SSD cloning

sutty86 · Trackday Trickster Joined: 30 Jan 2015 Karma :

Hello Fellow geeks

Right Samsung 850 evo 250gb comes in post tomorrow with 2tb HDD,
Currently using one 500gb hdd
Do I fresh install windows 10 , or can I copy just the OS partition onto SSD, ?

Any tips on software etc
Any tips in general

Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

Fresh install.

CaNsA · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Karma :

sutty86 · Trackday Trickster Joined: 30 Jan 2015 Karma :

ok gotta downloads windows 10 onto usb, i still miss XP Sad

CaNsA · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Karma :

Use win 8.1 with classic shell.

sutty86 · Trackday Trickster Joined: 30 Jan 2015 Karma :

Yeah used that for abit
Good call,
Do you run into any administrator problems like windows 10

CaNsA · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Karma :

no, because I'm not and idiot and I disable UAC

sutty86 · Trackday Trickster Joined: 30 Jan 2015 Karma :

ermmmmm haha its already disabled but yes im an idiot sorry god!
you must not of used windows 10 yet! big flaw

chris-red · Have you considered a TDM? Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Karma :

Personally I'd rebuild it using Windows Image Backup, easier and quicker.
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chris-red · Have you considered a TDM? Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Karma :

CaNsA · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Karma :

I would never clone a HDD to SSD, and I'm an arsehole.

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sutty86 · Trackday Trickster Joined: 30 Jan 2015 Karma :

just took peoples advice and started fresh!
all good!

t121anf · World Chat Champion Joined: 23 Feb 2007 Karma :

So did we decide SSD to SSD is ok?

I'm currently cloning 12 machines at work, all the same spec, cloning software enables TRIM as part of the clone (so it says anyway).

Anything to consider following the restore?

CaNsA · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Karma :

I would build up one SSD to make a base image, pull the image and push to others.

Assuming all the SSDs are the same make and model, you should be fine.

t121anf · World Chat Champion Joined: 23 Feb 2007 Karma :

Yeap (to the best of my knowledge) all identical.

Only difference I've seen so far is Stone have forgotten to flash one of them with their bios image so it displayed Intel instead.

So far so good, I checked trim and it was enabled.