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    Want to install my USED SSD as a primary drive in my new laptop.

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by chevychic55, May 5, 2010.

  1. chevychic55

    chevychic55 Notebook Consultant

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    I got a system exchange from Dell and they could only send me a system with a 500GB HDD. As a compromise, they said I could keep my SSD from my old laptop. I want the SSD to be my primary OS/apps drive and the HDD to be the storage. How would I go about preparing these drives for that function. The tutorial just shows how to place them in the correct spots. Do I need to clone the SSD? Should I wipe it before cloning? Do i need to do anything to the HDD to make it the storage drive as opposed to the primary drive? If it helps, I would be using a optical bay caddy and taking out the optical drive. Thanks
     
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    If it's the exact same model with the exact same specs, you can just pop the old drive into the new machine and it should work. Else you might need to do a reinstall, but there's nothing you'd need to do to it that you wouldn't have to do to a normal HDD.
     
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