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Cloning software- what do you use and why?
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 4:21 pm
by Tactmedic
looking to clone my Win 7 pro onto an SSD drive, don't need a "clean install" just want to copy it all...
Re: Cloning software- what do you use and why?
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 5:15 pm
by toughasnails
This is what I us. You can get it for $15.00 to $20.00 when on sale
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 0053-L020B
Re: Cloning software- what do you use and why?
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 5:39 pm
by Tactmedic
Thanks. Lets see what Crucial sends with the SSD, I know they don't pack the transfer/clone cable but lucky for me I have an old one I can use.
Re: Cloning software- what do you use and why?
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 7:28 pm
by Shawn
Acronis works for me also..
Re: Cloning software- what do you use and why?
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 6:10 am
by Toughbook
Please read Les Tokar's SSD Guide. He states cloning is a bad idea for an SSD installation. It will work fine for a little while and then performance takes a huge nosedive. No point in that!
Take the time and do it right!
Re: Cloning software- what do you use and why?
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 6:30 am
by Shawn
Toughbook wrote:Please read Les Tokar's SSD Guide. He states cloning is a bad idea for an SSD installation. It will work fine for a little while and then performance takes a huge nosedive. No point in that!
Take the time and do it right!
Correct, but you can adjust the settings to correct the problems. I use Acronis then tweak things according to this guide.
http://www.ssdfreaks.com/content/664/ho ... n-software
Re: Cloning software- what do you use and why?
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 10:23 am
by kode-niner
I use G4L, for what it's worth. It's free, quick and does the trick.
As for cloning to SSD, I've successfully done it a few times but I've always ended up formatting and starting from scratch after a while, for various reasons.
Re: Cloning software- what do you use and why?
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2014 5:09 pm
by Banshee
DriveImageXML is my tool for the job here!!! Freeware for personal use and takes sector by sector clones of your existing HDD and then parses the file name structure to am XML file.
Only snag with it is the HDD you are cloning needs to be plugged into another computer externally with a HDD caddy kit and cloned that way.
However, as quite rightly stated above cloning and then deploying back onto an SSD is a no no, performance will be shocking!!!! And whatever you do, DO NOT DEFRAG AN SSD!!!!!! Do a Google
Re: Cloning software- what do you use and why?
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 9:50 am
by Tactmedic
Ughhh. I don't have the Win 7 Pro 32 disk. Crap.
Re: Cloning software- what do you use and why?
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 11:49 am
by Shawn
download the iso direct from Microsoft for free