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New Solid State Drive

Carlos
 

So for anyone who cares, I finally purchased and installed my new SSD last night.
The installation didn't go nearly as smoothly as I was hoping which is an understatement, but I finally got it all sorted out.  Although I suspect the problems were on my end and nothing to do with the drive itself.  Some time in the next couple of days, I will tackle installing Windows 10 in a dual boot configuration which should be a piece of cake in comparison I say knocking on wood.  Hopefully this will allow me to provide more first-hand assistance with Windows 10 related issues.  I installed 10 for a while last year shortly after it was officially released to experiment, but certain things did not work reliably for me so I couldn't justify running it full time.

Matt
 

What SSD did you get? You have a link to it and with the specs on it? If you don’t mind me asking how much did this put you back?

 

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 7:59 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

So for anyone who cares, I finally purchased and installed my new SSD last night.

The installation didn't go nearly as smoothly as I was hoping which is an understatement, but I finally got it all sorted out.  Although I suspect the problems were on my end and nothing to do with the drive itself.  Some time in the next couple of days, I will tackle installing Windows 10 in a dual boot configuration which should be a piece of cake in comparison I say knocking on wood.  Hopefully this will allow me to provide more first-hand assistance with Windows 10 related issues.  I installed 10 for a while last year shortly after it was officially released to experiment, but certain things did not work reliably for me so I couldn't justify running it full time.

Armando Maldonado
 

Love my SSD I purchased from wal-Mart for $89. It is a 250 gig Samsung Evo

And it is flawless.

Armando

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Saturday, January 9, 2016 4:59 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

So for anyone who cares, I finally purchased and installed my new SSD last night.

The installation didn't go nearly as smoothly as I was hoping which is an understatement, but I finally got it all sorted out.  Although I suspect the problems were on my end and nothing to do with the drive itself.  Some time in the next couple of days, I will tackle installing Windows 10 in a dual boot configuration which should be a piece of cake in comparison I say knocking on wood.  Hopefully this will allow me to provide more first-hand assistance with Windows 10 related issues.  I installed 10 for a while last year shortly after it was officially released to experiment, but certain things did not work reliably for me so I couldn't justify running it full time.

Carlos
 

The link was in the message, but here it is again just in case.
I bought the 256 GB model which was $119.89 with free shipping, but it is available in different sizes from 128 GB up to 2 TB.

----- Original Message -----
From: Matt
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

What SSD did you get? You have a link to it and with the specs on it? If you don’t mind me asking how much did this put you back?

 

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 7:59 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

So for anyone who cares, I finally purchased and installed my new SSD last night.

The installation didn't go nearly as smoothly as I was hoping which is an understatement, but I finally got it all sorted out.  Although I suspect the problems were on my end and nothing to do with the drive itself.  Some time in the next couple of days, I will tackle installing Windows 10 in a dual boot configuration which should be a piece of cake in comparison I say knocking on wood.  Hopefully this will allow me to provide more first-hand assistance with Windows 10 related issues.  I installed 10 for a while last year shortly after it was officially released to experiment, but certain things did not work reliably for me so I couldn't justify running it full time.

Smiling?
 

So from your opinion, what was the primary problem with your installation of the new Samsung SSD? And how are you noticing the speed differences of this  nice little piece of new equipment?

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 4:59 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

So for anyone who cares, I finally purchased and installed my new SSD last night.

The installation didn't go nearly as smoothly as I was hoping which is an understatement, but I finally got it all sorted out.  Although I suspect the problems were on my end and nothing to do with the drive itself.  Some time in the next couple of days, I will tackle installing Windows 10 in a dual boot configuration which should be a piece of cake in comparison I say knocking on wood.  Hopefully this will allow me to provide more first-hand assistance with Windows 10 related issues.  I installed 10 for a while last year shortly after it was officially released to experiment, but certain things did not work reliably for me so I couldn't justify running it full time.

Carlos
 

Well to begin with, a pox on the inventor of tiny screws.  I have pretty good manual dexterity, but no matter how many times I have performed the procedure, it still takes me a while to line up those pesky little screws on the mounting bracket LOL.  I had some booting issues that I still can't explain, but it seems to have been related to a problem with some of my more recent images.  Interestingly, this did not seem to affect the older drive.  It took me a while to figure this out, but once I realized what was happening, restoring from a slightly older image resolved the issue.  So as I said this was particular to my setup and has nothing to do with the drive.  With read/write speeds of up to 550/520, it is definitely much faster than my old Crucial M500.  The 3D VNAND flash used in this drive supposedly also provides improved endurance.  Samsung includes a 10 year warranty.

----- Original Message -----
From: Smiling?
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 7:41 AM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

So from your opinion, what was the primary problem with your installation of the new Samsung SSD? And how are you noticing the speed differences of this  nice little piece of new equipment?

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 4:59 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

So for anyone who cares, I finally purchased and installed my new SSD last night.

The installation didn't go nearly as smoothly as I was hoping which is an understatement, but I finally got it all sorted out.  Although I suspect the problems were on my end and nothing to do with the drive itself.  Some time in the next couple of days, I will tackle installing Windows 10 in a dual boot configuration which should be a piece of cake in comparison I say knocking on wood.  Hopefully this will allow me to provide more first-hand assistance with Windows 10 related issues.  I installed 10 for a while last year shortly after it was officially released to experiment, but certain things did not work reliably for me so I couldn't justify running it full time.

Smiling?
 

Yeah good times indeed. I like you and I have spoke of in the past, have looked at both the 850’s and the 950’s. glad to see you finally grabbed yourself one.

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 9:21 AM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Well to begin with, a pox on the inventor of tiny screws.  I have pretty good manual dexterity, but no matter how many times I have performed the procedure, it still takes me a while to line up those pesky little screws on the mounting bracket LOL.  I had some booting issues that I still can't explain, but it seems to have been related to a problem with some of my more recent images.  Interestingly, this did not seem to affect the older drive.  It took me a while to figure this out, but once I realized what was happening, restoring from a slightly older image resolved the issue.  So as I said this was particular to my setup and has nothing to do with the drive.  With read/write speeds of up to 550/520, it is definitely much faster than my old Crucial M500.  The 3D VNAND flash used in this drive supposedly also provides improved endurance.  Samsung includes a 10 year warranty.

----- Original Message -----

From: Smiling?

Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 7:41 AM

Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

So from your opinion, what was the primary problem with your installation of the new Samsung SSD? And how are you noticing the speed differences of this  nice little piece of new equipment?

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 4:59 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

So for anyone who cares, I finally purchased and installed my new SSD last night.

The installation didn't go nearly as smoothly as I was hoping which is an understatement, but I finally got it all sorted out.  Although I suspect the problems were on my end and nothing to do with the drive itself.  Some time in the next couple of days, I will tackle installing Windows 10 in a dual boot configuration which should be a piece of cake in comparison I say knocking on wood.  Hopefully this will allow me to provide more first-hand assistance with Windows 10 related issues.  I installed 10 for a while last year shortly after it was officially released to experiment, but certain things did not work reliably for me so I couldn't justify running it full time.

Carlos
 

Note that while the 950 is much faster, the interface is PCI Express, not SATA.

----- Original Message -----
From: Smiling?
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

Yeah good times indeed. I like you and I have spoke of in the past, have looked at both the 850’s and the 950’s. glad to see you finally grabbed yourself one.

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 9:21 AM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Well to begin with, a pox on the inventor of tiny screws.  I have pretty good manual dexterity, but no matter how many times I have performed the procedure, it still takes me a while to line up those pesky little screws on the mounting bracket LOL.  I had some booting issues that I still can't explain, but it seems to have been related to a problem with some of my more recent images.  Interestingly, this did not seem to affect the older drive.  It took me a while to figure this out, but once I realized what was happening, restoring from a slightly older image resolved the issue.  So as I said this was particular to my setup and has nothing to do with the drive.  With read/write speeds of up to 550/520, it is definitely much faster than my old Crucial M500.  The 3D VNAND flash used in this drive supposedly also provides improved endurance.  Samsung includes a 10 year warranty.

----- Original Message -----

From: Smiling?

Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 7:41 AM

Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

So from your opinion, what was the primary problem with your installation of the new Samsung SSD? And how are you noticing the speed differences of this  nice little piece of new equipment?

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 4:59 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

So for anyone who cares, I finally purchased and installed my new SSD last night.

The installation didn't go nearly as smoothly as I was hoping which is an understatement, but I finally got it all sorted out.  Although I suspect the problems were on my end and nothing to do with the drive itself.  Some time in the next couple of days, I will tackle installing Windows 10 in a dual boot configuration which should be a piece of cake in comparison I say knocking on wood.  Hopefully this will allow me to provide more first-hand assistance with Windows 10 related issues.  I installed 10 for a while last year shortly after it was officially released to experiment, but certain things did not work reliably for me so I couldn't justify running it full time.

Matt
 

Ok question when installing a new drive like this SSD . You have the old drive hooked up and in my case both W7 and W10 on it. So how would you install W7 and W10 on the new drive and it installed on the old drive? Now W10 Is easy just format and get rid of that partition. But W7 what about it? Don’t think I can format that partition and get rid of W7 while it is active and on that drive.  Cannot or would not be able to install it on the new drive till I got rid of it on the old drive? So trying to figure this out if I decided to add SSD to my computer and use my Old drive for just storage?

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 8:19 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

The link was in the message, but here it is again just in case.

I bought the 256 GB model which was $119.89 with free shipping, but it is available in different sizes from 128 GB up to 2 TB.

----- Original Message -----

From: Matt

Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 8:13 PM

Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

What SSD did you get? You have a link to it and with the specs on it? If you don’t mind me asking how much did this put you back?

 

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 7:59 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

So for anyone who cares, I finally purchased and installed my new SSD last night.

The installation didn't go nearly as smoothly as I was hoping which is an understatement, but I finally got it all sorted out.  Although I suspect the problems were on my end and nothing to do with the drive itself.  Some time in the next couple of days, I will tackle installing Windows 10 in a dual boot configuration which should be a piece of cake in comparison I say knocking on wood.  Hopefully this will allow me to provide more first-hand assistance with Windows 10 related issues.  I installed 10 for a while last year shortly after it was officially released to experiment, but certain things did not work reliably for me so I couldn't justify running it full time.

Carlos
 

Reinstalling is the hard way to do it.  You can just use cloning or imaging software to copy which ever partitions you want to move on to the new disk.

----- Original Message -----
From: Matt
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

Ok question when installing a new drive like this SSD . You have the old drive hooked up and in my case both W7 and W10 on it. So how would you install W7 and W10 on the new drive and it installed on the old drive? Now W10 Is easy just format and get rid of that partition. But W7 what about it? Don’t think I can format that partition and get rid of W7 while it is active and on that drive.  Cannot or would not be able to install it on the new drive till I got rid of it on the old drive? So trying to figure this out if I decided to add SSD to my computer and use my Old drive for just storage?

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 8:19 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

The link was in the message, but here it is again just in case.

I bought the 256 GB model which was $119.89 with free shipping, but it is available in different sizes from 128 GB up to 2 TB.

----- Original Message -----

From: Matt

Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 8:13 PM

Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

What SSD did you get? You have a link to it and with the specs on it? If you don’t mind me asking how much did this put you back?

 

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 7:59 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

So for anyone who cares, I finally purchased and installed my new SSD last night.

The installation didn't go nearly as smoothly as I was hoping which is an understatement, but I finally got it all sorted out.  Although I suspect the problems were on my end and nothing to do with the drive itself.  Some time in the next couple of days, I will tackle installing Windows 10 in a dual boot configuration which should be a piece of cake in comparison I say knocking on wood.  Hopefully this will allow me to provide more first-hand assistance with Windows 10 related issues.  I installed 10 for a while last year shortly after it was officially released to experiment, but certain things did not work reliably for me so I couldn't justify running it full time.

Matt
 

Ok, but still would have two W7 OS and can only have one active as only have one license. So would something like drive snap shot work?

 

 

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 3:45 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Reinstalling is the hard way to do it.  You can just use cloning or imaging software to copy which ever partitions you want to move on to the new disk.

----- Original Message -----

From: Matt

Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 3:40 PM

Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Ok question when installing a new drive like this SSD . You have the old drive hooked up and in my case both W7 and W10 on it. So how would you install W7 and W10 on the new drive and it installed on the old drive? Now W10 Is easy just format and get rid of that partition. But W7 what about it? Don’t think I can format that partition and get rid of W7 while it is active and on that drive.  Cannot or would not be able to install it on the new drive till I got rid of it on the old drive? So trying to figure this out if I decided to add SSD to my computer and use my Old drive for just storage?

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 8:19 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

The link was in the message, but here it is again just in case.

I bought the 256 GB model which was $119.89 with free shipping, but it is available in different sizes from 128 GB up to 2 TB.

----- Original Message -----

From: Matt

Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 8:13 PM

Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

What SSD did you get? You have a link to it and with the specs on it? If you don’t mind me asking how much did this put you back?

 

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 7:59 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

So for anyone who cares, I finally purchased and installed my new SSD last night.

The installation didn't go nearly as smoothly as I was hoping which is an understatement, but I finally got it all sorted out.  Although I suspect the problems were on my end and nothing to do with the drive itself.  Some time in the next couple of days, I will tackle installing Windows 10 in a dual boot configuration which should be a piece of cake in comparison I say knocking on wood.  Hopefully this will allow me to provide more first-hand assistance with Windows 10 related issues.  I installed 10 for a while last year shortly after it was officially released to experiment, but certain things did not work reliably for me so I couldn't justify running it full time.

Carlos
 

Imaging or cloning will copy your license as well so yes.  Just delete the partition with the Windows installation on the old drive after it has been copied on to the new drive.

----- Original Message -----
From: Matt
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

Ok, but still would have two W7 OS and can only have one active as only have one license. So would something like drive snap shot work?

 

 

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 3:45 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Reinstalling is the hard way to do it.  You can just use cloning or imaging software to copy which ever partitions you want to move on to the new disk.

----- Original Message -----

From: Matt

Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 3:40 PM

Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Ok question when installing a new drive like this SSD . You have the old drive hooked up and in my case both W7 and W10 on it. So how would you install W7 and W10 on the new drive and it installed on the old drive? Now W10 Is easy just format and get rid of that partition. But W7 what about it? Don’t think I can format that partition and get rid of W7 while it is active and on that drive.  Cannot or would not be able to install it on the new drive till I got rid of it on the old drive? So trying to figure this out if I decided to add SSD to my computer and use my Old drive for just storage?

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 8:19 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

The link was in the message, but here it is again just in case.

I bought the 256 GB model which was $119.89 with free shipping, but it is available in different sizes from 128 GB up to 2 TB.

----- Original Message -----

From: Matt

Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 8:13 PM

Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

What SSD did you get? You have a link to it and with the specs on it? If you don’t mind me asking how much did this put you back?

 

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 7:59 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

So for anyone who cares, I finally purchased and installed my new SSD last night.

The installation didn't go nearly as smoothly as I was hoping which is an understatement, but I finally got it all sorted out.  Although I suspect the problems were on my end and nothing to do with the drive itself.  Some time in the next couple of days, I will tackle installing Windows 10 in a dual boot configuration which should be a piece of cake in comparison I say knocking on wood.  Hopefully this will allow me to provide more first-hand assistance with Windows 10 related issues.  I installed 10 for a while last year shortly after it was officially released to experiment, but certain things did not work reliably for me so I couldn't justify running it full time.

Carlos
 

Oh yes, and don't forget to swap the data cables on the two drives after cloning/restoring the image so that the new drive will be on controller 0.  You can also clone/reimage on to the new drive by placing it in an enclosure.

----- Original Message -----
From: Carlos
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

Imaging or cloning will copy your license as well so yes.  Just delete the partition with the Windows installation on the old drive after it has been copied on to the new drive.
----- Original Message -----
From: Matt
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

Ok, but still would have two W7 OS and can only have one active as only have one license. So would something like drive snap shot work?

 

 

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 3:45 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Reinstalling is the hard way to do it.  You can just use cloning or imaging software to copy which ever partitions you want to move on to the new disk.

----- Original Message -----

From: Matt

Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 3:40 PM

Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Ok question when installing a new drive like this SSD . You have the old drive hooked up and in my case both W7 and W10 on it. So how would you install W7 and W10 on the new drive and it installed on the old drive? Now W10 Is easy just format and get rid of that partition. But W7 what about it? Don’t think I can format that partition and get rid of W7 while it is active and on that drive.  Cannot or would not be able to install it on the new drive till I got rid of it on the old drive? So trying to figure this out if I decided to add SSD to my computer and use my Old drive for just storage?

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 8:19 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

The link was in the message, but here it is again just in case.

I bought the 256 GB model which was $119.89 with free shipping, but it is available in different sizes from 128 GB up to 2 TB.

----- Original Message -----

From: Matt

Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 8:13 PM

Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

What SSD did you get? You have a link to it and with the specs on it? If you don’t mind me asking how much did this put you back?

 

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 7:59 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

So for anyone who cares, I finally purchased and installed my new SSD last night.

The installation didn't go nearly as smoothly as I was hoping which is an understatement, but I finally got it all sorted out.  Although I suspect the problems were on my end and nothing to do with the drive itself.  Some time in the next couple of days, I will tackle installing Windows 10 in a dual boot configuration which should be a piece of cake in comparison I say knocking on wood.  Hopefully this will allow me to provide more first-hand assistance with Windows 10 related issues.  I installed 10 for a while last year shortly after it was officially released to experiment, but certain things did not work reliably for me so I couldn't justify running it full time.

Matt
 

Ok, so will drive snap shot work for this or would I need to use some other imaging software?

 

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 4:32 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Oh yes, and don't forget to swap the data cables on the two drives after cloning/restoring the image so that the new drive will be on controller 0.  You can also clone/reimage on to the new drive by placing it in an enclosure.

----- Original Message -----

From: Carlos

Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 4:23 PM

Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Imaging or cloning will copy your license as well so yes.  Just delete the partition with the Windows installation on the old drive after it has been copied on to the new drive.

----- Original Message -----

From: Matt

Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 3:55 PM

Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Ok, but still would have two W7 OS and can only have one active as only have one license. So would something like drive snap shot work?

 

 

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 3:45 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Reinstalling is the hard way to do it.  You can just use cloning or imaging software to copy which ever partitions you want to move on to the new disk.

----- Original Message -----

From: Matt

Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 3:40 PM

Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Ok question when installing a new drive like this SSD . You have the old drive hooked up and in my case both W7 and W10 on it. So how would you install W7 and W10 on the new drive and it installed on the old drive? Now W10 Is easy just format and get rid of that partition. But W7 what about it? Don’t think I can format that partition and get rid of W7 while it is active and on that drive.  Cannot or would not be able to install it on the new drive till I got rid of it on the old drive? So trying to figure this out if I decided to add SSD to my computer and use my Old drive for just storage?

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 8:19 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

The link was in the message, but here it is again just in case.

I bought the 256 GB model which was $119.89 with free shipping, but it is available in different sizes from 128 GB up to 2 TB.

----- Original Message -----

From: Matt

Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 8:13 PM

Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

What SSD did you get? You have a link to it and with the specs on it? If you don’t mind me asking how much did this put you back?

 

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 7:59 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

So for anyone who cares, I finally purchased and installed my new SSD last night.

The installation didn't go nearly as smoothly as I was hoping which is an understatement, but I finally got it all sorted out.  Although I suspect the problems were on my end and nothing to do with the drive itself.  Some time in the next couple of days, I will tackle installing Windows 10 in a dual boot configuration which should be a piece of cake in comparison I say knocking on wood.  Hopefully this will allow me to provide more first-hand assistance with Windows 10 related issues.  I installed 10 for a while last year shortly after it was officially released to experiment, but certain things did not work reliably for me so I couldn't justify running it full time.

Carlos
 

It will work, but Drive Snapshot cannot store multiple partitions in a single image so you will have to capture each partition separately into it's own image.

----- Original Message -----
From: Matt
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

Ok, so will drive snap shot work for this or would I need to use some other imaging software?

 

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 4:32 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Oh yes, and don't forget to swap the data cables on the two drives after cloning/restoring the image so that the new drive will be on controller 0.  You can also clone/reimage on to the new drive by placing it in an enclosure.

----- Original Message -----

From: Carlos

Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 4:23 PM

Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Imaging or cloning will copy your license as well so yes.  Just delete the partition with the Windows installation on the old drive after it has been copied on to the new drive.

----- Original Message -----

From: Matt

Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 3:55 PM

Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Ok, but still would have two W7 OS and can only have one active as only have one license. So would something like drive snap shot work?

 

 

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 3:45 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Reinstalling is the hard way to do it.  You can just use cloning or imaging software to copy which ever partitions you want to move on to the new disk.

----- Original Message -----

From: Matt

Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 3:40 PM

Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Ok question when installing a new drive like this SSD . You have the old drive hooked up and in my case both W7 and W10 on it. So how would you install W7 and W10 on the new drive and it installed on the old drive? Now W10 Is easy just format and get rid of that partition. But W7 what about it? Don’t think I can format that partition and get rid of W7 while it is active and on that drive.  Cannot or would not be able to install it on the new drive till I got rid of it on the old drive? So trying to figure this out if I decided to add SSD to my computer and use my Old drive for just storage?

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 8:19 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

The link was in the message, but here it is again just in case.

I bought the 256 GB model which was $119.89 with free shipping, but it is available in different sizes from 128 GB up to 2 TB.

----- Original Message -----

From: Matt

Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 8:13 PM

Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

What SSD did you get? You have a link to it and with the specs on it? If you don’t mind me asking how much did this put you back?

 

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 7:59 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

So for anyone who cares, I finally purchased and installed my new SSD last night.

The installation didn't go nearly as smoothly as I was hoping which is an understatement, but I finally got it all sorted out.  Although I suspect the problems were on my end and nothing to do with the drive itself.  Some time in the next couple of days, I will tackle installing Windows 10 in a dual boot configuration which should be a piece of cake in comparison I say knocking on wood.  Hopefully this will allow me to provide more first-hand assistance with Windows 10 related issues.  I installed 10 for a while last year shortly after it was officially released to experiment, but certain things did not work reliably for me so I couldn't justify running it full time.

Matt
 

Ok so let’s say I now got the image from drive snap shot of W7 .  Now how in the world am I going to get that image on to the other HD the SSD I put in? Wouldn’t I have a conflict with running W7 on one drive and putting that image on to another drive ? Just trying to understand how this is going to work. Not never having done it like this before.

I still trying to figure out why not just put my old HD in a enclose and hook it to another computer and just wipe it clean and then just put W7 on the newSSD?

 

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 4:58 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

It will work, but Drive Snapshot cannot store multiple partitions in a single image so you will have to capture each partition separately into its own image.

----- Original Message -----

From: Matt

Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 4:51 PM

Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Ok, so will drive snap shot work for this or would I need to use some other imaging software?

 

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 4:32 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Oh yes, and don't forget to swap the data cables on the two drives after cloning/restoring the image so that the new drive will be on controller 0.  You can also clone/reimage on to the new drive by placing it in an enclosure.

----- Original Message -----

From: Carlos

Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 4:23 PM

Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Imaging or cloning will copy your license as well so yes.  Just delete the partition with the Windows installation on the old drive after it has been copied on to the new drive.

----- Original Message -----

From: Matt

Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 3:55 PM

Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Ok, but still would have two W7 OS and can only have one active as only have one license. So would something like drive snap shot work?

 

 

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 3:45 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Reinstalling is the hard way to do it.  You can just use cloning or imaging software to copy which ever partitions you want to move on to the new disk.

----- Original Message -----

From: Matt

Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 3:40 PM

Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Ok question when installing a new drive like this SSD . You have the old drive hooked up and in my case both W7 and W10 on it. So how would you install W7 and W10 on the new drive and it installed on the old drive? Now W10 Is easy just format and get rid of that partition. But W7 what about it? Don’t think I can format that partition and get rid of W7 while it is active and on that drive.  Cannot or would not be able to install it on the new drive till I got rid of it on the old drive? So trying to figure this out if I decided to add SSD to my computer and use my Old drive for just storage?

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 8:19 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

The link was in the message, but here it is again just in case.

I bought the 256 GB model which was $119.89 with free shipping, but it is available in different sizes from 128 GB up to 2 TB.

----- Original Message -----

From: Matt

Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 8:13 PM

Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

What SSD did you get? You have a link to it and with the specs on it? If you don’t mind me asking how much did this put you back?

 

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 7:59 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

So for anyone who cares, I finally purchased and installed my new SSD last night.

The installation didn't go nearly as smoothly as I was hoping which is an understatement, but I finally got it all sorted out.  Although I suspect the problems were on my end and nothing to do with the drive itself.  Sometime in the next couple of days, I will tackle installing Windows 10 in a dual boot configuration which should be a piece of cake in comparison I say knocking on wood.  Hopefully this will allow me to provide more first-hand assistance with Windows 10 related issues.  I installed 10 for a while last year shortly after it was officially released to experiment, but certain things did not work reliably for me so I couldn't justify running it full time.

Carlos
 

You can use the same computer to restore the image on to the new drive.  That part will not cause any conflicts.  There may be conflicts if you try to boot from the new drive while the old drive is still connected, but that has nothing to do with it being the same license.  It has to do with both Windows installations having duplicate SIDs AKA Security Identifiers, but as you say you can just connect the old drive to another computer or boot into something like Win7PE to wipe it clean/reformat it.

----- Original Message -----
From: Matt
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 6:12 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

Ok so let’s say I now got the image from drive snap shot of W7 .  Now how in the world am I going to get that image on to the other HD the SSD I put in? Wouldn’t I have a conflict with running W7 on one drive and putting that image on to another drive ? Just trying to understand how this is going to work. Not never having done it like this before.

I still trying to figure out why not just put my old HD in a enclose and hook it to another computer and just wipe it clean and then just put W7 on the newSSD?

 

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 4:58 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

It will work, but Drive Snapshot cannot store multiple partitions in a single image so you will have to capture each partition separately into its own image.

----- Original Message -----

From: Matt

Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 4:51 PM

Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Ok, so will drive snap shot work for this or would I need to use some other imaging software?

 

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 4:32 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Oh yes, and don't forget to swap the data cables on the two drives after cloning/restoring the image so that the new drive will be on controller 0.  You can also clone/reimage on to the new drive by placing it in an enclosure.

----- Original Message -----

From: Carlos

Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 4:23 PM

Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Imaging or cloning will copy your license as well so yes.  Just delete the partition with the Windows installation on the old drive after it has been copied on to the new drive.

----- Original Message -----

From: Matt

Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 3:55 PM

Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Ok, but still would have two W7 OS and can only have one active as only have one license. So would something like drive snap shot work?

 

 

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 3:45 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Reinstalling is the hard way to do it.  You can just use cloning or imaging software to copy which ever partitions you want to move on to the new disk.

----- Original Message -----

From: Matt

Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 3:40 PM

Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Ok question when installing a new drive like this SSD . You have the old drive hooked up and in my case both W7 and W10 on it. So how would you install W7 and W10 on the new drive and it installed on the old drive? Now W10 Is easy just format and get rid of that partition. But W7 what about it? Don’t think I can format that partition and get rid of W7 while it is active and on that drive.  Cannot or would not be able to install it on the new drive till I got rid of it on the old drive? So trying to figure this out if I decided to add SSD to my computer and use my Old drive for just storage?

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 8:19 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

The link was in the message, but here it is again just in case.

I bought the 256 GB model which was $119.89 with free shipping, but it is available in different sizes from 128 GB up to 2 TB.

----- Original Message -----

From: Matt

Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 8:13 PM

Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

What SSD did you get? You have a link to it and with the specs on it? If you don’t mind me asking how much did this put you back?

 

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 7:59 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

So for anyone who cares, I finally purchased and installed my new SSD last night.

The installation didn't go nearly as smoothly as I was hoping which is an understatement, but I finally got it all sorted out.  Although I suspect the problems were on my end and nothing to do with the drive itself.  Sometime in the next couple of days, I will tackle installing Windows 10 in a dual boot configuration which should be a piece of cake in comparison I say knocking on wood.  Hopefully this will allow me to provide more first-hand assistance with Windows 10 related issues.  I installed 10 for a while last year shortly after it was officially released to experiment, but certain things did not work reliably for me so I couldn't justify running it full time.

Carlos
 

And of course you can just clean install Windows on to the new SSD, but the whole point of using an image is to save yourself the trouble of having to reinstall applications and reconfigure all of your settings.

----- Original Message -----
From: Matt
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 6:12 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

Ok so let’s say I now got the image from drive snap shot of W7 .  Now how in the world am I going to get that image on to the other HD the SSD I put in? Wouldn’t I have a conflict with running W7 on one drive and putting that image on to another drive ? Just trying to understand how this is going to work. Not never having done it like this before.

I still trying to figure out why not just put my old HD in a enclose and hook it to another computer and just wipe it clean and then just put W7 on the newSSD?

 

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 4:58 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

It will work, but Drive Snapshot cannot store multiple partitions in a single image so you will have to capture each partition separately into its own image.

----- Original Message -----

From: Matt

Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 4:51 PM

Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Ok, so will drive snap shot work for this or would I need to use some other imaging software?

 

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 4:32 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Oh yes, and don't forget to swap the data cables on the two drives after cloning/restoring the image so that the new drive will be on controller 0.  You can also clone/reimage on to the new drive by placing it in an enclosure.

----- Original Message -----

From: Carlos

Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 4:23 PM

Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Imaging or cloning will copy your license as well so yes.  Just delete the partition with the Windows installation on the old drive after it has been copied on to the new drive.

----- Original Message -----

From: Matt

Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 3:55 PM

Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Ok, but still would have two W7 OS and can only have one active as only have one license. So would something like drive snap shot work?

 

 

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 3:45 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Reinstalling is the hard way to do it.  You can just use cloning or imaging software to copy which ever partitions you want to move on to the new disk.

----- Original Message -----

From: Matt

Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 3:40 PM

Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Ok question when installing a new drive like this SSD . You have the old drive hooked up and in my case both W7 and W10 on it. So how would you install W7 and W10 on the new drive and it installed on the old drive? Now W10 Is easy just format and get rid of that partition. But W7 what about it? Don’t think I can format that partition and get rid of W7 while it is active and on that drive.  Cannot or would not be able to install it on the new drive till I got rid of it on the old drive? So trying to figure this out if I decided to add SSD to my computer and use my Old drive for just storage?

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 8:19 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

The link was in the message, but here it is again just in case.

I bought the 256 GB model which was $119.89 with free shipping, but it is available in different sizes from 128 GB up to 2 TB.

----- Original Message -----

From: Matt

Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 8:13 PM

Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

What SSD did you get? You have a link to it and with the specs on it? If you don’t mind me asking how much did this put you back?

 

 

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 7:59 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

So for anyone who cares, I finally purchased and installed my new SSD last night.

The installation didn't go nearly as smoothly as I was hoping which is an understatement, but I finally got it all sorted out.  Although I suspect the problems were on my end and nothing to do with the drive itself.  Sometime in the next couple of days, I will tackle installing Windows 10 in a dual boot configuration which should be a piece of cake in comparison I say knocking on wood.  Hopefully this will allow me to provide more first-hand assistance with Windows 10 related issues.  I installed 10 for a while last year shortly after it was officially released to experiment, but certain things did not work reliably for me so I couldn't justify running it full time.

Thomas N. Chan
 

You will need some more patient in this matter when it comes to screw up the drives. What I did was, I use  a sort of a screwdriver, but instead of a Philip or flat heat, I will have tools which its pointy instead. its meant for creating holds which you will or typically comes with a computer  kit or non-magnetic kit. You use that as a alighment   and find the hold to screw it in. once you found it, you will hold the drive as firm without much pressure. I use that same method to screw motherboard as well.

Remember, it must be a pointy tool, long enough to go into the bracket screw hold and onto the drive itself.

 

 

--------------------
regards
Thomas N. Chan

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Monday, 11 January 2016 1:21 AM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Well to begin with, a pox on the inventor of tiny screws.  I have pretty good manual dexterity, but no matter how many times I have performed the procedure, it still takes me a while to line up those pesky little screws on the mounting bracket LOL.  I had some booting issues that I still can't explain, but it seems to have been related to a problem with some of my more recent images.  Interestingly, this did not seem to affect the older drive.  It took me a while to figure this out, but once I realized what was happening, restoring from a slightly older image resolved the issue.  So as I said this was particular to my setup and has nothing to do with the drive.  With read/write speeds of up to 550/520, it is definitely much faster than my old Crucial M500.  The 3D VNAND flash used in this drive supposedly also provides improved endurance.  Samsung includes a 10 year warranty.

----- Original Message -----

From: Smiling?

Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 7:41 AM

Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

So from your opinion, what was the primary problem with your installation of the new Samsung SSD? And how are you noticing the speed differences of this  nice little piece of new equipment?

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 4:59 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

So for anyone who cares, I finally purchased and installed my new SSD last night.

The installation didn't go nearly as smoothly as I was hoping which is an understatement, but I finally got it all sorted out.  Although I suspect the problems were on my end and nothing to do with the drive itself.  Some time in the next couple of days, I will tackle installing Windows 10 in a dual boot configuration which should be a piece of cake in comparison I say knocking on wood.  Hopefully this will allow me to provide more first-hand assistance with Windows 10 related issues.  I installed 10 for a while last year shortly after it was officially released to experiment, but certain things did not work reliably for me so I couldn't justify running it full time.

Carlos
 

LOL considering how many times I've done it, I have more than enough patience, but nevertheless it is still tedious and annoying.  Thanks for the tip.  I will keep it in mind.

----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 12:48 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

You will need some more patient in this matter when it comes to screw up the drives. What I did was, I use  a sort of a screwdriver, but instead of a Philip or flat heat, I will have tools which its pointy instead. its meant for creating holds which you will or typically comes with a computer  kit or non-magnetic kit. You use that as a alighment   and find the hold to screw it in. once you found it, you will hold the drive as firm without much pressure. I use that same method to screw motherboard as well.

Remember, it must be a pointy tool, long enough to go into the bracket screw hold and onto the drive itself.

 

 

--------------------
regards
Thomas N. Chan

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Monday, 11 January 2016 1:21 AM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

Well to begin with, a pox on the inventor of tiny screws.  I have pretty good manual dexterity, but no matter how many times I have performed the procedure, it still takes me a while to line up those pesky little screws on the mounting bracket LOL.  I had some booting issues that I still can't explain, but it seems to have been related to a problem with some of my more recent images.  Interestingly, this did not seem to affect the older drive.  It took me a while to figure this out, but once I realized what was happening, restoring from a slightly older image resolved the issue.  So as I said this was particular to my setup and has nothing to do with the drive.  With read/write speeds of up to 550/520, it is definitely much faster than my old Crucial M500.  The 3D VNAND flash used in this drive supposedly also provides improved endurance.  Samsung includes a 10 year warranty.

----- Original Message -----

From: Smiling?

Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 7:41 AM

Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

So from your opinion, what was the primary problem with your installation of the new Samsung SSD? And how are you noticing the speed differences of this  nice little piece of new equipment?

 

From: Carlos [mailto:carlos1106@...]
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 4:59 PM
To: TechTalk@groups.io
Subject: [TechTalk] New Solid State Drive

 

So for anyone who cares, I finally purchased and installed my new SSD last night.

The installation didn't go nearly as smoothly as I was hoping which is an understatement, but I finally got it all sorted out.  Although I suspect the problems were on my end and nothing to do with the drive itself.  Some time in the next couple of days, I will tackle installing Windows 10 in a dual boot configuration which should be a piece of cake in comparison I say knocking on wood.  Hopefully this will allow me to provide more first-hand assistance with Windows 10 related issues.  I installed 10 for a while last year shortly after it was officially released to experiment, but certain things did not work reliably for me so I couldn't justify running it full time.

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