Moving to SSD's, start from scratch or backup/copy?

[AshleyC]

Ok ive picked up enough SSD's now to move my PC over to them and get with the times

My PC at the moment is pretty slow to boot up, it seems to get to the desktop then spend a good few minutes grinding away before i can acceptably open an app up.

Ive a 100gig partition for the OS (Windwos 7 ultimate) and then 2 512gig partitions, one for app data and one for the apps. So ive got a 128gig SSD and 2 512's. Ive also got a 3TB WD External Drive that i could put to use in moving things about.

There is quite a bit to reinstall if i went for the start from scratch option but it would be nice if there was a way of doing a backup/restore that tidied up all the current bootup junk that seems to be going on. I dont want to just copy crap over to the SSD. What would people recommend? bite the bullet and just do a fresh install or is there a quicker automated option?

 

[jondc]

IMHO Bite the bullet, fresh install. Good to have a spring clean!


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[Pete Allen]

Just did the same thing with mine.

Tidied up as best I could re: uninstalling unwanted programs, used Revo uninstaller to nuke all the junk from various sources and, cloned the OS drive using a free version of Acronis that came with the SSD.

Just like new now.

 

[petersmart]

Fresh install the best option.

Although if it's really slow have you got enough memory?

These days at least 8 GB of memory is becoming a necessity if you're editing pics etc and 16GB even better.

And a 64 bit OS as well.
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