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    making the upgrade to Win7 and an SSD.

    Is it Ok to use the Easy Transfer Wizard, or is it better to start 100% fresh?
    Jan 14, 2011 5:47pm PST
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    making the upgrade to Win7 and an SSD. Is it Ok to use the Easy Transfer Wizard, or is it better to st... : hirezThis person is cool!

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      fresh with an SSD. Also make sure AHCI is enabled. : ant_hillbilly
      • thanks. I think I accidentally left that off on my Vista install. : hirezThis person is cool!
      • AHCI? : MeestaNob
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      I'd never trust that thing. : BouillonCubes
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        Why don't you like the easy transfer wizard? It does that it's billed to do. : Dusty_SlimThis person is cool!
        • I don't keep all of my stuff in the expected places so it'd never work. Something would be missed. : BouillonCubes
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      Make sure to format the SSD from within Win7 setup also (formatting in vista thru disk management is ok a... : sanchezThis person is cool!
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        I prefer not to 'format' at all, and tell it to install to Unpartitioned Space.. no need to write all ov... : biofrogThis person is cool!
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          Installing to that "unpartioned space" directly includes a format. : ProziumThis person is cool!
          • Only formats the partition tables, ala 'quick format'.. the other option by default does a full format I... : biofrogThis person is cool!
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      OH, if I dont use ETW, is there a quick way to transfer Chrome? or export my passwords? : hirezThis person is cool!
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        you should tie Chrome to your GMail account and sync TO THE CLOUD : redfiveThis person is cool!
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          it said it only sync'd bookmarks & preferences! so I though it wasnt what I needed. : hirezThis person is cool!
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            easy way is to leave your current drive in the machine, don't touch it, and if in doubt post-install just... : biofrogThis person is cool!
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              yeah, this is a very good suggestion, and I would have done this if I could. but its a microATX and there... : hirezThis person is cool!
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                You may not be able to physically keep it in there but you can still hook it up if needed. : ProziumThis person is cool!
                • yes, if I really needed to, I could. It'd just be ugly and time consuming. I am going to throw it into an... : hirezThis person is cool!
      • nm googling found it. : hirezThis person is cool!
    • 100% fresh feels so good and its easy. I did the same. i bought an SSD and upgraded from XP to win7 64bit... : gyokuro
    • I've used the easy transfer program several times to transfer files and settings to a new machine. Worked... : Colleton
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      You're just now jumping to Win7? Jesus... you're a year behind the curve my friend ;) : coraldayton
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        hah, never really had a reason to update. but the SSD needs TRIM! : hirezThis person is cool!
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          Windows 7 has been baller from the getgo - even from the beta they released in January 09. It was SO FUCK... : coraldayton
          • Oh I know. But vista was working fine, and I didn't feel the cost to upgrade was worth it. : hirezThis person is cool!
    • Update from the other side: SSD is credit to team! : hirezThis person is cool!