Switching to an ssd

[AlanAlan]

My computer has been getting kind of slow so I want to make the move to an ssd. I don't want to clone my old disk, how do I get my copy of windows to the new one?

What ssd is good for a boot drive. I don't need it to store any informations it is just for booting?

[Altecice]

If you dont want to clone it then the only thing you can do is reinstall.

[Naeaes]

Win 10 is available for download here. To get a clean install, you'll have to do the USB tool thing, not the upgrade now thing. Before going for the installation, make sure, you have working drivers on the USB too. Especially for LAN. You can use legit Win 7 and 8.1 keys during the 10 installation. Unplug your HDDs for the installation and after you've verified, your Win 10 is fully working, plug them in, scan for viruses and copy what you need, format the rest. If you don't format your old drives, they'll be just as slow as they ever were when you try accessing data on them.

[skinlo]

Sorry to slightly hijack, but I want to clone. Are there any negatives to it compared to reinstall?

[RichieXtheXboss]

My computer has been getting kind of slow so I want to make the move to an ssd. I don't want to clone my old disk, how do I get my copy of windows to the new one?

What ssd is good for a boot drive. I don't need it to store any informations it is just for booting?

most people woundnt recomend this but i have seen tons of great reviews on these ssd's

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226677

of you have a little more money i would get something like this 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147359

[danomicar]

My computer has been getting kind of slow so I want to make the move to an ssd. I don't want to clone my old disk, how do I get my copy of windows to the new one?

What ssd is good for a boot drive. I don't need it to store any informations it is just for booting?

Just do a fresh install of windows onto the drive. 

 

Also if you're not looking to use it for much, a cheaper SSD off of newegg or amazon should suffice.

[prepp3]

Sorry to slightly hijack, but I want to clone. Are there any negatives to it compared to reinstall?

 

You should get a samsung 850 evo 120gb it is a great boot drive!!!

[AlanAlan]

Win 10 is available for download here. To get a clean install, you'll have to do the USB tool thing, not the upgrade now thing. Before going for the installation, make sure, you have working drivers on the USB too. Especially for LAN. You can use legit Win 7 and 8.1 keys during the 10 installation. Unplug your HDDs for the installation and after you've verified, your Win 10 is fully working, plug them in, scan for viruses and copy what you need, format the rest. If you don't format your old drives, they'll be just as slow as they ever were when you try accessing data on them.

If I take my windows 7 key and put it in the windows 10 installation what will happen with my windows 7 drive?

[Naeaes]

If I take my windows 7 key and put it in the windows 10 installation what will happen with my windows 7 drive?

I haven't tried it with win 10 and win 7 myself but It's probably the same as before. If you boot to the old OS, it'll query for the key and if you type it in, the new one will stop working until you do the same in the new one. And if you go back and forth like that enough, they'll both stop working. So let's just say, you won't be able to boot to Windows 7 anymore.

[AraiBob]

The question is what is causing the slower system?

 

Is it the OS? or is it the drive? It can be difficult to know.

 

And I do hope you know to NEVER defrag an SSD and never defrag a SATA drive either.

 

If you decide the issue is the OS, then installing from scratch seems to help the situation. For Windows. In my case I use Ubuntu Linux, on my SSD, and the OS only uses about 4GB. Very quick.