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From: Wyell Grunwald <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 4:47 AM
Subject: Re: SSD installation
Just FYI - In the many times I have done this very thing, copying drives has
never been successfully done. There are always things missing. Some copy
protected software depends on the software being at a certain sector on the
disk in order to work. Maybe I am just the most unlucky guy, but that is my
experience. Also, it sure would be nice to not have to reload everything
when you switch out motherboard/processor/memory and use the same drive.
Unfortunately, I have never been successful at this either. I just went
through the painful process of upgrading my 6 machines a couple months ago.
I do backups daily. Still had to reload all my drives, and I am still
finding settings that I need to re-set up. Yes, I put 250Gb SSD drives as
primary boot, and 6Tb drives as secondary storage. Just FYI - if you buy a
"bare" 6Tb drive like I did, it took nine days to NTFS format, and 6 days to
copy from my NAS across Gb network to the formatted drive !! Simply
incredible how cheap storage is now - the 6Tb drives cost me under $200.
Just a few years ago a NAS 3Tb drive cost me over $200.
By the way, I am an advocate of reloading, since Windows gets "dirty" over
time, and it cleans it up nicely. Of course, updates have to be put back
on, and it takes a load of time.
Wyell
-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Gsainc
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 7:42 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: SSD installation
Assuming your laptop already has the appropriate SATA interface (as per
Denys) you should be okay.
The software that accompanies the SSD would presumably allow you to perform
an image copy of your existing C drive.
Once you've done the image backup, it should simply be a physical disc
replacement (existing C-drive OUT, new SSD drive IN).
Then, power up laptop and you should enjoy significant performance
improvement - especially on boot up.
In the worst case, you've lost some time and a few bucks - although you
could always use the SSD drive for external storage.
Gilles Schipper
Sent via mobile
416-702-7900
> On Aug 16, 2016, at 2:47 PM, John Lee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> HI all-
>
> Has anyone recently installed a solid state drive in an older laptop?
Kingston advertises one for $65 that supposedly comes with software that
will transfer files to it, also. What a great way to revive an older
laptop. Or are there issues? Installation issues? Driver issues?
Interface issues?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John Lee
>
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