notebook/ simple SSD install questions

[Optik]

Hey guys,

I'm looking into installing a SSD into my notebook soon, and I'm a bit confused:

- Will I need to align my partition on w7? Is it SSD manufacturer dependent?

- I've seen reports that cloning my HD onto my SSD can be tricky, does anyone have a definitive guide/answers on how to do it properly?

- I have recovery discs for my OS, is this probably the most painless way to get my OS/drivers up and running?

thanks

 

[TehQuick]

windows 7 applies correct alignment (if you allow the install disk to format the SSD)

Cloning software might mess up the alignment, if you do that, you have to fix it (dunno how lol)

same thing for recovery disks - not sure if they do the alignment correctly.

 

[PHiZ]

None of these questions have anything to do wiht notebooks. Misleading thread title.

 

[techspec6]

Hey guys,

I'm looking into installing a SSD into my notebook soon, and I'm a bit confused:

- Will I need to align my partition on w7? Is it SSD manufacturer dependent?

- I've seen reports that cloning my HD onto my SSD can be tricky, does anyone have a definitive guide/answers on how to do it properly?

- I have recovery discs for my OS, is this probably the most painless way to get my OS/drivers up and running?

thanks

If you perform a fresh installation of W7 and allow the W7 setup to create the partitions, it will align them correctly. All SSDs benefit from a proper alignment, regardless of manufacturer.

If you install from a previous image, you may or may not have a proper alignment depending on your cloning software and the scenario you use it in. I suggest you do a fresh installation of W7.

If you want to check your alignment, do a search on the OCZ forums for my spreadsheet. There's alignment information in the second post of the thread also.

Jason