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I wanted to know from those who have first hand experience cloning their OS from their HDD to SSD.

I am getting my first SSD and really just want to migrate everything to it instead of fresh install. I would use it mainly for gaming. BIOS is already set on AHCI for the current drive so I don't have to worry about that part.

Its just that I've read everywhere that a fresh install is better than cloning on a SSD but how much in my new SSD's performance would I be giving up by cloning?

And there many different software out there. Which is the best for this particular drive?
 
Depending how old the install is will most likely determine the different affect of clone vs. fresh install.

If you just installed windows a few months ago then clone.

If it's older than a 1 year install do a fresh install by itself with windows normally yields better performance overall, now combine that freshness with a new SSD and you will be grinning ear to ear :)
 
My personal experience is that a fresh install always runs best, but cloning from hdd to ssd you will still gain VAST amounts of performance. I don't think any "lack of performance" could be measurable or noticeable if you clone.

Clone it. There's no good reason not to. Just make sure whatever clone software you use does the alignment and you'll be fine.

See this thread:

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1845187
 
Fresh install is always best, but I've cloned mechanical drives to SSD as well. The key is to make sure the alignment is done correctly. But, pretty much any cloning software can do that correctly. I have personally used Paragon and the free cloning utility that came with my Samsung SSD, both worked fine.
 
Make sure the cloning software is somewhat new. I know older versions of acronis did not account for alignment.
 
There are multiple methods of cloning. The deeper and more commonly the older methods of cloning rely on copying entire partitions and volumes, rather than creating a partition and copying the contents as the modern tools bundled with mid and higher-end SSDs. While Fresh install is always best, the OP will need to balance the ease of a clone (which should be cake with the Samsung software) against the potential pain of a reload and reinstall of all programs and games. Unless you have some significant issues with the existing install, I'd start with using Samsung's Data Migration tool. It won't erase the old drive, so you can revert if there's an issue.
 
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