No! Be patient.

I imaged (not the same as cloning) four Windows 7 computers on Thursday. Three went fairly well. (perhaps 20 minutes to 60 minutes) For some reason the last one which is only a 250 GB hd seemed to take forever. It showed 4 hours and remained at that for a very long time. I picked up the portable hd because I thought perhaps it died but the light was on. Eventually it moved to 3 hours and I waited and waited and waited.

It took close to 4 hours just for a partition on a 250GB hd to be imaged.

 

What is the difference between imaging & cloning?
I use Acronis True Image.
Does it clone or Image?
I want to replace a 1TB HDD wjth a 1TB SSD.
Do I image or do I clone, so that I get the exact same programs/data?
Thank you.

 

Watch this video:

 

I have a WIN 7 desktop with a 1TB Hardrive that shows "caution"
I get frequent blue screens
I bought a Crucial 1TB SSD to replace the 1TB HDD.
Do I clone/Image?
I have Acronis True Image software.
Will the issues of the HDD transfer to the SSD?
What is the best method to replace a HDD going bad with a new SSD?
Thank you.

 

First of all I would suggest you to backup your files before its too late if you haven't done so.
You can still clone your HDD to an SSD but not sure if you will get the errors too. The only method to do is try it out. If you encounter errors during the cloning I would just prefer to do a clean install, but that is up to you to decide.

 

Video tutorial on how to clone you SSD by using Acronis:

Some steps may vary with you.

 

Acronis True Image or Acronis Disk Director
What is the difference?
Which one is best for cloning a HDD to a SSD?
tHANK YOU

 

If it is taking that long, my experience has been that the source HDD is going south. You'd best do something quickly!

 

I agree with you.
I am trying.
I gave up trying to clone it.
I do not think that it is going to clone.
I also have a replicator.
I might try to clone that way.

 

Good luck! Keep us posted.

 

I am trying to clone for a 2nd time as I type.
It seems that the cloning is doing better this time.
The bar is moving to the right, the time clock is changing
Good signs
Question,
I have a program that I can no longer buy or find anywhere, WIN 7, failing HDD.
How do I take the program from the failing HDD & install it in a WIN10 computer with a good SSD?
Thank you

 

Bad news, the computer locked up during cloning
I will not try to clone again, it is a waste of time
Good news
The computer restarted
I need to replace this bad HDD asap
Thank you

 

Thank you

 

How do I stop the pop-ups at the right lower corner?

 

How do I stop the pop-ups at the right lower corner?

It might be helpful if you a) posted a picture of the popups or b) post in detail what is popping up.

 

I get a 2"x 2" McAfee in the center of the screen, I get multiple pop-ups at the lower right corner, I get a large 2"x 2" screen of an anti-virus & several smaller screens selling anti-virus, masks.

 

First thing, get rid of McAfee, this should remove the one in the center of the screen.
Then the check the Notifications setting to turn OFF all of McAfee, this will turn off the one in lower right corner.

Once you remove McAfee, make sure that Defender that is part of Windows 10 is started.

 

WIN 7, no defender, I do not have McAfee.
I do get Genious trivia & I believe the pop ups come with that.

 

McAfee is one of those programs that will install with other programs (like Adobe Reader) if you don't opt out by unchecking a box during installation. Don't use program's automatic installation, I always use the Custom option and keep my eyes open for just this sort of thing. They can be sneaky!

 

Thank you

 

If you continue having problems cloning your HDD I would just suggest to make a fresh install of Windows 7 into your computer. Make sure to change the HDD to your new SSD. I am not sure if you may have the disc available when you bought your computer. You will be needing your activation key too.
If you don't have W7 disc you can still download Windows 10 and install it. Follow on screen instructions. Here is the site to download it: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
When done install any updates to your computer.

 

Do I install Win 10 in the bad HDD or the new SSD?

 

The SSD is connected to the desktop with a USB cable.
Can I download WIN10 to the SSD from the internet through the USB cable?

 

No, you need to download it from another computer and either make a USB bootable drive or an ISO to make a DVD disc.

 

So,
I go to another computer (this computer has already a WIN10), I download WIN 10 somewhere on this computer (where do I store the new WIN10?)
I create a bootable USB with WIN10 in the USB
I install the new SSD in the computer & the bootable USB,
I turn on the computer & the USB downloads WIN10 in the new SSD.

 

Yes. If you made the download stating you want it for another computer that should work. If you downloaded it for that particular computer (the old one) I think that it may not work.

 

What is the best way to remove documents, passwords, emails, excel files, word files from a laptop?

 

There is no "best" way. Depends on what you want to accomplish.

For most people in most situations I think that simply formatting the relative partition(s) is sufficient.

If you are worried about somebody recovering files and getting sensitive information there are utilities that will overwrite the data one or multiple times. I haven't looked for any in many years so I can't advise on free or for-pay ones.

And, if you're really paranoid physically destroying the hard drive (or SSD) is pretty good.

 

I am giving away a laptop
I want to remove all personal data

 

I get a pop-up in the middle of the screen.
It comes from the app store by fast
It is fa_rss.exe
I cannot figure out how to remove it
I used the Geek squad to remove it
It came right back after they assured me that they removed it.
Go figure

 

In search bar next to start button type in startup and select the startup application and turn off any applications that are unknown including the fast it is if available.

 

I tried it, nothing happened, the pop up came up again
I am looking for the "app store by fast" or fa_rss.exe.
I cannot find them.
That is where the problem is

 

Have you tried using the control panel/remove program.
Try using Revo Uninstaller. Use the free version and follow on screen instructions.

 

Yes, no luck

 

Great to hear the good news.