dcr Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 i wish to clone a HDD to a SSD. obviously I would have to make the partition of the HDD to match the complete size of the SSD (even smaller to make sure the boot sector is always coppied) Is this possible? Would Windows 7 automatically "switch" to ssd mode? thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_K Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Look up gparted and try that. Will it switch to the SSD, good question, try it and see (run the TRIM enabled commands). It should do once booted, drivers are installed/reconfigured and you've restarted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikey_richie Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 http://lifehacker.com/5837543/how-to-migrate-to-a-solid+state-drive-without-reinstalling-windows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcr Posted April 19, 2013 Author Share Posted April 19, 2013 Look up gparted and try that. Will it switch to the SSD, good question, try it and see (run the TRIM enabled commands). It should do once booted, drivers are installed/reconfigured and you've restarted. cloning the drive shouldnt be difficult at all as ive done it and i know the tools, im just worried about Windows 7 detecting it correctly. btw, this isnt for me so i cant try it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchie64 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 clonezilla? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcr Posted April 19, 2013 Author Share Posted April 19, 2013 clonezilla? thats the tool ill use the problem is going from (example) 200GB HDD to 160GB SSD. There are problems as you see in size diffference so I want to make sure that if that 200GB HD partiion is shrinked to 160 (150 just in case) if everything (including boot sector) will work correctly AND that Windows 7 detects it is SSD and turns on its wear tear protection mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schramh Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 I have just used Ghost to do a disk to disk image to my new SSD. Worked like a charm. Just make sure that you make the nessecary changes in the BIOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz99 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 I have just used Ghost to do a disk to disk image to my new SSD. Worked like a charm. Just make sure that you make the nessecary changes in the BIOS. Is ghost really works with Windows 7 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrayW Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 There is an parameter that tells CloneZilla to ignore drive size http://www.clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live/doc/03_Disk_to_disk_clone/advanced/05-advanced-param.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted April 19, 2013 Global Moderator Share Posted April 19, 2013 I used this guide last year when I installed a SSD into my HTPC. Worked like it should...and easy to follow (probably similar to what Spikey linked to). http://www.howtogeek.com/97242/how-to-migrate-windows-7-to-a-solid-state-drive/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcr Posted April 19, 2013 Author Share Posted April 19, 2013 I have just used Ghost to do a disk to disk image to my new SSD. Worked like a charm. Just make sure that you make the nessecary changes in the BIOS. clonezilla (dd) is a lot more accurate than ghost. i know it can be done but i think y ou guys are missing my MAIN questions :) 1: will windows 7 change to ssd mode? 2: will bigger to smaller work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted April 19, 2013 Global Moderator Share Posted April 19, 2013 clonezilla (dd) is a lot more accurate than ghost. i know it can be done but i think y ou guys are missing my MAIN questions :) 1: will windows 7 change to ssd mode? 2: will bigger to smaller work? Did you read the lifehacker or howtogeek article? It answers both of those questions. Short answer is yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason S. Global Moderator Posted April 19, 2013 Global Moderator Share Posted April 19, 2013 i literally just did this a few days ago. I replaced a std hd in my laptop at work w/ an SSD. I used Acronis to make a backup (tlb) of the drive, then restored the image to the SSD. the only downside is that the SSD has much more capacity than the hd so i had unallocated space on the SSD. That can be remedied with software to merge the space or just create another partition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Hopefully you guys are using a utility that correctly aligns the partition for SSD drives. Do some google research into Alignment checking on an SSD. Otherwise you are going to have performance issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freak180 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 I was wondering this myself but What about from 60GB SSD to a 120GB SSD. I currently have 1 GB free right now :( what would I have to tweak in the BIOS in order for it to work properly? I would be using cloneZilla btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 I was wondering this myself but What about from 60GB SSD to a 120GB SSD. I currently have 1 GB free right now :( what would I have to tweak in the BIOS in order for it to work properly? I would be using cloneZilla btw Shouldn't have to "tweak" anything, especially if you are already using an SSD.. Honestly I don't think a BIOS knows the difference between a HDD and SSD, it just see's it as a drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 thats the tool ill use the problem is going from (example) 200GB HDD to 160GB SSD. There are problems as you see in size diffference so I want to make sure that if that 200GB HD partiion is shrinked to 160 (150 just in case) if everything (including boot sector) will work correctly AND that Windows 7 detects it is SSD and turns on its wear tear protection mode. Macrium software will adjust the partitions, expand or shrink: http://kb.macrium.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50081.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcr Posted April 19, 2013 Author Share Posted April 19, 2013 xendrome is the only one who has understood my question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radium Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Why not just create the partitions on the new drive, use XCOPY (command line tool in Windows) and then use BOOTSECT.EXE to write boot sector and use DISKPART (another tool in Windows) to make sure that the correct partition is set as bootable? I recommend starting from the beginning when moving from one drive to another. Is the computer UEFI compatible? Does the current drive use GPT or MBR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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