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    Using old laptop c drive as external storage on r3 15

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by herc182, Feb 10, 2017.

  1. herc182

    herc182 Notebook Consultant

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    I took out the ssd from my old laptop, put it in a housing (external) to use as external storage. However I haven't formatted it yet. I want to copy over photos and stuff to the new alienware. It's still got windows 10 on it. Whenever i plug it into my laptop, it seems to slow to a crawl. Is it because Windows is still on there and was my original bootable drive? How can I easily transfer stuff over? Thanks
     
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    Vasudev Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Quite possible, you can try copying files using Ubuntu LiveCD.
     
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    Thanks. Will have a look at that. Software. Currently struggling to plug in the drive without it being temperamental
     
    herc182, Feb 10, 2017
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