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    Moving Game from Hard Drive to SSD

    Reading recent threads has again got me interested in transferring my game from the hard drive to the SSD. I have been putting this off for 2 years because I don't know what to expect after it is done. So I am asking for advise, what precautions should I take to save important settings and files like Skins?

    My game has been stable as a rock, works fine etc. I am doing this to gain a little speed in loading and operation (I hope).

    I am going to go to Steam, remove the game and reinstall on the SSD. Any comments on that approach?
    Found this thread here on how to set up the move.. https://theairtacticalassaultgroup.c...nstalling+game

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    Re: Moving Game from Hard Drive to SSD

    I think you will enjoy the results.. just save all your .ini files in another place. This will insure your setting will be saved. I would also think about moving your OS over as well on a separate one in the future. Your computer will boot amazingly quick. As for now tho moving CLOD over will work great.
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    Re: Moving Game from Hard Drive to SSD

    I have done this multiple times and never had a problem.

    1. Download and install "Macrium Reflect Free edition" https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree

    2. Physically install your new SSD (It must be at least as large as your existing drive), restart the machine, and make sure Windows recognizes it. It will have a new Letter "D:" or something like that. You may want to format it but don't worry about partitions. Macrium does all that.

    CLONE YOUR EXISTING DRIVE

    3. Start Macrium Reflect. It should default to the "Create a Backup" tab, showing your existing Hard drive's partitions at the top in a series of blue boxes. Beneath this, is the new SSD Drive's partitions blue boxes. (Probably empty)

    4. Click on the "Clone this disk..." link under your system partitions.

    5. Click on the "Select a disk to clone to..." link.

    6. Select your new SSD by clicking on the blue box. Look for the tiny label for "SSD" somewhere in there.

    7. Click on the "Delete Existing partition" link. This affects only the new drive, not your original.

    8. Respond logically to the following messages until the cloning procedure starts. (I can't list them here for you, or I'll clone my 2nd drive as I write this.) This takes up to a couple of hours, depending on how much data is on the original drive.

    9. When finished, shut down the machine.

    10. Physically remove your original, unchanged (Only copied to your SSD) data drive.

    11. Start the machine, take a breath, and before you can exhale, you can log on to Windows! (Almost)

    12. Rename your new SSD's C:\ name to whatever you like.

    12. Wait a few weeks or so until you're convinced that everything works. Then, you may re-install the original drive and re-name it as a backup, or re-format it as a data drive with the letter of your choice. You may also store it offsite in your garage, car, etc. as an emergency backup in case your computer is stolen or destroyed. I clone my SSD about once a month back to the hard disk and store it in the garage in a plain, brown wrapper in case of disaster. Windows will start in any new machine with the customary warning from Microsoft that it needs activation since your hardware has changed.
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    Re: Moving Game from Hard Drive to SSD

    THANK YOU Ribbs and Baffin.

    Baffin, a question. The SSD has been attached to my PC for about 3 years. I used it to keep backup files from email as I have a small (very small) in home business. I changed email programs sometime back and as far as I can determine the auto backup process has not been working since that time. What I think I want to do is only put COD and associated files on the SSD and leave the harddrive as is. I did check and the hard drive and the SSD are both 1 TB devices. The hard drive is 3/4 full, the SSD right now is 1/3 full, but all of files on it now are coming off. Does my plan make sense?

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    Re: Moving Game from Hard Drive to SSD

    Makes no sense to me... Either clone your entire system to the SSD, in which case all your emails will be there, or leave it alone. If the backups are no longer available from the SSD, there should be no data loss from cloning.

    If the SSD now holds data you want to keep, copy those data folders to the hard drive into a new folder such as [C:\OldData] or whatever you choose. Then clone the entire hard drive onto the SSD and use the hard drive as a backup, or reconfigure it however you like. Either technique will preserve your data.

    I can't see the point of installing CLoD onto a 1 TB drive by itself.
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    Re: Moving Game from Hard Drive to SSD

    Quote Originally Posted by Baffin View Post
    Makes no sense to me... Either clone your entire system to the SSD, in which case all your emails will be there, or leave it alone. If the backups are no longer available from the SSD, there should be no data loss from cloning.

    If the SSD now holds data you want to keep, copy those data folders to the hard drive into a new folder such as [C:\OldData] or whatever you choose. Then clone the entire hard drive onto the SSD and use the hard drive as a backup, or reconfigure it however you like. Either technique will preserve your data.

    I can't see the point of installing CLoD onto a 1 TB drive by itself.


    OK, that tells me a lot. I will do as you suggest. Thanks

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    Re: Moving Game from Hard Drive to SSD

    Quote Originally Posted by Baffin View Post
    I have done this multiple times and never had a problem.

    1. Download and install "Macrium Reflect Free edition" https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree

    2. Physically install your new SSD (It must be at least as large as your existing drive), restart the machine, and make sure Windows recognizes it. It will have a new Letter "D:" or something like that. You may want to format it but don't worry about partitions. Macrium does all that.

    CLONE YOUR EXISTING DRIVE

    3. Start Macrium Reflect. It should default to the "Create a Backup" tab, showing your existing Hard drive's partitions at the top in a series of blue boxes. Beneath this, is the new SSD Drive's partitions blue boxes. (Probably empty)

    4. Click on the "Clone this disk..." link under your system partitions.

    5. Click on the "Select a disk to clone to..." link.

    6. Select your new SSD by clicking on the blue box. Look for the tiny label for "SSD" somewhere in there.

    7. Click on the "Delete Existing partition" link. This affects only the new drive, not your original.

    8. Respond logically to the following messages until the cloning procedure starts. (I can't list them here for you, or I'll clone my 2nd drive as I write this.) This takes up to a couple of hours, depending on how much data is on the original drive.

    9. When finished, shut down the machine.

    10. Physically remove your original, unchanged (Only copied to your SSD) data drive.

    11. Start the machine, take a breath, and before you can exhale, you can log on to Windows! (Almost)

    12. Rename your new SSD's C:\ name to whatever you like.

    12. Wait a few weeks or so until you're convinced that everything works. Then, you may re-install the original drive and re-name it as a backup, or re-format it as a data drive with the letter of your choice. You may also store it offsite in your garage, car, etc. as an emergency backup in case your computer is stolen or destroyed. I clone my SSD about once a month back to the hard disk and store it in the garage in a plain, brown wrapper in case of disaster. Windows will start in any new machine with the customary warning from Microsoft that it needs activation since your hardware has changed.


    I do this a lot. and it was Baffin who first pointed me at Macrium Rflect

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