First time installing SSD, what do I need to know?

You should be able to go to disk management and change the drive letter, but I'm not positive it works on system drives.
 
Well more news from the trenches. I was able to successfully fix the boot loader on my primary HDD. Now I am in the process of clone attempt number 3. I have unallocated the SSD and also now using the Acronis Image software for copying the main drive.

Also, I have disconnected other drives so that the windows successfully clones itself. Here is to hoping.
 
Holy shit. It worked. Disconnected my primary drive and OS booted without any issues. Also the speed is indeed awesome. Time to re-hook the old drive and see what's up.
 
Well re-hooked old drive and everything is normal. Now, all I need to do is cleanup from my old drive and keep SSD as main. Also need to put on the screws on the box.

All is well in the world again :D.
 
do u want to use the old os doc? otherwise, just install os and driver of mb, vga. btw, dl those file b4 reinstall os. bc u do not have the lan driver if u dont have the mb disc.
 
Just want to thank you for making this thread. It will help me a lot when I install my first SSD tomorrow.
 
10pmStalker said:
Just want to thank you for making this thread. It will help me a lot when I install my first SSD tomorrow.
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No worries, here are the simple steps.

Ensure partition you want to clone is smaller or equal size to SSD
Clone partition using Acronis. Within acronis, first use Add disk to recognize the SSD.
Then clone partition.
When OS reboots into recovery environment through acronis, select shut down after completion of process
Once shut down, disconnect the main drive
Reboot with SSD at least once
Reconnect main drive and ensure that boot priority is set to SSD

Now you can switch between old drive and new SSD drive through F8 whenever needed.
All should be well. In case you fubar your bootloader, post here and I can help you with that.
 
KickAssCop said:
No worries, here are the simple steps.

Ensure partition you want to clone is smaller or equal size to SSD
Clone partition using Acronis. Within acronis, first use Add disk to recognize the SSD.
Then clone partition.
When OS reboots into recovery environment through acronis, select shut down after completion of process
Once shut down, disconnect the main drive
Reboot with SSD at least once
Reconnect main drive and ensure that boot priority is set to SSD

Now you can switch between old drive and new SSD drive through F8 whenever needed.
All should be well. In case you fubar your bootloader, post here and I can help you with that.
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Thanks, I got it all set up now. the 1.5 firmware was already installed. Im getting about 250MB/s read speeds with HD Tune. It should be about double that shouldn't it?
 
10pmStalker said:
Thanks, I got it all set up now. the 1.5 firmware was already installed. Im getting about 250MB/s read speeds with HD Tune. It should be about double that shouldn't it?
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What motherboard and controller are you using it on?
 
10pmStalker said:
im on a Sabertooth Z77. I dont know what controller.
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Well, if you are only getting 250 MB/s, it sounds like you may have it on a SATA2 controller instead of the SATA 6GB one. Should be on the brownish ones at the end, not the ones in the middle or the gray ones.
 
Forceman said:
Well, if you are only getting 250 MB/s, it sounds like you may have it on a SATA2 controller instead of the SATA 6GB one. Should be on the brownish ones at the end, not the ones in the middle or the gray ones.
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ahh man I think I hooked it up on the gray one thinking that was the sata 6GB one.
EDIT: Looking at the manual it shows the Grey ports closest to the power supply said Sata 6G E1 and E2. The four in the middle are Sata 3 and the two at the top closest to the GPU are Sata6 G1 and Sata6 G2
 
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E1 and E2 sounds like it is off a different controller (like a Marvell or JMicron, whatever that board uses) - I'd try to top ports that are on the Intel controller.
 
Forceman said:
You have to store it on a hard drive (with enough free space to fit the image). When you want to restore the image, you can boot off the Windows recovery disk (and I think also the install disk, but I'm not positive of that) and choose the image to restore from.
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thanx always wondered about this
 
I also have mine connected to the gray SATA port since that is what is said as the 3 GB/sec port in the manual. The other navy blue ports are identified as marvell SATA 3 GB/sec and all the light blue ones are SATA 2 as per the manual. Could someone with an ASUS P8Z68-V Pro tell me if this is correct or do I also have to connect to navy blue ports?
 
KickAssCop said:
I also have mine connected to the gray SATA port since that is what is said as the 3 GB/sec port in the manual. The other navy blue ports are identified as marvell SATA 3 GB/sec and all the light blue ones are SATA 2 as per the manual. Could someone with an ASUS P8Z68-V Pro tell me if this is correct or do I also have to connect to navy blue ports?
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According to the newegg pictures the dark blue and the grey are sata 6GB so your good.
 
KickAssCop said:
I also have mine connected to the gray SATA port since that is what is said as the 3 GB/sec port in the manual. The other navy blue ports are identified as marvell SATA 3 GB/sec and all the light blue ones are SATA 2 as per the manual. Could someone with an ASUS P8Z68-V Pro tell me if this is correct or do I also have to connect to navy blue ports?
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On your board the gray ones are the Intel ones. The Sabertooth has a different color scheme.
 
Seems about right :).

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