ive been using a 1TB HDD for a while now its been fine but ive decided to upgrade to a new SSD since ive heard great things about them. I got a 500GB Samsung 850 EVO installed in my motherboard now and i used a software called "Macrium Reflect" to clone all my data from my HDD to my SSD it now it says I have 72.4GB free out of 465GB on the drive. I went to the BIOS tried booting up and it took ALOT longer to boot... than my pc ever has, i installed the software that samsung provided with the CD so i could optimize it to my OS. it says its at maximum performance and it has been trimed in the process. soo... im not sure why the heck its running a heck of alot slower..
SSD booting up slower than my HDD?
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techgeek
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There can be issues imaging your old drive to an SSD. SSD data alignment can be different than HDD's. It's almost always preferable to do a clean install on an SSD. Windows will partition your SSD correctly so there aren't data alignment issues.
One thing about doing the clean install method is that you don't even have to touch your HDD, just leave it disconnected while you install Windows and get all the drivers / updates / apps set up. Then reconnect the HDD and copy the data over to the SSD that you want. Once you have everything working, then you can format your HDD and use it as storage.
One thing about doing the clean install method is that you don't even have to touch your HDD, just leave it disconnected while you install Windows and get all the drivers / updates / apps set up. Then reconnect the HDD and copy the data over to the SSD that you want. Once you have everything working, then you can format your HDD and use it as storage.
JohnnyLucky
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^5 +1 what techgeek said.
A fresh clean install is the preferred method of installation.
Cloning applications work reasonably well but sometimes glitches develop. We've had far too many threads in this forum section about cloning problems.
There is another reason for a fresh clean install. Windows does not do a very good job to deleting actual Windows files and registry entries that are no longer needed. Back in the early days we used to say Windows turns into a bloated pig.
A fresh clean install is the preferred method of installation.
Cloning applications work reasonably well but sometimes glitches develop. We've had far too many threads in this forum section about cloning problems.
There is another reason for a fresh clean install. Windows does not do a very good job to deleting actual Windows files and registry entries that are no longer needed. Back in the early days we used to say Windows turns into a bloated pig.
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