How to clone a hard drive with OS to a SSD? *RESOLVED*

fixed problem just used acronis boot loader

I thought fresh installs on SSD's were a must....

^It's not a must but it is better to do a fresh install for a SSD. Cloning a hard drive to SSD have some alignment issues or something like that but some cloning software can fix it.

Some software to consider:
Acronis
Paragon

Here's a guide: http://lifehacker.com/5837543/how...ng-windows

Quote from boourns84 : For the life of me I can't get it right. I got norton ghost v15 and it just crashes my computer every time I run it. I have a legit copy of windows 7 on a 1 tb hard drive, trying to copy it to a ssd drive. Does anybody have any good tips? The only software that it came with is that norton ghost and it crashes. Free acronis trial doesn't include cloning. At my wits end here and am about to craigslist the SSD. If anybody has any tips let me know. It's a samsung 128gb that was $90 bucks from a newegg deal last week

Does the OS partition cover the entire 1tb or is it smaller, and if so, how big is the OS partition?
How big is your SSD?
As you see from other posters, installing a fresh OS is preferable.
Except in the case of having software that can't be reinstalled without having to pay for it again, going with a fresh install may be a good option for you, considering all the time and frustration wasted on the attempted cloning.
If you choose to do so and you don't have an installation disc, you can download Win 7 of the appropriate version from the internet, then use your present key.

Quote from runtohell121 : ^It's not a must but it is better to do a fresh install for a SSD. Cloning a hard drive to SSD have some alignment issues or something like that but some cloning software can fix it. Some software to consider: Acronis Paragon Here's a guide: http://lifehacker.com/5837543/how...ng-windows

And don't forget about making sure TRIM is enabled, defrag is disabled, slim down your page file, etc. There are tons of guides out there.

Quote from boourns84 : fixed problem just used acronis boot loader

The mods don't delete the threads when the problem is resolved, but you could put "Solved" in the title.