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    swapping and cloning hardrives

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Hustl3Motiv3, Jun 16, 2010.

  1. Hustl3Motiv3

    Hustl3Motiv3 Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey guys. trying to figured this out and searching the threads arent really producing. i just recieved a momentus 500gb xt. the ssd hybrid. well i plug it in a dock and plug it up to the m11x and i clone the hardrive using driveimage mxl. well when i swap the drives out the comp is saying no os is installed. what are you guys using to clone and what is the process?
     
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  2. RichP74

    RichP74 Notebook Guru

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    You have to make the hard drive clone bootable. I think you can use the DISKPART utility to do this, or you could go into the Disk Utility and mark the new drive's partition as Active/Primary. Perhaps somebody whose knowledge is a bit fresher than mine can give you a better answer (I haven't done this in years, recently having come back to PC from the Mac world).
     
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    seems like when i clone with driveimage xml its only cloning the os partition. looks like driveimage doesnt recognize the recovery partition.
     
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  4. ejohnson

    ejohnson Is that lemon zest?

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    I used the seagate cloneing program (free on their webpage) and it worked perfect.
     
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    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    I use Achronis True Image, but you should do a clean install on the Momentus. Being a new tech you might have to worry about alignment and such. Clean install is always safer.
     
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    i did a clean install. but it seems every driver i download dont work. i tried searching the forums and the net for the drivers but can find anything. where can i download the official drivers for this laptop?
     
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    ejohnson Is that lemon zest?

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    Drivers & Downloads
     
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    lol. i looked all over that site for drivers. thanks ejohnson. i already started another cloning attempt so if this dont work atleast now i know where the drivers are at.
     
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  9. ejohnson

    ejohnson Is that lemon zest?

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    Yeah, I found the link one day and book marked it... dell doesnt make it easy to find what you want on their site.
     
    ejohnson, Jun 17, 2010
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