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MaadDaawg
02-26-2013, 04:27 PM
If I have a saved image (I do) for my gamer with a 150gb raptor in it, can I use the same image to setup the computer with an SSD in place of the raptor?

kikicoco1334
02-26-2013, 05:02 PM
i wouldn't see why not, i've done it to my rig

Neuromancer
02-26-2013, 08:07 PM
Yes.

You will want to setup the boad the exact same way. (IE... AHCI/RAID/IDE) as you did wit hthe raptor.

Which should have been in RAID or AHCI anyway :)

Either works just fine.

MaadDaawg
02-27-2013, 07:01 AM
cool :)

thanks!

but.. I think my raptor is setup in IDE, don't know why... it was a long long time ago that I first set it up ... oh well

okay, changed it to ACHI, jumped through some small hoops, now making a new image :D

MaadDaawg
02-27-2013, 04:59 PM
by restoring the image I formatted my 250GB SSD to be exactly the same size as my old 150GB raptor :wtfsign:

Thank god I remembered some of what I had read for my A+ before I reformated the drive and started over :shock: Now everything is all better :D

Neuromancer
02-27-2013, 05:27 PM
LOL what software are you using to do your images? Doesn't it have "fit target" option?


But its easy to extend it in windows V/7, just go into disk management click extend and your done :)

MaadDaawg
03-01-2013, 06:06 AM
LOL what software are you using to do your images? Doesn't it have "fit target" option?


But its easy to extend it in windows V/7, just go into disk management click extend and your done :)

I used the Win7 install disk to re-image and didn't pay a whole lot of attn to the on screen prompts :ohshit:

Used Disk Management to extend the partition but literally had the win7 install disk in and loaded and all set to reformat the drive when I remembered I could extend it :eek: phwew, a close one :Dizzy:

Neuromancer
03-03-2013, 08:06 PM
LOL. I never tried win7 imager, I grabbed IFD when Kal got that discount for us way back when.