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    AW15 R2 M.2 SSD Setup

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by dsigala, Jan 20, 2016.

  1. dsigala

    dsigala Notebook Enthusiast

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    I recently purchased a AW15 R2 GTX 970M i7-6700HQ 8GB DDR4 RAM and 1TB HD, and after that I decided to purchase a Samsung 850 EVO 250GBM.2 SSD and 950 PRO 256GB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD. Im still trying to decide which one to keep and use. My plan is to push over the 1TB for secondary storage and install Windows on the SSD. What are the the most efficient and hassle free way to start this procedure? Install Windows from scratch? Create USB Recovery? I've read of many reasons but i haven't really heard of the best way to this this procedure.

    If you guys could help me out, I would really appreciate it.
     
    dsigala, Jan 20, 2016
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    Chunk21 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just moved everything with the Samsung data migration tool and it worked fine. I may go back and do a clean install of Windows at a later date.
     
    Chunk21, Jan 20, 2016
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    0lok Notebook Deity

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    i suggest using alienware respawn if you will only migrate OS... if you want to migrate including data/personal files ill suggest using cloning programs like acronis true image or samsung data migration tool.. i did the alienware respawn without any problems and it copied the OS and the recovery partition.. heres the link: http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/migrating-os-from-hhd-to-ssd.784967/
     
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    0lok, Jan 21, 2016
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