My SSD is making no difference to start-up speed

[Brandon0104]

Hi all,
So I have installed an SSD along side my HDD for performance speed increase. I used MAcrium Reflect, and copied ALL of my harddrive onto my 256gb SSD. I have also gone into BIOS, set it to AHCI mode and the OS was transferred along side other documents. It is also set to bootup from SSD. However, i timed it with bootup from HHD and then from SSD, and it was EXACTLY the same time. Why is the SSD having no effect? I am disappointed 🙁

 

[Fabio2011]

Well, you have to format that HDD and install windows in SSD. The action that you have done is not correct, that's why your pc won't boot up faster.
One question. What SSD have you bought?

 

[Brandon0104]

Well, you have to format that HDD and install windows in SSD. The action that you have done is not correct, that's why your pc won't boot up faster.
One question. What SSD have you bought?

Crucial MX100 256GB. Please help me man by explaining all the steps I must do, considering I have already copied over all the files so that they are in both places. Can you explain how to format and install windows? But surely if I'm starting up from the SSD, the formatting of the HDD should have no impact?

Thanks

 

[PabiGamito]

Well, you have to format that HDD and install windows in SSD. The action that you have done is not correct, that's why your pc won't boot up faster.
One question. What SSD have you bought?

Crucial MX100 256GB. Please help me man by explaining all the steps I must do, considering I have already copied over all the files so that they are in both places. Can you explain how to format and install windows? But surely if I'm starting up from the SSD, the formatting of the HDD should have no impact?

Thanks

By copying all the files Windows will not boot on the SSD but rather on the HDD as that is what it was set to. You will have to open BIOS witch should open by pressing the "del" key on startup and set your "primary boot location" to your SDD instead of HDD. And some other stuff.

This is a good video explaining exactly how to do it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMo8krAJd5Q
Follow step by step and then you show notice your computer booting up 2 times + faster.

Hope this helps.

 

[Brandon0104]

Well, you have to format that HDD and install windows in SSD. The action that you have done is not correct, that's why your pc won't boot up faster.
One question. What SSD have you bought?

Crucial MX100 256GB. Please help me man by explaining all the steps I must do, considering I have already copied over all the files so that they are in both places. Can you explain how to format and install windows? But surely if I'm starting up from the SSD, the formatting of the HDD should have no impact?

Thanks

By copying all the files Windows will not boot on the SSD but rather on the HDD as that is what it was set to. You will have to open BIOS witch should open by pressing the "del" key on startup and set your "primary boot location" to your SDD instead of HDD. And some other stuff.

This is a good video explaining exactly how to do it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMo8krAJd5Q
Follow step by step and then you show notice your computer booting up 2 times + faster.

Hope this helps.

Thanks, but done all of this. Made it primary, boots at same speed

 

[Brandon0104]

Well, you have to format that HDD and install windows in SSD. The action that you have done is not correct, that's why your pc won't boot up faster.
One question. What SSD have you bought?

Please reply. I've tried everything.

 

[PabiGamito]

Well, you have to format that HDD and install windows in SSD. The action that you have done is not correct, that's why your pc won't boot up faster.
One question. What SSD have you bought?

Please reply. I've tried everything.

Are you sure it boots with the SDD? Because even if it is set as "primary boot" and windows ins't installed on it, it will use HDD, disk, USD, or whatever else it can actually boot. Did you do anything to transfer Windows itself to your SDD, not just the files in disk C (your HDD).

 

[Fabio2011]

Insert your windows CD, if you have downloaded your windows, you must burn a dvd and restart the pc. After that go to BIOS and set as primary boot the DVD player. Then you do this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf408Rkc5IA (but remember you must install the windows on SSD and the HDD just format it.) After that, install the drivers and you are done.

 

[madmatt30]

Got to agree with the 2 guys above - while cloning a current installation from a platter drive to an ssd works for some people it doesn't work for everyone..
If you feel you're not getting the performance you should be then I'd say your best bet is indeed a fresh format & install with the ssd.