Posts by pman555

Quote:Originally Posted by vladd Did you have enough free space on it to defrag the large files? I've had the issue where I had to temporarily move a couple of rips to another drive just to get everything to defrag. Auslogic's free...

Quote:Originally Posted by vladd The speeds look good. Have you checked for fragmentation? I defragmented the drive right before I installed the new SSD, but it couldn't hurt to try again tonight.

Hey all, I recently installed Windows 7 fresh on a new SSD and deleted the old OS partition on my 2TB HDD. Now, the HDD is just being used for media storage. At first, I noticed that copying large files to the HDD took longer than I...

Quote:Originally Posted by Mfusick Just copy over everything you want or need from old partition. Once your set. Delete it. Then extend the storage partition on the same drive to be max sized . Your 100mb is going to show there...

Quote:Originally Posted by Mfusick Glad it worked out One last thing! (hopefully) See the picture, here: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/19272658/Photo%20Jan%2030%2C%2010%2028%2020%20PM.jpg The C drive is my new SSD. The F drive is my...

Quote:Originally Posted by Mfusick Yes. Just plug it back in. I do it that way all the time.. I figured. Thanks for your advice.

Quote:Originally Posted by Mfusick Any luck ? Thanks for following up! Of course I had luck doing it the RIGHT way! Everything installed smoothly so far. I didn't have a ton of time to work on it last night, but i did get Win7...

I've got a Gigabyte Z68MA mobo. I built the HTPC at the end of 2011, so I'm probably better off DLing the drivers from the website. You do make a great point about DLing the drivers on a USB first to have them ready to install...

Quote:Originally Posted by Mfusick I would hit the F key and choose the advanced options : Delete all partitions. Then create a new max sized partition. Then format that new partition. Windows will make a 100MB partition for...

Quote:Originally Posted by rshack Don't know if this is too late or not, or even if you still wanted to give this a shot, but it sounds like your on the right track now. After you image your backup onto your new SSD, place in the...