- Apr 29, 2013
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I'm planning to move my OS onto a SSD, but I need a better idea of what I'm doing first!
I'm currently running Windows Vista but I've heard that Vista has problems with using SSDs, so I'm wondering about upgrading to Windows 7.
So... would I be better off installing Windows 7 on the SSD, then booting from that and using my HD as a data drive, or upgrading Vista to W7 while it's still on my HD, then cloning it over to the SSD? Upgrading first sounds like the best option, because that should preserve/convert all my files and programs and so on, but I've also seen clean installs on SSD advised.
Alternatively, I suppose I could skip windows 7 for now and just clone vista over since I already have the SSD
Obviously, I would like to have to reinstall as few things as possible, and I'll make a backup before I change anything. Which should I go for?
I'm currently running Windows Vista but I've heard that Vista has problems with using SSDs, so I'm wondering about upgrading to Windows 7.
So... would I be better off installing Windows 7 on the SSD, then booting from that and using my HD as a data drive, or upgrading Vista to W7 while it's still on my HD, then cloning it over to the SSD? Upgrading first sounds like the best option, because that should preserve/convert all my files and programs and so on, but I've also seen clean installs on SSD advised.
Alternatively, I suppose I could skip windows 7 for now and just clone vista over since I already have the SSD
Obviously, I would like to have to reinstall as few things as possible, and I'll make a backup before I change anything. Which should I go for?
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