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OT: Anyone know how to use SSD data Migration

AJ2112AJ2112 Posts: 1,416
edited April 2014 in New Users

Good news, my new system is up/running stable. Bad news, my old system decided to stop working last night, so I could not do any data transfer to dvd. System boots up, blank screen. Think video card malfunction. I have a Samsung SSD drive that comes with data migration, to transfer data from one drive to another. Instruction appears simple, but I have no idea how to use it. Old hdd has windows XP. Would be cool if I can transfer all my 3D content to new SSD drive. I may give it a shot tonight, worst can happen, I have to reload windows 7.

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  • frank0314frank0314 Posts: 14,298
    edited December 1969

    How big is the new SSD card? You shouldn't store all your content on it. I will fill up quick. You should store it on a secondary drive or external drive. If you don't have either one then its safe to save it all on the SSD but I'd invest in a 2 or 3TB external to store all your files

  • JaderailJaderail Posts: 0
    edited April 2014

    Umm.. Data migration is for the other way, OFF the SSD. SSD's are only rated for so many read writes before failure per sector, the content that can or will change often should be moved off the SSD not to it. I strongly suggest any temp folders and any Data folders you now have go on a second drive and only OS and Boot files/prg's go on the SSD. That is my practice.

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  • AJ2112AJ2112 Posts: 1,416
    edited April 2014

    Hi friends, thanx for info. I have 2 SSD drives Mushkin 60GB (OS) and Samsung 250GB, and 4 WD externals, not storing on SSD. Transferring old hdd to ssd to external.

    Oh Wow ! I connect the XP hdd to new system sata, windows 7. In my computer folder, I can access all the data ! freakin awesome !! Transferring now to externals.

    Jade, I read last night on Samsung site, data can be transferred from hdd to SSD as target disk using migration. If your intersted in link, I'll share. Thanx friends :-)

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  • JaderailJaderail Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    I'm not saying it can not be. But when you read up on SSD drives and the ways they fail you will soon learn why I prefer data on a data drive. Even my DAZ Studio Temp folder is not on my SSD.

  • ZarconDeeGrissomZarconDeeGrissom Posts: 5,412
    edited April 2014

    Question about that temp...

    I moved the "Temp" folder over to "R" as it was only about 80MB of stuff here. What about that "DSON" folder? How bad is that to performance on a platter drive vs the 80GB SSD boot-drive it's currently on?

    I really wish they made M-RAM SSD options instead of only Flash-out-the-insulator SSD units.

    The DRAM based options are a few multiples beyond my budget, lol.


    I think that migration tool is for moving your entire OS from one drive to it's intended replacement, at-least it had been a decade ago when I looked at that stuff. Do they do XP to Win7 third-party-software transfer-n-install with that stuff now?


    That's how I've done upgrades. Install OS on new drive, then plug in the old one and copy documents. Less headaches that way.

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  • JaderailJaderail Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    That is a Good question, I have not given the Dson much thought. The Temp folder is in use for every render and test render, and for me that is a lot of read writes I prefer not happen on my SSD. I will watch the Dson and see if it has a similar hit to the SSD.

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