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leitr89

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Hello!

The OCZ Agility 2 60 gb SSD currently installed in my pc appears to be failing. I also have another 2 TB hard drive installed in my computer with most all of my important files, but the SSD is where my OS (Windows 7) is installed. Currently, my computer will boot to windows and function normally for about two minutes before crashing and basically restarting the PC to a screen which says "Reboot and select proper boot device."

I was able to backup anything necessary on the SSD and I then updated the firmware to the SSD successfully, but unfortunately this did not solve the problem. I have now just ordered a new Crucial MX100 250 gb SSD to replace this failing drive. What I would like to know is, can I just reinstall windows and the other few programs installed on the failing drive onto the new drive? Will my old games and programs on the 2 TB drive still function properly from this new OS installation? Any tips for undergoing this process? I no longer have the windows 7 cd that is installed currently, so I may have to go about acquiring the OS by other means if I am unable to find my installation cd.

Thank you so much for any help! Very appreciated!
 
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Given an already failing OS drive (60GB OCZ), I wouldn't bother cloning it. You may be just cloning the issues from one drive to another.

For a new OS install on the new drive, you can download the official Windows 7 ISO here:
http://www.w7forums.com/threads/official-windows-7-sp1-iso-image-downloads.12325/

Install and activate with your existing key.
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No not really. Your best bet is to buy some cloning software (or use Clonezilla, free, but a little technical) and make an attempt to move the contents of that drive to the new one. You may have to call Microsoft to reactivate in that situation, but that process is also automated.

Installing from scratch will mean that all your programs will no longer be in the registry. For some applications this is okay, but most require those entries to run properly.
 
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mbarnes86

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Hi

Most of the SSD makers provide cloning software often as images of bootable cd's
Providing your old SSD runs for long enough try to clone 56gb to 56gb on new drive
Then use a different program to expand the image to full size on new SSD
Example Gparted Linux project
Not sure if clonezilla on this disk it does not but parted magic does at a cost $4.99 per download

Regards
Mike Barnes
 
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Given an already failing OS drive (60GB OCZ), I wouldn't bother cloning it. You may be just cloning the issues from one drive to another.

For a new OS install on the new drive, you can download the official Windows 7 ISO here:
http://www.w7forums.com/threads/official-windows-7-sp1-iso-image-downloads.12325/

Install and activate with your existing key.
 
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leitr89

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Also, if I reinstall windows from scratch will I basically have to go through and uninstall and then reinstall all of the software on my 2 TB drive to have the proper registry entries?
 
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You won't have to uninstall. You can't, actually, because there are no Reg entries for those.

Resinstall in the same locations, overwriting what is there.
 
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