Comments on: SSD Migration or Fresh System Installation – An SSD Primer https://www.thessdreview.com/ssd-guides/beginners-guide/ssd-migration-or-fresh-system-installation-an-ssd-primer/ The Worlds Dedicated SSD Education and Review Resource | Wed, 22 Jun 2022 06:11:51 +0000 hourly 1 By: Curt Esident https://www.thessdreview.com/ssd-guides/beginners-guide/ssd-migration-or-fresh-system-installation-an-ssd-primer/#comment-61468 Wed, 22 Jun 2022 06:11:51 +0000 https://thessdreview.com/?p=52104#comment-61468 Have a client using Win7 64bit. Wants to upgrade system to SSD. Would executing a SYSPREP command on the source-image drive before cloning assure proper hardware matching when booting from the SSD image -OR- is the fact Windows 7 no longer supported by MS likely to cause trouble if the OS needs files from MS during the REsetup process that is part of a SYSPREP process?

]]> By: Les Tokar https://www.thessdreview.com/ssd-guides/beginners-guide/ssd-migration-or-fresh-system-installation-an-ssd-primer/#comment-54927 Thu, 26 Nov 2020 14:06:42 +0000 https://thessdreview.com/?p=52104#comment-54927 In reply to harry h clark jr.

The advise I always give is a fresh install, but as you are saying, the bios isn’t even recognizing it? What is your system model number? Windows not loading when you change from RAID to AHCI is par for the course and….requires a bit of rather advanced knowledge for a work around…or a fresh install. If I were you, I would simply install the drive, switch to AHCIU and try a fresh install.

]]> By: harry h clark jr https://www.thessdreview.com/ssd-guides/beginners-guide/ssd-migration-or-fresh-system-installation-an-ssd-primer/#comment-54926 Thu, 26 Nov 2020 12:55:01 +0000 https://thessdreview.com/?p=52104#comment-54926 love the article, i just had a samsung 970 evo plus installed and used their image software to to move windows 10 to it from my old drive. all went well except i can not get the magician software to see it and the samsung NVME driver says there is no samsung drive in system. i have found out that my alienware bios is set to raid for some dumb reason and dell will not tell me why saying they can not support me since i put new drive in computer.
how do i turn off the raid? i tried turning it off in bios but windows would not load. i have googled it and have not seen an easy solution for this. i hope you can help!! other than this the drive functions fine but i would like to be able to use the samsung software with my drive.

]]> By: UltraDataRecovery https://www.thessdreview.com/ssd-guides/beginners-guide/ssd-migration-or-fresh-system-installation-an-ssd-primer/#comment-23844 Tue, 17 Jan 2017 02:12:00 +0000 https://thessdreview.com/?p=52104#comment-23844 Great article! Migration is usually the primary option as it will keep the previous settings and data, although if more performance is needed then making a backup and doing a fresh install may be required.

]]> By: Randy Coyne https://www.thessdreview.com/ssd-guides/beginners-guide/ssd-migration-or-fresh-system-installation-an-ssd-primer/#comment-23731 Tue, 15 Nov 2016 03:06:00 +0000 https://thessdreview.com/?p=52104#comment-23731 In reply to ItsreallyCheryl.

Replacing a hard drive isn’t very hard at all. YOU CAN DO IT! Watch a few youtube vids on it and make sure to ground yourself (very important). ACHI is in the bios. Just take your time and you will be fine.

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