Any tips on best migration software for Dell xps 8700 with 1T drive? Downloaded Intel software just hangs after it restarts to clone for me.
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I used Acronis backup 11. You can use it as trial version. First try to create an image of your system. Create a boot cd and finally start the computer using the boot cd (first change the hard drive for the new intel ssd). When the Acronis prompt select the option recover, select your file that contain your disk image and then proceed. I used that software for my setup because I used raid0 hard drive. If you are only using one hard drive it should be simple.
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Well judging by my last purchase from Datasales co. I bought a t40 and t41 refurbished with xp in January 2010. The T41 is still chugging along saddly the t40 finally gave up last month. Both have been survivors of at least a dozen falls. That is why i just purchased this t400.
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In my case the migration software moved Widows to this drive with no problem on an XP machine and on a Win 7 machine. Be aware that the TRIM function works only on Win 7 with AHCI enabled in the BIOS
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I have had my XPS 8700 for a few months and it doesn't run hot at all. It does get used a lot with a teenage by and three younger siblings.
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deltasquare has a great point about booting from USB. You're also going to have an issue with performance on running with external HDD. Go with mSATA, it's fast and relatively cheap.
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A handy guide. http://lifehacker.com/5837543/how-to-migrate-to-a-solid+state-drive-without-reinstalling-windows
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Works fine but XP does not support TRIM (look it up) you must use supplied Magician software to keep up speed.Also check out partition alignment. I think these drives are best used as a System drive with traditional disk as Data drive. (Multi Drive System). Make sure you create Recovery Disks for re-installation. Samsung transfer softwarewill not transfer Recovery Partition. Also buy drive kit (not bare drive) with transfer cable and mounting hardware.Hope this helps.
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Reporting as promised! just did the swap, first time I've done this, no problems whatsoever. Fits the FW like a glove. Bought the acomdata tango external enclosure and used Acronis Migrate Easy 7.0 (free 15 day trial) to clone the hard drive. Now I have 243gb free space instead of 9gbs. The whole thing took 4 hours (because the 250gb HD was practically full). Very easy. So, go for it I guess. Oh, and the windows experience index jumped from 4.6 to 4.7 due to the higher HD transfer rate (which went from 5.1 to 5.9)also boosting the graphics performance from 4.6 to 4.7. Good luck.
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have 3 of them, working best on xp. max is 4 gb on 32 bit. 64 does not work for me
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I installed Windows Server 2012 Standard on a Dell PowerEdge T110 II server and it runs great! I do not know about installing it on a Dell XPS X8700 though. What hardware requirements does your business software specify? I hope that this helps. Please feel free to send another email at mars10@comcast.net if you have any more questions. My name is Marshall.
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Presumably because the kind folks at Dell got a better deal from Microsoft for the outdated, inappropriate dog version. A couple days after getting my software and data re-installed on the replacement HD (a common failure, I'm told) I was offered a "free" upgrade to 8.1 (presuming that the three hours of my time costs nothing). So it seems that 8.1 is sort of included - or at least was in my case.
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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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I'm running Ubuntu 12.04, no problems whatsoever. Had a lot of runtime errors with an Asus itx motherboard. Would only work with Windows XP. I think it has do with the BIOS being UEFI. After the initial boot sequence, the computer would run for 2-5 minutes and suddenly lock up and display all sorts of runtime errors. Finally gave up and used Windows XP. Otherwise, this is a much better motherboard. Highly recommended.
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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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You should find a manual in one of these URLs. edhttps://www.google.com/search?espv=210&es;_sm=122&q;=Dell+XPS+8700+Desktop&spell;=1&s;a=X&ei;=sOvYUpG1LbL02wXn4oDACQ&ved;=0CCsQvwUoAA
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Mine was "good to go" - I had a second laptop and I used my URL to copy files, documents, etc to the Dell. My problem came much later. It was a VERY good laptop for what I used it for. I am away from home days at a time - I wanted a second laptop so I could keep one with me - leave the other at home. Mostly e-mail, on-line banking, games. I had my D610 about a year (I purchased it "refurbished"). About a month ago I stared getting error messages and freezes ..then it crashed. I took it to the shop and they could not fix it. While I had it I used it A LOT and it was a very good second laptop. I am now considering a NEW ACER notebook for about $200. My first was an ACER and it is nearly 8 years old and very reliable.
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I installed successfully in a Dell C400 - Huge!!! improvement in performance. Well worth the effort and now I don't need a "new" system just to check emails, google etc while on vacation