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    Question about upgrading HDD

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Iolas, Feb 15, 2011.

  1. Iolas

    Iolas Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm going to be purchasing a 500gb momentus soon to put in my m11x.
    What is the best way to do this without losing my data? Is there a way to copy the old HDD to the new one or will I have to do a fresh install?

    And if a fresh install how would I do it as I don't think any discs came with my m11x.

    ETA: Also, how does the momentus do with partitioning? Say if I wanted to partition off 150GB for a linux distro.
    Is the SSD portion split up or only used by a certain partition?
     
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  2. Salue

    Salue Notebook Consultant

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    am probly buying that 500GB momentus XT soon too am gona do a fresh install better lol and the M11x came with a CD check your box
    as for the second question i dont know ;p
    but what am hoping if i order that am hopping to see difference in booting and launching stuff ;p
     
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  3. tonkatrain

    tonkatrain Notebook Consultant

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    Acronis True Image has an awesome utility for cloning your drive and moving it to a new one.

    However you will need a USB sata enclosure/adapter to close your old hdd to the new one. These can be had for a few $ on ebay.

    Acronis is payware i belive. But there are probably free programs that do the same. Or it could be obtained through other methods ;)
     
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  4. GNandGS

    GNandGS Notebook Deity

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    I prefer methods such as acronis or similar tools.

    Lots of ways but there is even a built in tool for this (havent tested) for creating system images. Look in control panel. Its intended as a backup tool but if you go this route the cool thing is at the end of the day you will have a backup - which you should have anyway.
     
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