https://community.solidigm.com/t5/solid-state-drives-nand/basic-migration-guidance-needed-from-existing-windows-7-system/m-p/20929#M9042 <P>Hi dbooksta,</P><P></P><P>I'm sorry for the trouble you are experiencing. Not all issues posted to this community receive the prompt peer support that you might need. In lieu of waiting for assistance, I would like to suggest you contact <A href="http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support</A> Intel Customer Support for the troubleshooting required. </P><P></P><P>Thank you.</P><P></P><P>Jim</P> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:23:40 GMT JAMES_J_Intel 2013-01-07T18:23:40Z https://community.solidigm.com/t5/solid-state-drives-nand/basic-migration-guidance-needed-from-existing-windows-7-system/m-p/20928#M9041 <P>I am utterly bewildered: I got a 180GB 520 SSD and thought Intel Migration would take care of separating out the O/S (Win 7 x64) from the 900GB on my current drive. Apparently that's not the case. Can somebody please set me straight on the following questions?</P><P></P><OL><LI>I understand I need to create a copy of my primary system drive with (significantly) less than 180GB of data for migration to the SSD, right? Let's call this the <I>migration source</I>, and the remainder the <I>data disc</I>. The <I>migration source</I> will essentially contain the O/S and installed programs, and exclude all user data (which far exceeds 180GB).</LI><LI>I understand I should use the Intel Data Migration software to clone the <I>migration source</I> to the SSD. This appears to use Acronis 10. Should I use the Intel tool, or is my standard copy of Acronis 11 just as effective at this cloning step?</LI><LI>Once "migrated," can I (or should I not) do any sort of spanning partition so that both the SSD and data disc use the same drive letter?<OL><LI>If not, I assume the SSD should be designated primary and left mounted as volume C:. That means all user data that was formerly expected to be found on C: will be on <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":anguished_face:">😧</span> (or some other letter)?</LI><LI>How do I get Windows 7 to recognize that user directories are now on <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":anguished_face:">😧</span> (or whatever I mount the <I>data disc</I> as)?</LI></OL></LI><LI>If I then run the Intel SSD Toolbox am I done?</LI></OL> Fri, 04 Jan 2013 04:09:39 GMT https://community.solidigm.com/t5/solid-state-drives-nand/basic-migration-guidance-needed-from-existing-windows-7-system/m-p/20928#M9041 idata 2013-01-04T04:09:39Z https://community.solidigm.com/t5/solid-state-drives-nand/basic-migration-guidance-needed-from-existing-windows-7-system/m-p/20929#M9042 <P>Hi dbooksta,</P><P></P><P>I'm sorry for the trouble you are experiencing. Not all issues posted to this community receive the prompt peer support that you might need. In lieu of waiting for assistance, I would like to suggest you contact <A href="http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support</A> Intel Customer Support for the troubleshooting required. </P><P></P><P>Thank you.</P><P></P><P>Jim</P> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:23:40 GMT https://community.solidigm.com/t5/solid-state-drives-nand/basic-migration-guidance-needed-from-existing-windows-7-system/m-p/20929#M9042 JAMES_J_Intel 2013-01-07T18:23:40Z