Transfering OS to SSD

• Call4ljw

  6 May 10, 19:15

  Hi all!

  I'm planning to buy the Intel SSD x25-v this sunday.

  SLS got sell right?

   

  Another thing, how do i transfer my OS from the HDD?

  Googled results dind't provide good answers for me.

  Thanks.

• Raraken

  6 May 10, 20:47

  SLS have. You just gotta know where.

   

  You can use an image cloning software to clone your current OS onto the X25-V. I suggest Easeus, pretty solid freeware.

   

  http://www.easeus.com/disk-copy/

• Call4ljw

  6 May 10, 20:56

  Originally posted by Raraken:

  SLS have. You just gotta know where.

   

  You can use an image cloning software to clone your current OS onto the X25-V. I suggest Easeus, pretty solid freeware.

   

  http://www.easeus.com/disk-copy/

  Can tell me where? =)

• Raraken

  6 May 10, 21:17

  Originally posted by Call4ljw:

  Can tell me where? =)

  You can always try Chamoxa on the 6th floor, they got all kinds of high end shit.

   

  PC Themes also seems to stock them. If you're going on Sunday then I should be able to find out by then where still got stock.

• LatecomerX

  6 May 10, 21:47

  Use a HDD backup/cloning tool (eg. Norton Ghost), create an image from your system partition and restore it onto your SSD.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton_Ghost

  Edit: Didn't notice Raraken has already posted a reply on this.

   

• Call4ljw

  7 May 10, 16:41

  Also, if transferring OS between Used HDD with data inside, will the data get corrupted?

  Do i need to create a new partition for it instead?

   

  @Latecomerx: Norton ghost version 15 is it?

• Raraken

  7 May 10, 18:35

  Originally posted by Call4ljw:

  Also, if transferring OS between Used HDD with data inside, will the data get corrupted?

  Do i need to create a new partition for it instead?

   

  @Latecomerx: Norton ghost version 15 is it?

  Data won't get corrupted. No, they will copy everything from the original HDD and paste it into the new HDD, sector-for-sector. If something was at, say, Sector 28,112 of the original HDD, the software will copy that to Sector 28,112 of the new HDD. It clones the data.

• Call4ljw

  8 May 10, 10:06

  Originally posted by Raraken:

  You can always try Chamoxa on the 6th floor, they got all kinds of high end shit.

   

  PC Themes also seems to stock them. If you're going on Sunday then I should be able to find out by then where still got stock.

  Hi managed to find out the availability of the x25-v?

  what about pricings?

• Raraken

  8 May 10, 15:10

  Originally posted by Call4ljw:

  Hi managed to find out the availability of the x25-v?

  what about pricings?

  Didn't manage to find stock, but I didn't try all the shops. When you go there, check all the com shops on 4th an 5th. 6 floor I dunno if anyone got sell.

• LatecomerX

  9 May 10, 00:05

  Originally posted by Call4ljw:

  Also, if transferring OS between Used HDD with data inside, will the data get corrupted?

  Do i need to create a new partition for it instead?

   

  @Latecomerx: Norton ghost version 15 is it?

  
  That's the latest version.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton_Ghost

   

• Call4ljw

  9 May 10, 02:05

  Norton Ghost isn't free.

  And Easeus Disk Copy couldn't boot in DOS mode with my thumbdrive.

   

  Bought the x25-v from PcThemes at 188. they still got alot stock lol.

• Raraken

  9 May 10, 23:33

  Originally posted by Call4ljw:

  Norton Ghost isn't free.

  And Easeus Disk Copy couldn't boot in DOS mode with my thumbdrive.

   

  Bought the x25-v from PcThemes at 188. they still got alot stock lol.

  Are you sure your thumbdrive has been made bootable? IMO, use a CD and make it bootable. Much better results.

• Call4ljw

  10 May 10, 11:32

  I don't have a bootable CD that's why i'm using a bootable thumbdrive lol. In the past, i used it to flash the gpu bios so yes it sure is bootable. I even used it to run the intel ssd firmware update tool. Regarding the transfer of OS, i did a backup of the C: drive and did a recovery on the SSD. Weird way but it managed to work out fine, just that it is booting up in recovery mode. The error message boot.mgr not present if i didn't remember wrongly.
• ditzy

  10 May 10, 11:39

  I am also thinking of transplanting my hdd to a ssd in future. Thank you all for the info above.

• Raraken

  10 May 10, 13:49

  Originally posted by Call4ljw:

  I don’t have a bootable CD that’s why i’m using a bootable thumbdrive lol.
  In the past, i used it to flash the gpu bios so yes it sure is bootable.
  I even used it to run the intel ssd firmware update tool.

  Regarding the transfer of OS, i did a backup of the C: drive and did a recovery on the SSD.
  Weird way but it managed to work out fine, just that it is booting up in recovery mode.
  The error message boot.mgr not present if i didn’t remember wrongly.

  http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/08/23/bootmgr-is-missing-during-vista-boot-error/

• Call4ljw

  11 May 10, 10:11

  Originally posted by Raraken:

  http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/08/23/bootmgr-is-missing-during-vista-boot-error/

  Its okay...i can't find my installation disk anyway.

  Booting from the recovery mode, means booting from the HDD before it can actually boot from the SSD. But the boot time already improved alot compare to the HDD itself.So it doesn't really matter.

   

  But i would do the repair if i found the disk.

   

• Raraken

  11 May 10, 11:54

  Originally posted by Call4ljw:

  Its okay...i can't find my installation disk anyway.

  Booting from the recovery mode, means booting from the HDD before it can actually boot from the SSD. But the boot time already improved alot compare to the HDD itself.So it doesn't really matter.

   

  But i would do the repair if i found the disk.

   

  Then did you make sure the BIOS is set to boot from the SSD first, not the HDD

• Call4ljw

  11 May 10, 15:13

  the HDD has bootmgr so i have to boot from the HDD then SSD.

  Direct SSD booting won't work.

  My C drive is the SSD, that is the most important thing.

• Raraken

  11 May 10, 16:01

  Originally posted by Call4ljw:

  the HDD has bootmgr so i have to boot from the HDD then SSD.

  Direct SSD booting won't work.

  My C drive is the SSD, that is the most important thing.

  Cheh. If you can repair bootmgr on the SSD, then it's even faster.

• Call4ljw

  11 May 10, 19:10

  I know, but all the googled guides require the installation disk.

• Raraken

  11 May 10, 21:02

  Originally posted by Call4ljw:

  I know, but all the googled guides require the installation disk.

  The Windows 7 Beta CDs will work just fine for the purpose.

• Call4ljw

  11 May 10, 21:39

  Originally posted by Raraken:

  The Windows 7 Beta CDs will work just fine for the purpose.

  Windows 7...lol xD

  Thanks i forgot i was using Windows 7 lol.

  I kept thinking that i was using Vista.

  I found the disk.

  I remembered that the guy who "diy" my pc put it in the motherboard box.

• Call4ljw

  11 May 10, 22:45

  Though it was good news to have found the disk, but they are no recovery options inside...only installation of Windows 7.

   

  Anyway, i found out the cause of the error.

  The System Reserved drive 100MB which is supposed to be at the start of the disk, and that it is not present on the SSD.

   

  What will be the best way to solve this? There is currently data on the SSD.

• Raraken

  12 May 10, 00:46

  Originally posted by Call4ljw:

  Though it was good news to have found the disk, but they are no recovery options inside...only installation of Windows 7.

   

  Anyway, i found out the cause of the error.

  The System Reserved drive 100MB which is supposed to be at the start of the disk, and that it is not present on the SSD.

   

  What will be the best way to solve this? There is currently data on the SSD.

  Read the article I posted above and attempt the steps inside. That usually solves the boot up issues I have if I FUBARed my OS or BOOTMGR.

• Call4ljw

  12 May 10, 19:02

  Problem solved.

  Boot up now takes only 7 seconds.