Might not be a great idea from magnetic to SSD, but not sure.
On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 08:00:02AM -0800, JRS wrote:
> I used this freeware sector by sector copy program...............
>
> http://www.easeus.com/disk-copy/
>
> I found out the hard way when I tried to copy mine that the Symantec Ghost I
> had would not work, nor would the various versions I had on some Bart and Win
> PE disks and such.. For some reason the source drive (my VelociRaptor) was
> grayed out and could not be selected.
>
> This easeUS freebie worked great, even when I was using an external USB drive
> to copy too.
> It's a small 35 meg ISO that builds a boot CD, and has a nice easy GUI to
> use...
>
>
>
> --
> JRS
> stei...@pacbell.net
>
>
> Facts do not cease to exist just
> because they are ignored.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Anthony Q. Martin <amar...@charter.net>
> > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
> > Sent: Mon, December 28, 2009 6:31:36 AM
> > Subject: Re: [H] SSD Time.............
> >
> > The problem with waiting...is that I really will be waiting..on a slow HD
> > and
> > win7!
> >
> > Too late. My SSD should come today!
> >
> > Now the fun begins.
> >
> > Questions: How best to move my C drive (boot + programs) to the SSD? What
> > software tool does the image best? Running Win7 RC. Will upgrade to
> > Win764ibt
> > Ultimate soon. I'd actually like to just upgrade over the RC. Is that
> > possible?
> >
> > Also, can one just move the USERS folder to the D drive and have Win7 track
> > that
> > move and account for it? There is a LOT of data in that folder that I
> > would not
> > have on an SSD.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Brian Weeden wrote:
> > > They will be - IF you can wait.
> > >
> > > -----------
> > > Brian
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPhone
> > >
> > > On 2009-12-20, at 5:07 AM, "Anthony Q. Martin" wrote:
> > >
> > >> I'm getting one to replace the hd in my dell Lattitude LT...and also for
> > >> the
> > boot drive in my desktop.
> > >>
> > >> On the laptop, I send a lot of time waiting for the damn thing to boot
> > >> up. It
> > takes so damn long that frequently I don't want to boot it.
> > >>
> > >> On the desktop, Win7 seems to have these long pauses while doing who
> > >> knows
> > what on the HD.
> > >>
> > >> Seems like SSD will be the most impactful upgrade for of all
> > >> time....just
> > wish the prices were lower and the capacities higher.
> > >>
> > >> John R Steinbruner wrote:
> > >>> +1
> > >>>
> > >>> Yeah that..... :)
> > >>>
> > >>> I've told 3-4 people just this week that it now "feels like how the
> > >>> computer
> > should have responded all along".
> > >>>
> > >>> You know how on a good system you can open MS Word in say, 3-4 seconds,
> > >>> then
> > if you close it, then immediately open it again whilst the software is
> > still
> > cached, and it opens in like 1 second the second time?
> > >>>
> > >>> Well, that's how the SSD system feels all the time..
> > >>>
> > >>> Phenomenal...
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> On Dec 18, 2009, at 6:04 PM, Greg Sevart wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>> Pretty much. And once you've used a machine that has a good one (read:
> > >>>> one
> > >>>> not based on a JMicron or Samsung controller), using any machine with a
> > >>>> magnetic drive is excruciating.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> They so vastly improve system responsiveness, yet at the same time, it
> > feels
> > >>>> like that's just the way a computer should have been all along.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >
--
Bryan G. Seitz
