Migrate from HDD to SSD on Windows 8.

ok I did as you said brian, but I get the message, I have posted a screenshot for the same.

please help.

http://postimage.org/image/wtat6pzol/

 

That's bad luck. Can you recall initializing The SSD? It is now Offline so right click on the word Initialize and follow the wizard for a Basic Disk (not Dynamic or GUID). Try IFW again. But on this occasion, don't select Copy First Track.

Don't worry, we'll get it done one way or another.

Edit,,, before you do the above, run chkdsk /f on the C: drive (from an Admin command prompt).

 

I did run check disk and everything was fine,ok will try it now Copy First Track.

thanks.

 

Sorry, I meant right click on the word Offline and follow the wizard....

 

Ok i get a different error message this time.

http://postimage.org/image/oib179lup/

 

So close.

Do that copy again but this time..

In Resize After Copy, don't type in the Max number. Just leave the field empty.

 

ok will try it right away!

 

Excellent it workssss! Thanks a ton, all programs work as well.

I just wanted to know from your experience is it better to copy drive like this or a complete format?

Does it affect performance in anyway ?

Thanks a ton brian for your help... much appreciated could not have done it without you!

 

Nice work.

I never reformat. I always do what you did.

Can you post a screenshot of Disk Management of the SSD? We can discuss what to do with the unallocated space.

 

Well I have extended the unallocated space to be included in tie Win 8 partition and it works fine.

http://postimage.org/image/k7b59ieyn/

 

Excellent result.

How do you find the SSD speed?

 

yes i am actually benchmarking it,the read speeds are excellent around 400MBs ,but write speed is disappointing, I am running it in IDE mode,trying to enable AHCI mode to improve performance.

 

Another way of doing this with one disk is to use IFD or IFL. Compact the Source partition and Copy at the same session. Resizing the Source partition isn't needed as the data has been compacted.

 

hmm,is there a difference between the two methods ?

I actually downloaded the manual for IFW when you said that it can be used to migrate to SSD,but the procedure in that is something different.

 

You can't compact the OS partition with IFW as the OS is "in use". But there are many ways to skin a cat.

 

well, all i know is thanks to you i saved a lot of time reinstalling all my apps, I have lots of applications installed and it would have taken me atleast 3 days to get the computer back to this condition if i had reinstalled windows!

 

I'm pleased I could help.

Here is some bedtime reading. A fantastic article.

http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/kb/article.php?id=554

 

I was actually reading the same,in the manual pdf file that i downloaded from the website,it is quite exhaustive as well.

I am glad that i bought the software I did not know it could do so many things all i had in mind was a software to backup my system image and restore it back in case anything goes wrong!

 

In case you haven't see this page....

http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/howto/index.htm

There are some really interesting and unusual methods here.

 

thanks, oh i can see you in their forums as well well if i am not mistaken ?