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    Questions About Upgrading my M11X R1's HDD

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by MEGAMAXX5, Aug 14, 2012.

  1. MEGAMAXX5

    MEGAMAXX5 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello all. I recently purchased a 500 GB SDD/HDD Hyrbrid Drive, and I just wanted to make sure, would it be possible for me to just remove the old HDD, place the new one in, and boot up, and just reinstall all my programs/drivers/games, and then I'll be good to go? If not, I have the Resources and Windows 7 disks, just in case.


    I'm also upgrading my RAM, as I'm planning on doing the pinmod, and was just wondering, if I just snap it in, the 8 GBs will be automatically used, right?
     
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    ahdontshoot425 Newbie

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    The new hard drive won't have an operating system on it. You'll have to place the new hard drive into your computer, then use the Windows 7 disk to install the OS. Once the OS is installed, you'll have to install the drivers either from the resource disk or from the internet.

    The RAM will be recognized automatically as long as you have a 64-bit version of Windows 7.
     
    ahdontshoot425, Aug 14, 2012
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  3. MEGAMAXX5

    MEGAMAXX5 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Alright, thanks man
     
    MEGAMAXX5, Aug 14, 2012
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  4. ejohnson

    ejohnson Is that lemon zest?

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    WAIT!!!!!!

    DO NOT USE COMMAND CENTER FROM THE DISC YOU HAVE!

    It will kill your lights, download it from dells web page.
     
    ejohnson, Aug 14, 2012
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  5. MEGAMAXX5

    MEGAMAXX5 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Don't worry, I'm not planning on using the Resources Disk
     
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    Alienware-Luis_Pardo, Aug 14, 2012
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