Hello Everybody,
I'm new to the forum so please excuse me if I am posting this topic in the wrong section. If somebody tells me that there is a better place to post this topic to get a good answer I'll gladly repost it to wherever you suggest.
I also know that most of my topic might seem stupid to somebody but, even though I use the PC to work and I am an above average user, I am no expert at all... so please excuse me one more time for the stupidity of this topic.
well, let's not waste any more words asking for forgiveness and let's move to my problem
Some time ago I bought an Alienware m17xr4 with:
1) 128GB mSATA SSD Boot + 750GB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s
2) Windows 8
and I thought that Windows 8 would come installed on the SSD but I was wrong... it came installed on the HDD... (my first sign of stupidity)
my main question is: can I migrate the whole "C:" (or Win8) from the HDD to the SSD?
(I would like to use the SSD as the disk that hosts my OS, because I use my alienware also at work and I need disk speed to quicken a bit heavy simulations and some of the programs that I use do not accept to be installed anywhere else but the same disk that hosts my OS.)
if it is possible to migrate "C:", how do I do it? (is there any user manual that I can use?)
Moreover, I know that I have partitions on the HDD such as:
-EFI
-OEM
-2 recovery partitions (one is 500Mb and the other 5.63Gb)
and I don't know how intertwined are they to the disk that hosts my OS... will they be affected in any aspect by migrating only "C:" to the SSD and leaving them in the HDD? (I would like for them to remain where they are to spare SSD space)
Supposing that everything I said it is possible and causes no problems, I'd have the last set of boring questions to ask:
If the above mentioned partitions remain on the HDD and I succesfully migrate "C:" to the SSD, whenever I need to restore my pc (pressing f11 at start up if I am not mistaken) the process actually formats my "C:" and reinstalls the OS starting from the ricovery partitions of the HDD... In such a case, will the recovery process recognize that it has to install Win8 on the SSD smoothly or having changed the primary disk and having to reinstall Win8 from a recovery partition in the HDD to my SSD will cause some inconvenience?
If the recovery process is compromised because of the fact that I moved "C:" from the HDD to the SSD leaving the recovery partition on the HDD, how can I change the recovery settings to make them use my SSD as primary disk for the reinstallation of Win8 should I need to?
I don't know if I have explained myself clearly or if my questions are utterly stupid so please, if you think you might be able to help me but you haven't understood something just ask me and I'll try to be more clear or less stupid about it.
thank you very much
cheers Everybody
Zeph.
I'm new to the forum so please excuse me if I am posting this topic in the wrong section. If somebody tells me that there is a better place to post this topic to get a good answer I'll gladly repost it to wherever you suggest.
I also know that most of my topic might seem stupid to somebody but, even though I use the PC to work and I am an above average user, I am no expert at all... so please excuse me one more time for the stupidity of this topic.
well, let's not waste any more words asking for forgiveness and let's move to my problem
Some time ago I bought an Alienware m17xr4 with:
1) 128GB mSATA SSD Boot + 750GB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s
2) Windows 8
and I thought that Windows 8 would come installed on the SSD but I was wrong... it came installed on the HDD... (my first sign of stupidity)
my main question is: can I migrate the whole "C:" (or Win8) from the HDD to the SSD?
(I would like to use the SSD as the disk that hosts my OS, because I use my alienware also at work and I need disk speed to quicken a bit heavy simulations and some of the programs that I use do not accept to be installed anywhere else but the same disk that hosts my OS.)
if it is possible to migrate "C:", how do I do it? (is there any user manual that I can use?)
Moreover, I know that I have partitions on the HDD such as:
-EFI
-OEM
-2 recovery partitions (one is 500Mb and the other 5.63Gb)
and I don't know how intertwined are they to the disk that hosts my OS... will they be affected in any aspect by migrating only "C:" to the SSD and leaving them in the HDD? (I would like for them to remain where they are to spare SSD space)
Supposing that everything I said it is possible and causes no problems, I'd have the last set of boring questions to ask:
If the above mentioned partitions remain on the HDD and I succesfully migrate "C:" to the SSD, whenever I need to restore my pc (pressing f11 at start up if I am not mistaken) the process actually formats my "C:" and reinstalls the OS starting from the ricovery partitions of the HDD... In such a case, will the recovery process recognize that it has to install Win8 on the SSD smoothly or having changed the primary disk and having to reinstall Win8 from a recovery partition in the HDD to my SSD will cause some inconvenience?
If the recovery process is compromised because of the fact that I moved "C:" from the HDD to the SSD leaving the recovery partition on the HDD, how can I change the recovery settings to make them use my SSD as primary disk for the reinstallation of Win8 should I need to?
I don't know if I have explained myself clearly or if my questions are utterly stupid so please, if you think you might be able to help me but you haven't understood something just ask me and I'll try to be more clear or less stupid about it.
thank you very much
cheers Everybody
Zeph.
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