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    XPS 9530 SSD Upgrade question

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Afy, May 13, 2014.

  1. Afy

    Afy Notebook Guru

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    Has anyone used the Samsung 840 EVO 1TB SSD in their 9530?
    If so how difficult/easy is it to clone and set up?

    I currently have 512 GB mSata in my laptop and quite frankly am tempted..
     
    Afy, May 13, 2014
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    borse2008 Notebook Consultant

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    I don't blame you. Thinking the same thing myself. I know when I bought an Intel drive there is a piece of software that is download able from Intel made from acronis.
    Creates an image to restore from you just need a USB HDD

    Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk
     
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    borse2008 Notebook Consultant

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    cheshirecat79 Notebook Enthusiast

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    It's pretty straightforward, in my opinion. I would suggest just using Acronis Migrate Easy. There's a 15 day trial. The process would be:

    - Install SSD
    - Install Migrate Easy
    - Run program, tell program to clone MSATA to SSD
    - Laptop will reboot and clone, then will indicate it's done and that it's going to shut down
    - Once laptop is off, set SSD as primary boot drive
    - Boot laptop to Windows, do whatever you want with the MSATA drive
     
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  5. GoNz0

    GoNz0 Notebook Virtuoso

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    done it, i used macrium to backup the image to an external drive. restored the image then expanded it ( i swapped the mSata). the following day i activated secure drive, wiped the lot, secure erased via thumb drive and installed windows 8 pro then activated bitlocker so that e-drive kicked in using the built in encryption rather than it wanting to encrypt the entire drive the slow way as it wanted to.

    i get read writes of 1000mb/s using samsung rapid mode!
     
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    Afy Notebook Guru

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    I should have clearer.. I do mean the 1TB mSATA drive.. I have the 90 WHr battery so a normal SSD isn't an option I believe.
     
    Afy, Jun 10, 2014
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