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rutsber

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SSDs
« on: October 27, 2012, 06:17:54 pm »
I'm looking at getting an SSD for a boot drive in my system, but I saw somewhere that there can be issues with bios. Is this something that happens more in older systems, or is it something I should look into? Also, how would I transfer the files? Would I need to do a fresh install of Windows, or is there a way to just copy files over? I have an external drive if needed. Any other advice would be appreciated as well.

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Re: SSDs
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2012, 06:53:48 am »
Maybe BIOS is an issue if you're BIOS/motherboard is really old...I had never problems with it.

There are tools available to copy a hard disk 1:1, so no need to reinstall your OS. Just google for it...
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Re: SSDs
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2012, 11:25:58 am »
SSDs needs to run on ACHI or RAID mode for drive support but it can still run in IDE mode. You could do a image copy on the ssd but i wouldn't recommend it due to the nature of the drive vs. a hard drive and rather you just go ahead and reinstall windows (i hope you have 7 too)
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Re: SSDs
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2012, 03:42:17 pm »
A fresh install is recommended, read up alignment on SSDs. Also, they run slower when in IDE mode, but any newer motherboard model should support AHCI.
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