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