How do you only move Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit from my HDD to a SSD using Acronis 2104. I want my SSD to be my boot drive and my data to be on my HHD.
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I personally found Actonis to be significantly less than useful. Was a poor purchase decision. As far as migration / upgrade of HDD size or types, I simply used windows back-up to create an image on my 3TB external Seagate HDD and a recovery DVD set. Then I did my drive swap, made sure my PC had the DVD as an alternate boot drive and then booted from the recovery DVDs. Piece of cake, albeit a lengthy process.
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I'm in the process of doing this exact upgrade, except up to 480 GB. Using Macrium Reflect Free, I was able to clone the drive, swap it into the Series 9, and the computer is acting perfectly. It worked. The problem is that even though it's a 480 GB drive, windows just shows it as the same size as old one, with 300GB of "unallocated" space that I can't figure out how to make accessible. If you figure it out, please let me know how you did it! My thread is one of the other Q & A threads on this same product.
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It depends in which software that you use, I believe there is some paid software that can clone only the OS but as always it is recommended to just reinstall straight onto the SSD
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I don't quite understand your question. First of all SSD is an anagram for "Solid State Drive" and has little or nothing to do with USB which is short for "Universal Serial Bus". I purchased my Velocity Solo X1 adapter in order to install a SSD in my MacPro and to use the speed of it's PCI slot as a start volume. It does this very well by the way and was super easy to install, configure, etc. I have not done so on a PC with Windows 7 so I can't say how easy or not it would be but according to the manufacturer it is supposed to work there too.
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You have to use Acronis true image or any disk copying program to make a bootable partition. You will have to call microsoft to reset your code and activate windows again.
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Not on my computer. The HFS4WIN.exe file won't install on Windows 8. I spoken with 3 different people in Seagate support and get nowhere. I think they are aware of the problem but don't seem to know how to fix it.
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Wouldn't you rather reinstall your programs and such onto the new drive and not copy everything over? I have had less issues starting from scratch than imaging it.Alienware should use standard sized drives unless everything is on a mSSD.
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Hi i purchased Transcend 256 GB SATA III 6Gb/s MTS400 42 mm M2. ssd but it's not compatible and not visible on ahci mode and it's very slow on compatible mode, can any one confirm that MyDigitalSSD is visible on AHCI mode and there no compatibility issue
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No. Absolutely ZERO software for cloning, migrating, optimizing, etc.... It's really sad. NO ONE in the industry even comes close to the Samsung SSD Magician software. This is a REALLY FAST SSD though. Faster than the 840 EVO and 840 Pro.... but sometimes the add-in software makes all the difference if you're not technical. In my case, I was able to use Western Digital's branded version of Acronis TrueImage for free b/c my original boot from which I migrated was a 1TB WD Green drive.
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I am on Win7 Professional and also ordered a drive to backup onto. It never worked and I sent it right back to Amazon. I then ordered from them a Buffalo DriveStation Axis 2 TB USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive. Installed it with Acronis True Image 2013 as my software and it has been working great for the past 5-6 months. Not sure why the other drive did not work but I had an older Buffalo drive on my last PC and it worked fine under XP. It was too small for this system. That is the reason I went back to them. Hope this might help.
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I removed the 500G drive (it was 7200 RPM, BTW) and replaced it with a 250G SSD. Because of the fixed position of the disk connector a 3.5 to 2.5 adapter doesn't fit. I just plugged the SSD in and secured it with a couple pieces of tape. Since it lies flat, it's not going anywhere. I loaded a pre-release copy of Windows 10 on the SSD and have been running it for a couple months. Not a gaming rig, but a good general purpose unit. Boots fast, very stable. When Win. 10 is released I'll put the 500G disk back and run the upgrade so I'll have a genuine licensed copy.
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I use Acronis True Image for image back ups because it will create a bootable USB thumb drive to do the restore operation with, I've been leary of relying on the Windows backup...I'm using Windows 7...
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Do you have a Windows 8 CD? If so, it's the same as previous Windows installations (or any OS for that matter). Install the SSD, insert the CD and change your primary boot device to your DVD drive via your BIOS. When it boots, you'll be greeted with the Windows installer. From there, you can choose what drive to install it on (assuming you have more than just the single SSD), and then all you have to do is change your boot device to match your SSD.
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".......with Windows 8.1?"&gt;&gt;Don't see any reason why not. It's an electro-mechanical switch. It doesn't know what your running nor does it care. "Can same copy of Windows be loaded on each drive?"&gt;&gt;Anytime you install a Windows OS from a disk to a drive as a new install you are risking key number and activation issues. It reads the HDD serial number and MB type etc and thinks it's a new machine. Clone your existing HDD's. You shouldn't have any issues. I cloned my primary HDD to another HDD of the same brand and specs (bought them both at the same time) and I have had zero issues with activation etc when I boot to the clone. I don't like "back-ups". I do a full blown clone at least once a month or even less. So far, so good. The other 4 channels on the Orico are devoted to Linux OS's. Hope this helps.
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Yes you're gonna need to install win8 on the SSD, because the system came with windows installed already. Now the new thing with systems with win8 pre-installed is that the key isn't shown as in win7. So nope there isn't any product key attached. But another option would be to use an imaging software like "acronis" to image the win8 pre-installed. Once you're done with that, you can copy that image to the SSD. This process doesn't need a product key. Hope this helps.
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Sorry we can't add SSD for you. We are selling the factory default as it is from MSI. You can add SSD by yourself.
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The drive comes with cloning software. This software will copy your entire boot drive (currently C:) onto the SSD and properly align it for the SSD's storage media. Then all you have to do is go into your system's BIOS and change the boot drive to the SSD device instead of the current HDD. When you reboot, your new C: drive will be the SSD and your HDD will be some other drive letter (D: or E: or something like that.) At that point you can reformat the HDD and use it for data, temp files, or whatever you like.Of course before you do any of this make sure you have a complete restorable backup of your current boot drive. The drive comes with cloning software. This software will copy your entire boot drive (currently C:) onto the SSD and properly align it for the SSD's storage media. Then all you have to do is go into your system's BIOS and change the boot drive to the SSD device instead of the current HDD. When you reboot, your new C: drive will be the SSD and your HDD will be some other drive letter (D: or E: or something like that.) At that point you can reformat the HDD and use it for data, temp files, or whatever you like.Of course before you do any of this make sure you have a complete... » Read More The drive comes with cloning software. This software will copy your entire boot drive (currently C:) onto the SSD and properly align it for the SSD's storage media. Then all you have to do is go into your system's BIOS and change the boot drive to the SSD device instead of the current HDD. When you reboot, your new C: drive will be the SSD and your HDD will be some other drive letter (D: or E: or something like that.) At that point you can reformat the HDD and use it for data, temp files, or whatever you like.Of course before you do any of this make sure you have a complete restorable backup of your current boot drive. « Show Less