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Limp Gawd
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- Mar 16, 2003
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Hoping to get some advice on a little upgrade project here. I'd like to replace my old WD 250 GB HDD that I use as a boot drive with an SSD, most likely this Samsung 256 GB SATA III drive. Normally I'd do a clean install of Win7 but I'm crunched for time and looking for shortcuts. Here are my questions:
1. What's your favorite utility for making a mirror drive image so I can hopefully restore to the new SSD? Preferably free but willing to pay a few bucks for peace of mind.
2. Due to a conflict with my HP DVD writer I'm currently running in IDE mode. I'll be replacing the troubled optical drive with a LiteOn Blu-Ray burner and planning to switch back to AHCI. Is this going to be a problem? Not sure what to expect as I plan to format the SSD in IDE mode, image and restore to this drive, then switch to AHCI and reboot from the new SSD. Is it going to work?
3. Anything else I should keep in mind? I'm not worried about my data or media, which is all on a separate 1 TB drive and backed up to an external.
Thanks.
1. What's your favorite utility for making a mirror drive image so I can hopefully restore to the new SSD? Preferably free but willing to pay a few bucks for peace of mind.
2. Due to a conflict with my HP DVD writer I'm currently running in IDE mode. I'll be replacing the troubled optical drive with a LiteOn Blu-Ray burner and planning to switch back to AHCI. Is this going to be a problem? Not sure what to expect as I plan to format the SSD in IDE mode, image and restore to this drive, then switch to AHCI and reboot from the new SSD. Is it going to work?
3. Anything else I should keep in mind? I'm not worried about my data or media, which is all on a separate 1 TB drive and backed up to an external.
Thanks.