SSD Disk cloning.

[ricky1]

Hi All,

I am getting a sandisk extreme 240 GB from amazon and will be reinstalling windows 8 when it arrives. I usually do a disk cloning after the installation is complete so that I can recover the system easily in case of any OS issues.

I usually use norton ghost 11.5 for cloning. Does it work on SSD as well? I dun wanna do a cloning which cannot be recovered.

There is this free Macrium Reflect also. Can it be use on SSD?

If Ghost 11.5 is ok then I will continue using that.

Thanks.

 

[xkiller213]

if you're buying 2x SSD then it is ok to clone, i used the free software Clonezilla last time to clone some SSDs... if not i would recommend you to install a fresh copy of windows...

afaik, clonezilla has a copy to disk image function so that you can create a back up image...

 

[Gribber]

Hi All,

I am getting a sandisk extreme 240 GB from amazon and will be reinstalling windows 8 when it arrives. I usually do a disk cloning after the installation is complete so that I can recover the system easily in case of any OS issues.

I usually use norton ghost 11.5 for cloning. Does it work on SSD as well? I dun wanna do a cloning which cannot be recovered.

There is this free Macrium Reflect also. Can it be use on SSD?

If Ghost 11.5 is ok then I will continue using that.

Thanks.

yes, ghost is fine.

 

[ricky1]

if you're buying 2x SSD then it is ok to clone, i used the free software Clonezilla last time to clone some SSDs... if not i would recommend you to install a fresh copy of windows...

afaik, clonezilla has a copy to disk image function so that you can create a back up image...

i mean i will install a fresh copy of windows 8 on the new ssd. then wanna clone an image out using ghost 11.5. ghost can do cloning on ssd?

 

[ricky1]

yes, ghost is fine.

so next time os error i can use ghost clone back?

 

[ricky1]

Wanna ask u guys ah. I got a current HDD image from my mechanical HDD. Can I clone it over to ssd drives? Thanks.

 

[_dXter]

Yes, did that from a WD velociraptor to an Intel SSD with Acronis True Image.

 

[ricky1]

Yes, did that from a WD velociraptor to an Intel SSD with Acronis True Image.

thanks. but my image is in ghost. should be ok?

 

[Gribber]

so next time os error i can use ghost clone back?

yes
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[crazydeals]

How about Acronis????

 

[ricky1]

installed and tested liao.

 

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I got all sorts of problems after cloning to ssd, it seems like I cannot uninstall many programs

 

[ricky1]

I got all sorts of problems after cloning to ssd, it seems like I cannot uninstall many programs

i just spend some time reinstalling the os lor. 5 mins for os and alot more time to do up the programs

 

[doki81]

I got all sorts of problems after cloning to ssd, it seems like I cannot uninstall many programs

i do notice issue like this happen..some of the program i previous installed has been asking me to re-install

am using true image 2013 to do the cloning..

so far i havent try to uninstall anything yet. maybe will try tonight..

other than that..all seem to be fine..i am on win 8 pro..

 

[ricky1]

i do notice issue like this happen..some of the program i previous installed has been asking me to re-install

am using true image 2013 to do the cloning..

so far i havent try to uninstall anything yet. maybe will try tonight..

other than that..all seem to be fine..i am on win 8 pro..

to prevent such issues. isn't it better to just reformat the pc and then clone an image out? takes maybe a day but less trouble.