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I decided to post this thread since there arent many threads answering question on Cloning an SSD to a harddrive and restoring back 
(only thread i found was this link)
I designed a software using windows kernel functions like CreateFile(), ReadFile() and WriteFile() that I use to clone my Full OS partition after clean installation. This writes every byte of the OS partition to another hard drive. My OS Patition is 60GB.
This has been helpful since in case of any device error/virus/corrupted file, I can always restore my OS fully back from an Image that I created initially. Reason to develop my own is because I was apprehensive of third party free softwares which provide limited functions.
This has been helpful sofar but I am planning to use the same with SSD.
I am aware that such a heavy write routine on SSD can limit the performance. Anyway I donot use this technique so often ( i have used my software only 5 times in past 3 years to restore windows 7 )
After reading about write levelling, TRIM commands, defragging, and monitoring writes to an SSD, I am beginning to think whether my software should include any additional functionality before using effectively on SSD (other than simple read/write of sectors from start to end)
Is this a bad idea?
Has anyone seen any steep degradation in performance even after 2-3 clone writes with any 3pt softwares ?
Will there be any performance issues even after couple of writes like this ?
(only thread i found was this link)
I designed a software using windows kernel functions like CreateFile(), ReadFile() and WriteFile() that I use to clone my Full OS partition after clean installation. This writes every byte of the OS partition to another hard drive. My OS Patition is 60GB.
This has been helpful since in case of any device error/virus/corrupted file, I can always restore my OS fully back from an Image that I created initially. Reason to develop my own is because I was apprehensive of third party free softwares which provide limited functions.
This has been helpful sofar but I am planning to use the same with SSD.
I am aware that such a heavy write routine on SSD can limit the performance. Anyway I donot use this technique so often ( i have used my software only 5 times in past 3 years to restore windows 7 )
After reading about write levelling, TRIM commands, defragging, and monitoring writes to an SSD, I am beginning to think whether my software should include any additional functionality before using effectively on SSD (other than simple read/write of sectors from start to end)
Is this a bad idea?
Has anyone seen any steep degradation in performance even after 2-3 clone writes with any 3pt softwares ?
Will there be any performance issues even after couple of writes like this ?
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