abarbarian Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Hi I run my Windows 7 on a Raid 0 set up. I want to use a ssd as my main drive insted of the Raid set up. Can I just do a straight clone using a ssd cloning kit ? The cloning kit I have uses a cut down version of Acronis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Umm... dunno. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted December 9, 2013 Author Share Posted December 9, 2013 (if your os is providing raid 0 without the hardware, your are truly wasting a hard drive, and probably running slower than a single hard drive.) Thanks. Your observation is not right. I tested my drive as standard, short stroked in various configurations, and in Raid 0 with short stroked drives. The Raid 0 short stroked was faster in all respects by some margin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goretsky Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Hello, Most SSDs come with either a disk cloning program or have one available for download, but you should keep in mind that Windows 7 (and newer) configure the operating system's settings differently depending upon whether they are installed to a HDD or a SSD. Some manufacturers, such as Intel and Samsung, provide utilities that tweak Windows to disable un-needed services and change settings so that the operating system will behave as if it was originally installed to a SSD, but I'd still recommend doing a fresh install to the SSD, just so everything gets installed and configured correctly the first time. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 Thanks Goretsky that makes sense. I was trying to avoid a full install guess I'll have to brush up on my "how to move Steam" skills. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goretsky Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Hello, Perhaps the following will be of use: Steam Support Article 7418-YUBN-8129, "Moving a Steam Installation and Games" Regards, Aryeh Goretsky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted December 11, 2013 Author Share Posted December 11, 2013 Temmu it is the games folder of Steam that I want to save 90 GB and rising. That would be one long download. Aryeh thanks for the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted December 11, 2013 Author Share Posted December 11, 2013 as to a software-based raid 0, maybe newer pc's have enough cpu / ram to make them effective speed boosters. (live and learn...) I did some testing with some Samsung F3's which were pretty cheap. By short stroking them and also short stroking them in Raid 0. Though I lost some storage space short stroking alone made the cheap F3 faster than a WD Caviar Black. and in Raid 0 they were faster at reads than a pair Velicoraptors in a RAID 0. Have a look here, http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/shortstroking-hdd-t4021853.html http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/raid-windows-7-a-t4027395p2.html As you can see I got some pretty impressive speeds out of the F3. I got a bit lost in all the testing and it was all new geeky stuff so I did not fully understand all the results. All I know is me computer seems way faster than it did and me games load faster and seem to run with no lag. So that is good enough for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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