Putting an SSD into my laptop.

savagesam117 · 6 Nov 2015 at 16:28

I am about to put an SSD into my laptop, i've got two sittings here a 120GB 840 EVO and a 250GB model. Ideally i'd like the 240gb in my Gaming PC and then the 120 in the laptop.

Will 120gb be enough for OS and then general usage? Nothing major, word documents and things like that.

CEUOTC · 6 Nov 2015 at 16:39

More than enough.

savagesam117 · 6 Nov 2015 at 16:49

Awesome. And the best way to clone it? I've used a program before but I can't find it

smsmasters · 6 Nov 2015 at 16:56

savagesam117 said:
Awesome. And the best way to clone it? I've used a program before but I can't find it

I use EaseUS Todo Backup Free with excellent results.

Maundie · 6 Nov 2015 at 20:59

The 120Gb should be more than big enough, can you not do a clean install as that would be the best, I never clone as it's an ideal time to get rid of the chaff that's built up?

If not the Samsung drive comes with software I believe.

savagesam117 · 6 Nov 2015 at 22:07

Maundie said:
The 120Gb should be more than big enough, can you not do a clean install as that would be the best, I never clone as it's an ideal time to get rid of the chaff that's built up?

If not the Samsung drive comes with software I believe.

I'm in the process of doing a fresh install then i'll clone the drive. It's taking ages to go past 99%, but i've read that it's totally wiping the drive or something?

savagesam117 · 6 Nov 2015 at 23:47

So I reformatted and cloned it over, now it's saying bootable device not found? Hmm..

I've turned off safe boot and put into CMS mode but still nothing.

I get media test fail, no bootable device.

EDIT**

Turns out that, the one posted above didn't work and Macrium works much better

Now I have a super fast laptop

deshepherd · 7 Nov 2015 at 19:07

I've put SSDs in 3 or 4 laptops now ... think I did clean install on one but on others I cloned the drive. For the cloning I attached both drives to desktop and then used Paragon MiniTool PartitionWizard (free edition ... obviously) which seemed to work with no problems.