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Oct 22, 2012

I am replacing an HDD with an SDD in my laptop.I have it partitioned the same way as the HDD except that D: is smaller.

system reserved, C:=system, D:=data-profiles-programs, E: =HP_TOOLS (fat32)

My plan was to image the system reserved, C: and E: partitions.The HDD is running in ACHI mode.What I want to know - When installing Windows 7, does it do something different on a SSD than a HDD such that imaging the HDD to the SDD will make a performance difference?

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