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wright 
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 Topic: SDD Hard DrivePosted: 16 Feb 2014 at 2:54pm |
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Hello everyone, I bought a Hailstorm this past July and I really love my system, however. when I configured it I got the Samsung 256 GB 840 pro and a WD 1TB hard drive for storage. Well my SSD with all my games, OS, ect, has 40 GB left and the WD storage drive has 880 GB. At some point soon I will run out of space on my SSD. I love the SSD because of the speed it loads everything. I need some advice here on what to do about more disc space. If at some point I need to buy a SSD with more GB's how would I move everything from the old ssd to a new ssd and add OS, games without loosing everything. I have most of my games and stuff backed up on the WD storage drive. Anyone that has some ideas I would appreciate some help. Thanks.
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fstcvc
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Posted: 16 Feb 2014 at 8:12pm |
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If you plan on just replacing your smaller SSD for a larger one you should be able to just clone the data from one to the other. Some SSD drives might come with software (or have a free download for one) or you can use a separate drive cloner like Acronis.
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wright
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Posted: 17 Feb 2014 at 6:53am |
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fstcvc, I never really thought about that. Sounds like just the solution for me. I have never cloned anything. Is it very difficult? That is exactly what I won't to do is move to a larger SSD. Are there any instructions that shows you how to do that? Thanks so much for that idea.
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fstcvc
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Posted: 17 Feb 2014 at 7:02am |
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Most cloning software should be similar to that of copying a CD/DVD. Select source and target and let it copy everything over. If there are any options, they might include making the drive bootable and maybe formatting. Other than that it's a 1:1 copy. Replace old drive with new one (so that way you don't have to change BIOS settings on which drive you boot from) and you should be good to go.
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Posted: 17 Feb 2014 at 5:51pm |
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Thanks fstcvc for your help, now to get a clone program. I'll try the one you suggested.
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