Replacing a main HDD with an SSD

[Ross365]

I've "solved" this .

Firstly, bought another brand new SSD. Secondly, cloned using an app called "HDClone" which is referred to on the net as being good with 32bit systems. Job done! Thanks to those who put ideas forward trying fix it.

 

[northwest]

fdisk /mbr perhaps has worked for me in the past, you need to be booting into a dos environment though

 

[Ross365]

I think I'll try use HDClone with the "problematic" SSD and see if I can get it to work in another PC which might benefit if it works.
We stay very far away from DOS here .

 

[Ross365]

My advise would be install the ssd, and put a linux based os on it, problem solved.
I even have Linux os on raspberry pi, where I can do the exact same as I can do
on an intel computer, only with less spy ware and more security and less power used.

I'm confused; as post 21 EVERYTHING is working now. No further work with DOS or Linux or anything needed

 

[Kayos]

My advise would be install the ssd, and put a linux based os on it, problem solved.
I even have Linux os on raspberry pi, where I can do the exact same as I can do
on an intel computer, only with less spy ware and more security and less power used.

Tell me about this spy ware?

I have many Windows 10/11 machines on my network, all connected to the Internet through a hardware firewall

Just pulled yesterday's log up and can't find one instance of any software trying to connect to a server or send information it shouldn't.

Maybe my tinfoil hat is doing its job?

 

[pedrobedro]

I can do the exact same as I can do
on an intel computer,

Intel make chips not operating systems I have couple of old laptops with various Linux distros installed, Mint and Xubuntu but I still use Windows on my desktop for convenience but just browsing and the like Linux is just as good.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Intel make chips not operating systems I have couple of old laptops with various Linux distros installed, Mint and Xubuntu but I still use Windows on my desktop for convenience but just browsing and the like Linux is just as good.

For gaming and music production Linux still sucks for me.

 

[Kayos]

For gaming and music production Linux still sucks for me.

I used Ardour years ago, on a fast machine with a real time kernel is was bang on, I thought with modern hardware it would be good?

Im aware of the alsa/jack/pulse issues but surely you would just pick one and exclude the rest?

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

I used Ardour years ago, on a fast machine with a real time kernel is was bang on, I thought with modern hardware it would be good?

Im aware of the alsa/jack/pulse issues but surely you would just pick one and exclude the rest?

It's all hassle. Getting vsti to work chasing down latency issues.
Or it just works on windows.
I don't hate ms enough to bother with the effort.

 

[gaz1]

im considering linux myself

2020 reference

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

im considering linux myself

2020 reference

Can't be bothered to watch another video but I can tell you now it won't suit my gaming needs. Especially now I'm spending more time playing in vr.

 

[gaz1]

thats the point vr is catching up just not yet

but the fps is better via linux

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

thats the point vr is catching up just not yet

but the fps is better via linux

Gl maybe but dx 10-11-12?

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

The Reaper DAW runs flawlessley on Linux, even on a raspberry Pi, not a single issue,
and Reaper is a lot cheaper than the big advertised daws, paying for a name is all you get now.
Harrison Mixbus 32c is another exelent music program, there are many more too.

I run reaper.
Occasionally mainly to track out.
While I'm aware it runs it doesn't make it the best candidate.



Tbh I could probably get away with it for tracking out only but why bother when my pc mainly gets used for gaming these days.

Most of what I do is pc free now.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Stop making me feel bad, thats a nice set up there, your a creator then.
Have you tried that cake walk / bandlab daw, I really like it, though it does
not run on linux.

Started on cubase and fruity loops mid 90s.
Long break and I returned to a more grown up FL studio.

Another break and I returned but couldn't get into the non linear workflow of FL and it wasn't great for a hybrid setup. Ended up settling on reaper. Routing is second to none and great for hybrid.

Can't get on with Ableton and never tried bandlab.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

One of the biggest problem with any daw, is interrupts, from the system
and other programs, and the usb bus falling asleep, and the drive following it,
and people thinking they need usb3 audio interfaces, usb3 is still a work in progress
and should be avoided.
Lots of people even dumped apple and moved to Linux because of serious issues
when they updated that security chip on their systems, I didn't dig into it as I have no
need for a mac book pro, but then they put out the M1 versions, and blew everything
else out of the water, and now they have even faster M1 chips.
Windows, will never use it ever again, have not done so in years.

Usb power saving has been known to cause issues.

I stripped all the bloat out of W1. Optimised the obvious and ran latencymon to catch anything I missed. Usb drivers have caught me out too.

Usb3 is a selling point only. As was thunderbolt.