Problem with an OS install on a new SSD

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Hey folks,

So I just recently purchased a Samsung SSD, which I have installed Win 7 on to.

When booting from the SSD, I am given the basic desktop instead of my own as if I had booted from my HDD.

How do I get it so that I can use my current desktop settings while still booting from my SSD?
 
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Wait. Now I see what you are asking. You want to use the SSD but still have everything you have on the HDD as it was. That can only be done by cloning the HDD to the SDD.
http://www.howtogeek.com/97242/how-to-migrate-windows-7-to-a-solid-state-drive/
(I use EaseUS Todo Backup: http://www.easeus.com/backup-software/)

As you have it now, you have a clean install of Windows. You would have to reinstall all your apps anew. But keep in mind, if the SSD is too small to hold all the stuff that is on the HDD, you will not be able to clone it all.
So basically you have two choices:
1) Clone the HDD to the SDD if it all fits
2) Clean install of Win7 to the SSD and reinstall your most needed apps on the SSD. (like you have now)
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Did you disconnect the SATA cable from the HDD when you installed to OS to the SSD? The old Windows OS may still have its boot sector on the HDD. Also, be sure to go into BIOS and make the new SSD the boot drive.
Here is a SSD/Win7 installation guide. Be sure to use it to get the best performance from the SSD and to keep it from writing itself to an early death.
http://www.overclock.net/t/1156654/seans-windows-7-install-optimization-guide-for-ssds-hdds
(if they are off line right now, it is only temporarily)
 
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This did not solve my problem. Would uninstalling Win 7 from my HDD be a solution at all?

To clarify, as I wrote my original post in a rush, I am trying to make it so that my OS boots from my SSD, but that when loading up I am able to view my desktop and use my computer as it is currently set up. Right now, when booting from my SSD, it brings me to the default desktop screen with no drivers installed and none of my programs available.
 
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Wait. Now I see what you are asking. You want to use the SSD but still have everything you have on the HDD as it was. That can only be done by cloning the HDD to the SDD.
http://www.howtogeek.com/97242/how-to-migrate-windows-7-to-a-solid-state-drive/
(I use EaseUS Todo Backup: http://www.easeus.com/backup-software/)

As you have it now, you have a clean install of Windows. You would have to reinstall all your apps anew. But keep in mind, if the SSD is too small to hold all the stuff that is on the HDD, you will not be able to clone it all.
So basically you have two choices:
1) Clone the HDD to the SDD if it all fits
2) Clean install of Win7 to the SSD and reinstall your most needed apps on the SSD. (like you have now)
 
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Sadly I cannot clone everything on my desktop to my SSD. Got about 200GB of stuff installed. Will this program perhaps allow me to pick and choose certain pieces to clone over to the SSD?
 
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Your best bet is to just install windows from scratch onto the SSD. Then load all MB drivers and graphic drivers if you use a graphics card for video. Then install the hdd and you will have to set up your documents, pictures, music and whatever other links of what you want to be stored and used on the HDD. You can delete windows and a lot of other files on the HDD for more space.

What I do is save all the stuff I want to keep, quick format HDD then load all the saved stuff back onto the comp to the new linked documents, etc on the HDD.
 
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I was hoping you had a Zxx motherboard. You could then use Intel Smart Response SSD Caching Technology to use the SSD as a persistant cache to the HDD and not have to do a thing. The cache pgm would make the HDD seem as fast as a huge SSD. I used it for awhile on the rig in my sig below. But you can't do it with that chipset you have.
 
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The size isn't all that important when using the SSD as a persistent cache. It simply removes the old data and stores the new as needed. All your real data remains on the HDD as it always did. It's not a very expensive upgrade if you want to give it a try. If you don't think it is doing the job for you, you won't be out much.
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-ReadyCache-2-5-Inch-Upgrade-SDSSDRC-032G-G26/dp/B008U3038I
(must be getting popular. When I bought it, it was only $40)
 
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Don't bother with a cache SSD. That used to be a viable alternative, back when SSD's were really expensive per GB.

Use the Samsung you have now, bite the bullet, and install all your applications again. Thee whole system will feel faster, instead of just the parts that the cache thinks should be faster.
 
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You can get all the drivers from the manufacturer(s) website. And they will likely be a newer version of whatever was on the CD.
 
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