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    New SSD / Reinstall Win 10

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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @Danp
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      @Danp said:

      @scottalanmiller Right now the SSD is temporarily attached to the SATA interface for the DVD drive. I will eventually remove the existing HD, swap to the correct SATA interface, and reinstall the DVD. Will this interface swapping lead to issues with booting from the SSD?

      Should not,.

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      • DustinB3403D
        DustinB3403 @Danp
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        @Danp said:

        @scottalanmiller Right now the SSD is temporarily attached to the SATA interface for the DVD drive. I will eventually remove the existing HD, swap to the correct SATA interface, and reinstall the DVD. Will this interface swapping lead to issues with booting from the SSD?

        It shouldn't you're simply moving the device as far as BIOS cares.

        Just make sure that it's listed correctly in the BIOS for the boot order and you'll be fine.

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        • DashrenderD
          Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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          @scottalanmiller said:

          @Danp said:

          @scottalanmiller Right now the SSD is temporarily attached to the SATA interface for the DVD drive. I will eventually remove the existing HD, swap to the correct SATA interface, and reinstall the DVD. Will this interface swapping lead to issues with booting from the SSD?

          Should not,.

          No possible problems with the Boot.ini?

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller
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            boot.ini? What issue would you anticipate there?

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            • travisdh1T
              travisdh1 @scottalanmiller
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              @scottalanmiller said:

              boot.ini? What issue would you anticipate there?

              Having to boot into recovery mode and run the "Fix boot" routine. Been years since I had to manually fix a boot.ini.... course that might have as much to do with moving to Linux as Microsoft actually fixing boot sequence.

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              • DashrenderD
                Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                @scottalanmiller said:

                boot.ini? What issue would you anticipate there?

                if the boot.ini says disk1/partition1, then when you change the number of disks installed into the system, the disk becomes disk0/partition1 and the system won't boot.

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                • DanpD
                  Danp @Dashrender
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                  @Dashrender said:

                  if the boot.ini says disk1/partition1, then when you change the number of disks installed into the system, the disk becomes disk0/partition1 and the system won't boot.

                  That's what I was thinking as well.

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                  • BRRABillB
                    BRRABill
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                    BTW: the WIn7/8 key to a fresh install does indeed work now. So, so much awesome-er.

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                    • dafyreD
                      dafyre
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                      Just out of curiosity... Why dual boot?

                      Put the SSD drive in the right slot and leave the original drive disconnected.... Install onto SSD, and hook SSD drive up via USB or the CD connection, and just copy files over?

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                      • DanpD
                        Danp @dafyre
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                        @dafyre said:

                        Just out of curiosity... Why dual boot?

                        Because I was hoping to get some actual work done using the original drive until I got everything reinstalled on the SSD. 😜

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                        • dafyreD
                          dafyre @Danp
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                          @Danp Acceptable answer... but it would be easier in the long run to either just clone the drive or do a clean install and install all your apps in one go. 🙂

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                          • DanpD
                            Danp
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                            Just reporting back to say that I successfully reinstalled everything to the SSD over the weekend. Pulled the old drive on Monday, and everything has been working well with the upgraded drive. 👍

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