Upgrading SSD

HEIS3NB3RG

HEIS3NB3RG

HEIS3NB3RG

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So I bought a prebuilt system which only had a 128gb SSD.

Wish I hadn't been so tight now.

Anyway, how easy is it to swap out the ssd and migrate the files over? The OS runs of the SSD.
 
HEIS3NB3RG said:
Is it relatively straight forward? The install that is, surely if its the same make just bigger capacity its just plug and play so to speak?
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I think he was referring to installing the OS when saying it takes 30 mins to install even though windows 7 or 10 is like 20 mins for me

to install the SSD its like a 5 minx job.

I never have anything worth saving on my OS SSD so I would just install windows from a USB stick and then anything else on top.

if you want to keep everything follow this guide here to clone the SSD

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18576917
 
It depends what you want to do, do you need all your data on an SSD as back in the day you combined a small and fast SSD with a larger HD where you stored data, this gave fast OS boot times and you'd keep things that took time to load on the SSD, data such as media content eg films/music was stored on the mechanical drive as it made no difference how fast the drive was to your ability to play back content.

In short you might be better off with a conventional HD depending on your usage requirments.
 
Avalon said:
It depends what you want to do, do you need all your data on an SSD as back in the day you combined a small and fast SSD with a larger HD where you stored data, this gave fast OS boot times and you'd keep things that took time to load on the SSD, data such as media content eg films/music was stored on the mechanical drive as it made no difference how fast the drive was to your ability to play back content.

In short you might be better off with a conventional HD depending on your usage requirments.
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So currently, I have a 1tb HDD and a 128gb SSD.

I want to upgrade my ssd as it's practically full and I'd like the ability to install the odd game on there.

Using Macrium Reflect would I have to unplug the HDD and plug my new ssd in that slot to copy over? Or can I simply backup the old ssd, plug in the new one and restore onto the new ssd?

If I was to do a clean install would I lose everything that I currently had on my HDD?

Thanks for any help
 
you could use a cheap USB to SATA cable to mirror your current drive, that way you don't have to open up the PC until you want to install the new drive.

Use a migration tool, plug in the USB cable with new SSD attached and select it as your destination drive. Job done, then just open it up and swap them.

I have one of these and it's been really useful:

apricorn_asw-usb-25_01.jpg
 
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Telecaster said:
you could use a cheap USB to SATA cable to mirror your current drive, that way you don't have to open up the PC until you want to install the new drive.

Use a migration tool, plug in the USB cable with new SSD attached and select it as your destination drive. Job done, then just open it up and swap them.

I have one of these and it's been really useful:

apricorn_asw-usb-25_01.jpg
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This was delivered today:

Samsung 2.5-Inch 250 GB 850 EVO Solid State Drive!

Unfortunately got to wait for the data transfer cable now!

Thanks for the advice!
 
Folks, I didn't want to start a new thread, as this kind of deals with my problem.

My SSD boot drive is getting full too, is it easier to move just the OS to a new, bigger SSD? Or keep the OS where it is, and copy all the programs off it to the new one? Would that throw up conflicts?
 
Don`t think copying the programs will work,data yes not programs

Just clone it onto your new bigger drive then expand into the extra space
 
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