Transfering OS

[Feronix]

Heya guys,

I just took the SSD out of my spare rig, as I'm not using it at the moment. I'm still fully mechanical on my main rig, so I want to put the SSD in there.

Is there any way to transfer the OS from my HDD to the SSD without losing anything? (There is a whole lot of other crap on the same partition (I only have one) on the HDD)

Thanks in advance guys!

PS: My HDD has started making ratteling noises lately, should I be worried?

 

[jamesriley94]

Heya guys,

I just took the SSD out of my spare rig, as I'm not using it at the moment. I'm still fully mechanical on my main rig, so I want to put the SSD in there.

Is there any way to transfer the OS from my HDD to the SSD without losing anything? (There is a whole lot of other crap on the same partition (I only have one) on the HDD)

Thanks in advance guys!

PS: My HDD has started making ratteling noises lately, should I be worried?

There's a program called Acronis True Image that will copy your HDD exactly onto the SSD. Tbh though, I'd always clean install the OS. Never been a fan of moving stuff over and doing OS upgrades and stuff.

 

[Chris230291]

I'm not a regular Windows user so forgive me if i'm wrong... When you boot into the install DVD/ISO and you go to install Windows, is there not an option to do what you want to do? I.E, Do a fresh install on the SSD and transfer your settings and files over from the old HDD?

 

[vorticalbox]

make sure you enable ACHI mode in your BIOS and if you do copy your OS over then i suggest you check trim setting is enable, this is enabled by default when you install but i am unsure if it would be copying the OS over from a mechanical.

fsutil behavior query DisableDeleteNotify

0 = on
1 = off

if it comes back as off then run

fsutil behavior set DisableDeleteNotify 0

Also hearing the hard drive can be a sign its on the way out.

 

[Feronix]

There's a program called Acronis True Image that will copy your HDD exactly onto the SSD. Tbh though, I'd always clean install the OS. Never been a fan of moving stuff over and doing OS upgrades and stuff.

Thanks mate, I'll check it out. Can you also copy only parts of your HDD (folders)? Otherwise I'm just going to have to do a clean install.

I'm not a regular Windows user so forgive me if i'm wrong... When you boot into the install DVD/ISO and you go to install Windows, is there not an option to do what you want to do? I.E, Do a fresh install on the SSD and transfer your settings and files over from the old HDD?

There's no transfer option, but the SSD is only 60GB anyway, it's purely a boot drive. Thanks for the help though

I'll also order a new HDD, copy my old one on there and then RMA this one. The ratteling is becoming annoying and surprisingly there are still 11 months of warranty on it.