moving from Intel RAID (Z87) to Samsung 840 PRO SSD
Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 6:38 am
i built a smoking machine & crippled it by putting everything on an Intel firmware-based RAID1. It really does impact performance. So I bought an SSD, & I want to put my Windows 8.1 installation on it.
anyone have any recommendations on how to do this -- using IfW from a TBWinPE USB drive, or using Samsung's Data Migration Tool? I know getting the current firmware before doing anything is critical. Does going the TBWinPE route result in the proper TRIM settings & alignment? I searched the IfW PDF & only found a few TRIM mentions pertaining to disabling it during backups. And is IfW still my best bet for backups with an SSD? I realize who I'm asking, but I'm just not familiar enough with SSDs to know if backups of them are best handled differently.
thanks
anyone have any recommendations on how to do this -- using IfW from a TBWinPE USB drive, or using Samsung's Data Migration Tool? I know getting the current firmware before doing anything is critical. Does going the TBWinPE route result in the proper TRIM settings & alignment? I searched the IfW PDF & only found a few TRIM mentions pertaining to disabling it during backups. And is IfW still my best bet for backups with an SSD? I realize who I'm asking, but I'm just not familiar enough with SSDs to know if backups of them are best handled differently.
thanks