Cloning c:\HDD to c:\SSD

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Yogi2367

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I have just purchased a 500GB Samsung SSD 850 EVO and want to replace my 500GB Western Digital Caviar Blue c:\ drive.
What is the best way to do that ... with the enclosed Samsung software, or something more akin to Acronis True Image?
Ideally, I do not want to erase the WD Caviar ... just in case.
I am running 64 bit Windows 7 Pro.
 
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WyomingKnott

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The enclosed Samsung software should work fine - they have plenty of experience in the subject.

Be sure to check the settings on the SATA port - if it's in legacy IDE mode, you won't get TRIM support and the drive will slow down. You may have to to a Windows tweak to support AHCI mode if it's currently not set, or the Samsung software may do it for you.

Cloning will not erase the drive - put it in a drawer as a spare boot drive, just in case.
 
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boosted1g

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The macrium utility suggested is a good utility, but Samsung's data migration tool is very straight forward and easy to use.

So use the included software.

Do check your motherboard for AHCI or IDE mode as suggested, if you are in fact in IDE mode we can get you some instructions on how to tweak windows so that you can change it.
 
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WyomingKnott

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I'd have to read the manual for that. There are many options. The ones that I know are to

1) Make a well-known tweak to your win7. Shut down. Boot to BIOS. Change the port to AHCI. Boot. If all goes well, clone your drive.

However, this comes with a risk. You are tweaking your only copy of the OS and, if it fails, you have a useless OS. Because I always have complete image backups of my OS I don't care, so this is how I do it.

2) Clone the OS as is. Your old drive is the safety. Do the tweak on the new drive. This is safer, but sub-optimal.

3) Some cloning software will make the adjustment as it clones. That's the one that I'd need to see the manual to tell you whether or not it will work. This is the simplest solution: bring up the cloning software, tell it to prepare the clone to be an SSD (this will also affect alignment boundaries) and support AHCI, remove the original HDD, set the port to ACHI, and boot.

Can you pop us a link to the manual for the included software? Otherwise, go with path 2 as safest.

 
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boosted1g

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Do the switch before migration so you know it is working

Follow these steps. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/61869-ahci-enable-windows-7-vista.html
You will boot up windows 7 still in IDE mode, make the registry change, select to restart pc but instead go into bios, change to AHCI mode, and then let windows boot.
If done correctly windows will boot and automatically install the AHCI drivers.
 
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