will still be here by the time most people get to that . (If you're wondering, and 'bomb' is that after 5200 hours it shuts down every hour. No data loss, but still)
Size depends on what you're going to be using it for. If you have another HDD, 128gb will be fine for Windows, Office and a few other things, but it's all down to how much you use it.

cheers what are the corsair ones like?
i have a 1tb hdd atm. so a 128 would do prob.

chaparral · 21 Jan 2012 at 20:27

wkingsnorth said:
The M4 had that 5200 hour time bomb (Has that been fixed?

Yes with the 309 firmware

Link to firmware here http://www.crucial.com/support/firmware.aspx

Stinger53 said:
also what size would be good to get?

128GB

Stinger53 said:
cheers what are the corsair ones like?
.

I would recommend a Crucial RealSSD M4 over a corsair

There been a lot of people on here that had problems with some the corsair SSD's (including myself )

Stinger53 · 21 Jan 2012 at 22:39

chaparral said:
Yes with the 309 firmware
Link to firmware here http://www.crucial.com/support/firmware.aspx

128GB

I would recommend a Crucial RealSSD M4 over a corsair

There been a lot of people on here that had problems with some the corsair SSD's (including myself )

thanks i will get a 128gb m4 as soon as i have saved up enough