How should I install my SSD?

HuntR11 · Mar 16, 2017

Hello, I currently have in my pc a 500gb HDD. Yesterday I bought a Samsung 850 EVO 250 GB SSD.
I noticed that samsung brings a tool to migrate the SO with many other files from the HDD to the SSD: my question is: Is it better to use Data Migration or to make a clean installation of windows in the new drive?
I would need to ask more questions later when you tell me which is the best option.

Thanks

boosted1g · Mar 16, 2017

A clean install is always ideal and most reliable.

Plenty of people have used the samsung utility with no issues (me included) but there is always the risk when transfering data to drives that some bits of data get lost/corupted.

SkyNetRising · Mar 16, 2017

boosted1g :

I'm sorry, but thats BS.
Cloning makes exact copy of original data source. Nothing gets lost/corrupted. You are left with 2 exact copies. Even if one of those gets damaged, you still have second one.

boosted1g · Mar 16, 2017

SkyNetRising :

Serriously, you are actually claiming that there is zero percent chance that when transfering TRILLIONS of bits (125 gigabyts = 1 terabit) of information that it is impossible for any of those to be read/write incorrectly??

Nothing will happen to the source drive but yes there is going to be a risk (small) that something wont copy correctly

HuntR11 · Mar 16, 2017

Once i have windows running in the SSD beside of which method i used, how can i delete windows from the HDD? Is that possible or I must wipe the drive completely?

mjslakeridge · Mar 16, 2017

You can't really delete Windows from the HDD, as bits and pieces of it are scattered all around. Copy the data you want to save to the SSD or an external drive, and format the HDD, then copy back your data.

boosted1g · Mar 16, 2017

Best option by far is as mjslakeridge said, move data off drive, wipe drive, and move data back

If that is absolutely not an option you can delete the windows, program files and program data files and that will get rid of a large bulk of it.

mjslakeridge · Mar 16, 2017

If you do decide to do a clean install of Windows on the new SSD (best option), make sure you disconnect the HDD until the install is complete, otherwise some boot files may get written to the HDD, and when you format it, the system may not boot. Just a quirk with Windows.

SkyNetRising · Mar 17, 2017

boosted1g :

There are recovery mechanisms, that prevent this from happening. It is called Cyclic Redundancy Check.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclic_redundancy_check

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