Im Currently trying to upgrade my 320g HHD to a 500g Seagate Momentus XT. I cloned the drives with Seagate disk wizard but when I try to boot the Momentus XT its not working. i talked to someone I know with one and the said they had the same issue and fixed it by changing something in the BIOS. i wanted to know if anyone could shed some light on what i'm doing wrong or of I need a driver or something?
M15x
i7 740QM
8GB DDR3
GTX 260M
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i highly recommend a clean install when switching drive types. it may take alittle more time but is worth it in the end. just back up your data and start fresh.
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This is not strictly on topic, but when doing a fresh install, you also need to reinstall microsoft office. It comes with 4 product-keys. Does this mean that after 4 fresh installs you have to go out and buy a new office key?
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No. When you fresh install, install with your first key again. You can do this as long as your single key is for a single computer. 4 keys means it can be installed on 4 different computers. The number of times you use it doesn't matter.
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bump for some help...
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I am not sure how to boot it while it was cloned since I did it the clean install ways. Yeah it took longer but it worked better for me. You may need to search online a but more to see but I am not sure. Sorry could not have been more help.
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I am coming to think that the stuttering may be software related, and not due to the drive - which currently seems stable.
Good luck,
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im using a external HD enclosure (esata) to clone the drive and how many drivers did you need to reinstall? and did you need to change anything in the BIOS?
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Its not worth the pain and possibly future pain, back everything up and do a fresh install.
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FYI - my stuttering problem turned out to be due to the NVidia driver - I found a post on the Nvidia board that suggested that earlier versions didn't do this. I switched and the stuttering went away. The new WHQL driver (170.61) works fine - no stuttering, and no problems with the drive.
One approach to your problem might be to do a fresh install - make sure the drive is working ok, and the system is stable. Once you're sure it works, you could try to clone to it. But make sure you've got a good backup of your present install.
Good luck.
Joe
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Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by rich93ds, Mar 24, 2011.