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    help on installing ssd for m11x r3

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by howardjai, Feb 10, 2012.

  1. howardjai

    howardjai Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, i will be getting my m11x r3 and crucial m4 256gb within few days.
    I am new at these kind of stuff and i have read around the forums. But I couldn't find a through out guide on how to install ssd on the m11x r3 or installing windows 7 on the ssd. Please help >< Thanks in advance.
     
    howardjai, Feb 10, 2012
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  2. dragon23

    dragon23 Notebook Consultant

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    I've got the exact same drive and I made a video walkthrough of the SSD upgrade. If you can wait, I'll edit it and upload the video by Tuesday. Hope it'll help.
     
    dragon23, Feb 11, 2012
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  3. Rishwin

    Rishwin Notebook Deity

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    - boot with stock hdd
    - launch alien respawn
    - create a restore media (USB drive)
    - once you have it, turn Pc off
    - take stock HDD out, install SSD
    - stick in restore USB
    - Boot from USB and restore onto SSD

    Quite simple.
     
    Rishwin, Feb 11, 2012
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    un4tural Notebook Evangelist

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    when i got my SSD was optimistic and tested it, i got an error saying it cannot restore from USB drive, flipped me off and i done a clean install after wasting a few hours of my time. Got really ticked off.
     
    un4tural, Feb 11, 2012
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    eadgar Notebook Consultant

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    Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but I just wanted to say I upgraded my M11x to an SSD yesterday and it was really easy.

    I had a hard drive USB enclosure lying around so I put the SSD into that, connected it to the M11x. In computer management set up the MBR on the hard drive (Windows doesn't see it otherwise). Then I used the disk clone tool of Acronis True Image Home and it just copied everything to the SDD. Then I switched the hard drives in the laptop and it booted without any problems.

    Might not have had to create the MBR first, Acronis might be able to do that itself. I was just worried that I couldn't see it appear in the drive list in Computer until I did that.
     
    eadgar, Jun 12, 2012
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