I want to use this in a desktop running W7. How easy is it to move the os &amp; software to the ssd. I don't have any data to move!!
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I just installed a new win7 os no problems at all. Then reattached my old drive and removed what I wanted , formatted it and store pictures and large programs on it. I am just sorry I did not buy a bigger SSD.
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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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As long as you don't change the motherboard, you're OK. I have changed out both my laptop and desktop (OS) hard drives to SSDs with no problem.There is a Microsoft Licensing FAQ on this --- it's under Refurbished/Used PCs.http://www.microsoft.com/OEM/en/licensing/sblicensing/pages/licensing_faq.aspx#fbid=ZeL6n4MrK8a
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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 bought a.256 SSD for my op system and start up.programs and used my HDD with another to.store music pics.etc....works.really well
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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 managed to install it by installing Windows 2008 Standard but I upgraded the RAM to 32GB and the drives as well to the Western Digital 1TB 10,000rpm drives. It works but is not fast.
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That shouldn't be a problem. But be aware that WHS will use only 20GB as System partition which cannot be changed! The rest will be added to your storage pool. It's also worth mentioning that the first storage drive has special significance. It is where all the so called tombstones are created. These are pointers to the real files that are somewhere on the physical devices in your storage pool. I personally would recommend against using a SSD as boot drive. A fast SATA drive will work just fine. And does it really matter if your WHS boots in 20 or 30 seconds?
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Yes, I installed a SSD right away (Samsung if I recall correctly). It was not necessary to upgrade the BIOS in my case. I installed Windows 7 Professional on the new drive instead of Windows 8. It took a little searching to find all the working hardware drivers, as this machine was never meant to work with the older Windows versions. But I was able to get everything working right in a couple of hours. This has proved to be a great little computer to be used as a media center.
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I wouldnt! I think it is used for cache and is software and hardware based. You would probably waste it. You need to look further but I though about buying a 256GB SSD for $120 on sale and replace the 500GB spinning drive with the new SSD and let it still cache if it likes I guess??? not sure lol.
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It transfer the OS but did not make the disk bootable. Had to install the master boot record from the Win 7 disk. It also messed up the master boot record on the source HD so I had to repair that also. If you do not have a Win 7 install disk I would not use this product.
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I don't see why not! I have 5 hard drives installed in my pc for organizing my business files! I use that ssd for windows and all the programs I use for graphics and video! Just use the ssd to install windows and only programs/games you will use. Make sure you do not full your drive to the max because it will literally slow it way down. There is one other option that is great. Google search 10,000rpm western digital hard drive. It's a beast and has a 5 year warranty. Not to mention for around the same price you will get 1tb instead of 250gigs!!!
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Yes you can use it for desktop. That is what i am currently using it for without any isues. You may need windows 8.1 and using it as a secondary drive to realize full 4 tb capacity. You can use only 2 tb as a primary drive if your oc is older and does not use new uefi bios. Windows decided to only support uefi bios for 4 tb capacity.
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I bought a Samsung ssd 256GB and cloned the drive with the included software. Works great. Just estimating the boot time before and after by counting in my head, before it took say 40 seconds from when I saw the first bios splash screen, and after putting in the ssd it takes 6 seconds to boot.
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Thanks for your information. I did also find out that there's a sata port intended for an optical drive. If so, then I can mount the SSD in that bay and still have all 4 bays for data. Now - does anybody know if the BIOS can handle 3TB drives without repartitioning?
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Yes, I am using W7 and have no problems. It will take a bit more of available disc space for the extra stuff included that I will not use myself. Seems like a good external HD. (I have the 500 GB model)
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effortlessly is relative...can you transfer the data and O/S? or is this as a secondary drive? Your mileage may vary!