I built my first machine about 2 weeks ago. I didn't jump for an SSD right away, because I felt the price was beyond my range, but Newegg just ran a deal for a Corsair S300 128GB for $200, which combined with a $20 gift card, made it a very attractive deal. I bought it when there was about 1/2 hour left on the sale.
When I set up my original Windows 7 install on my 1TB HDD, I put it in a 64GB C: partition, with the rest in the D: partition, thinking it would be easy to just transfer the C: partition to a new SSD if I ever decided to upgrade.
What would be the best way to go about transferring Win7 to the new SSD? Should I use cloning software or should I back it up? I think I read somewhere that cloning it doesn't transfer everything.
I guess what I'm worried about is whether or not that hidden system drive will transfer over. I'm also concerned about cloning a 64GB partition to a 128GB drive. I have done a notebook HDD upgrade a while ago, but I had problems managing partitions.
I guess another option would be to just reinstall Win7 on the new drive, but I'm not looking forward to re-downloading all the windows updates and drivers. I've also got programs already installed on my C: drive that I don't want to have to reinstall.
I've tried searching several threads to see if others were in this situation, but I've come up empty so far.
Any feedback or suggestions would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
When I set up my original Windows 7 install on my 1TB HDD, I put it in a 64GB C: partition, with the rest in the D: partition, thinking it would be easy to just transfer the C: partition to a new SSD if I ever decided to upgrade.
What would be the best way to go about transferring Win7 to the new SSD? Should I use cloning software or should I back it up? I think I read somewhere that cloning it doesn't transfer everything.
I guess what I'm worried about is whether or not that hidden system drive will transfer over. I'm also concerned about cloning a 64GB partition to a 128GB drive. I have done a notebook HDD upgrade a while ago, but I had problems managing partitions.
I guess another option would be to just reinstall Win7 on the new drive, but I'm not looking forward to re-downloading all the windows updates and drivers. I've also got programs already installed on my C: drive that I don't want to have to reinstall.
I've tried searching several threads to see if others were in this situation, but I've come up empty so far.
Any feedback or suggestions would be greatly appreciated, thanks!