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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...
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fresh with an SSD. Also make sure AHCI is enabled.
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ant_hillbilly
thanks. I think I accidentally left that off on my Vista install.
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hirez
AHCI?
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MeestaNob
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I'd never trust that thing.
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BouillonCubes
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Why don't you like the easy transfer wizard? It does that it's billed to do.
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Dusty_Slim
I don't keep all of my stuff in the expected places so it'd never work. Something would be missed.
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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...
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sanchez
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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...
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biofrog
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Installing to that "unpartioned space" directly includes a format.
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Prozium
Only formats the partition tables, ala 'quick format'.. the other option by default does a full format I...
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biofrog
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OH, if I dont use ETW, is there a quick way to transfer Chrome? or export my passwords?
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hirez
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you should tie Chrome to your GMail account and sync TO THE CLOUD
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redfive
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it said it only sync'd bookmarks & preferences! so I though it wasnt what I needed.
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hirez
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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...
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biofrog
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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...
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hirez
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You may not be able to physically keep it in there but you can still hook it up if needed.
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Prozium
yes, if I really needed to, I could. It'd just be ugly and time consuming. I am going to throw it into an...
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hirez
nm googling found it.
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hirez
100% fresh feels so good and its easy. I did the same. i bought an SSD and upgraded from XP to win7 64bit...
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gyokuro
I've used the easy transfer program several times to transfer files and settings to a new machine. Worked...
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Colleton
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You're just now jumping to Win7? Jesus... you're a year behind the curve my friend ;)
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coraldayton
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hah, never really had a reason to update. but the SSD needs TRIM!
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hirez
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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...
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coraldayton
Oh I know. But vista was working fine, and I didn't feel the cost to upgrade was worth it.
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hirez
Update from the other side: SSD is credit to team!
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hirez