https://sigtar.com/tags/aligns/ Recent content in Aligns on sigtar.com Hugo en-nz Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +1300 https://sigtar.com/2012/10/16/windows-7-moving-to-ssd/ Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +1300 https://sigtar.com/2012/10/16/windows-7-moving-to-ssd/ <p>Want to move your current disk image onto a SSD drive?</p> <p>Quick, easy and free. Also aligns disk sectors :)</p> <ol> <li>Tidy up your current HDD - delete / move any unneeded items to an archive disk</li> <li>Shrink the C volume to under the size of the SSD (you do not need to shrink as small as possible, just shrink just under SSD size)</li> <li>Run Windows Backup (win7 backup is very good, i.e. image backup) onto external USB Drive</li> <li>Remove your current HDD and install SSD</li> <li>Restore via Windows Backup &mdash; Boot install DVD, and choose Repair your computer, then select recover from windows backup image (use the image you backed up onto your USB drive).</li> <li>Reboot, then expand the C volume to consume the full space of the SSD</li> </ol> <p>Done.</p>