Dumb question of the day

MaadDaawg · #1 02-26-2013

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 · #2 02-26-2013

i wouldn't see why not, i've done it to my rig

Neuromancer · #3 02-26-2013

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 · #4 02-27-2013

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

MaadDaawg · #5 02-27-2013

by restoring the image I formatted my 250GB SSD to be exactly the same size as my old 150GB raptor

Thank god I remembered some of what I had read for my A+ before I reformated the drive and started over

Now everything is all better

Neuromancer · #6 02-27-2013

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 · #7 03-01-2013

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neuromancer

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

phwew, a close one

Neuromancer · #8 03-03-2013

LOL. I never tried win7 imager, I grabbed IFD when Kal got that discount for us way back when.