Help, new SSD drive

COVKID

Have got -H P laptop with win 8.1.- USB stick with laptop image.-
New ssd drive. When I fit the blank ssd how do I install the image from USB stick.Have I got to go into bios and change start up,or will it just load.Don't particularly want to have a clean install .Used Macrium for image.
Thanks

Double_V

Do a clean install on your new SSD and once you have Windows then use the USB image to recover everything else.
I think this is easiest way.

COVKID

Thank you Double V. That's what I will do. Have got 5 windows recovery discs that I made.Should have read Macrium first I see that I can do that.Thanks for your help.

AndyPix

There is a great free tool that can assist you .

GOOGLE

AndyPix

Double_V wrote: »

Do a clean install on your new SSD and once you have Windows then use the USB image to recover everything else.
I think this is easiest way.

So you advise doing a clean install of an OS, and then imaging the drive over the top ??

Wow

COVKID

Hi Andy. Will the ssd pick up the image without having an os installed? Thanks

almillar

Whatever way you do it, make sure that TRIM is enabled. You also want to make sure the BIOS uses AHCI for SSDs if you can find the option.

AndyPix

COVKID wrote: »

Hi Andy. Will the ssd pick up the image without having an os installed? Thanks

But surely the image IS the OS

You will be writing the image to the disk, that will overwrite anything on the disk, so it is pointless putting anything on there beforehand ..

The usb stick is detected by the BIOS (the basic input output system that lives on a chip inside your computer and is entirely independent from the OS) and then the BIOS code launches the imaging software thats built into the stick you created with your imaging software.

Hope this helps
Andy

Toxteth_OGrady

^^^^^

+1, except...

[PEDANT]I would clone rather than image[/PEDANT]

ChiefGrasscutter

Some time ago I thought there could be problems with an disk image from a HDD being restored instead to a SSD....something to do with 'offsets'.
if I'm talking rubbish or have out of date info - do say so!

AndyPix

Toxteth_OGrady wrote: »

^^^^^

+1, except...

[PEDANT]I would clone rather than image[/PEDANT]

Well I would image the disk .. same as I would Photograph that car or whatever
I guess its short for "take an image"

You say potato etc ..