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October 4th, 2018 09:00
Changing Boot Drive from HDD to SSD
Just removed the optical drive in my OPtiplex 760 and replaced it with a SSD. I have cloned my hard drive to the SSD. How do I now make the SSD my boot drive? DO I need to physically switch the 2 SATA connectors?
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speedstep
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October 4th, 2018 09:00
You have to move the data cable to the Drive 0 connection so yes you have to swap the cables with power off then restart with only 1 drive attached.
The other issue is that Clone from HD to SSD means the drive is not optimized and has prefetch and superfetch and indexing and swap and hibernate and and and and which will in a very short time WRITE The drive to death. “optimizing” an SSD involves reducing the amount of writes to the SSD. Each cell of flash memory on the drive only has a limited number of writes before it can’t be written to anymore and the drive is dead.
There’s a good chance your SSD dies of wear when its TLC vs MLC or SLC.
The indexing service in Windows is implemented to make the search function perform faster by storing an index of file locations. The service was designed to improve search performance when using a mechanical HDD, but the quick response times of SSDs make this service obsolete and unnecessary. Indexing is also another service that makes multiple small writes to a storage drive any time a file is created, changed, or removed. It's wise to disable this service if you wish to avoid unnecessary wear to the SSD.
Click Start and open Computer. Find the SSD you would like to disable indexing service on, right-click it and choose Properties.
Uncheck the box next to Allow files on this drive to have contents indexed in addition to file properties.
To turn of System Restore you must:
The purpose of TRIM is to allow the Operating System to communicate to the SSD that a block of data is no longer needed or being used by the file system (garbage collection). If TRIM is not functioning you may notice a drop in performance. TRIM is supported in Windows 7 and 8, but not Vista. Follow these steps to verify that TRIM is installed and working properly:
Tesla1856
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October 4th, 2018 10:00
It's like this if using Macrium Reflect (and creating an Image File ... not a direct clone). Some cloning software works better than others.
https://www.dell.com/community/Alienware-Desktops/M-2-NVMe-bootable-options/td-p/6073037
stephenef
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October 4th, 2018 13:00
I appreciate your response, but wonder what's the use of switching to SSD for a boot drive if it's, as you say, going to be written to death?
Tesla1856
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October 4th, 2018 14:00
Now-days, Windows should boot from a SSD. (period)
All HDD/SSD drives get "written to death". SSDs have no moving parts and are much more reliable that spinning-platter-drives.
If your SSD is not Over-Provisioned from the factory, you can do that and that will increase it's life.
You can also buy upper-tier SSDs with MLC memory. They cost a bit more, but supposedly, the memory cells last 10x longer.
speedstep
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October 4th, 2018 15:00
Clean installs of SSD's do not have those issues.
You cloned a HARD DRIVE not an SSD.
Mechanical hard drives do not have write limitations.
They have Issues with run time.
SSD's de trap after 1 year or less without power depending on temperature.
Hard Drives can be written to and retain data for 30 years without being powered again.
Hard drives die when you drop them SSD's tend to be immune from this.
Sata Data transfer is 150 megs SSD data transfer is 500 megs.
longevity of data is on the hard drives side.
Speed and low power and immunity from heavy shocks is on the SSD side.
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October 5th, 2021 15:00
Guys, I got the SSD set up as the boot drive. I simply made a Windows installation flash drive, plugged the SSD into the first SATA slot where the factory HDD was and set it to boot from the flash drive in BIOS. Bingo, simple and easy. I think it's best to not solicit too much advice on these matters, because I was listening to everyone and was getting conflicting info. I don't think a single person suggested doing it the way I ended up doing it, and to me, it was the easiest, most simple way. Of course, I'm a rookie, so I could be wrong. Thanks for taking the time to try to help me out.