Hard drive upgrade to SSD

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HRFMguy Send message Joined: 12 Nov 21 Posts: 170 Credit: 91,141,753 RAC: 723,972	Message 71475 - Posted: 11 Dec 2021, 18:37:12 UTC OK gang. I have a shiny new SSD ready to install. i have suspended all tasks not already started, and will let running tasks finish to completion. As far as MW@home is concerned, what else do I need to do? Can I move the suspended task to the new hard drive? Should I abort them? The old spinning rust is coming completely out. ID: 71475 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

.clair. Send message Joined: 3 Mar 13 Posts: 45 Credit: 765,934,267 RAC: 2,238	Message 71476 - Posted: 11 Dec 2021, 19:10:31 UTC For me, I would run all tasks and make shure everything is uploaded and reported first. ID: 71476 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Keith Myers Send message Joined: 24 Jan 11 Posts: 600 Credit: 478,721,544 RAC: 132,075	Message 71477 - Posted: 11 Dec 2021, 22:19:12 UTC - in response to Message 71475. If you stop BOINC and just clone the hard drive to the SSD, BOINC is none the wiser when you start it up again. Just un-suspend your cached work and proceed as usual. If the new SSD is going to be a different system drive label like changing from C:\ to D:\ then you probably need to reinstall BOINC and go through the configuration where you tell BOINC where its DATA directory is located. ID: 71477 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

mmonnin Send message Joined: 2 Oct 16 Posts: 162 Credit: 766,355,458 RAC: 1,426,929	Message 71479 - Posted: 12 Dec 2021, 2:49:33 UTC Just clone the HDD https://www.easeus.com/partition-master/clone-larger-hdd-to-smaller-ssd.html ID: 71479 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

sygopet Send message Joined: 18 Apr 09 Posts: 7 Credit: 4,950,013 RAC: 636	Message 71482 - Posted: 12 Dec 2021, 16:43:03 UTC - in response to Message 71479. . . . and you clone all the rubbish on the hard disk. ID: 71482 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

mmonnin Send message Joined: 2 Oct 16 Posts: 162 Credit: 766,355,458 RAC: 1,426,929	Message 71484 - Posted: 12 Dec 2021, 19:29:48 UTC Its an easy to use piece of software. No fuss and can be done from w/in windows. If a user is asking those questions then something simple is needed. Copying 'garbage' and keeping the PC as similar as possible is probably more useful and easier to them then a clean install. Judging the question, credit and RAC this seems more like something in their capability. ID: 71484 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote