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    Ordered new Crucial C300 SSD

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by tai1spin, Apr 20, 2011.

  1. tai1spin

    tai1spin Notebook Enthusiast

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    From circuit city for 219 shipped. I'm going to use it in my XPS 17(L702x) but need a 'guide' ? I'm not certain how to do a clean install of Win 7 on it as i don't have the Win 7 media. How have other members done it? Cloning? the drive is 128GB and I don't want to have unnecessary partitions or anything like that.

    I've search all around this forum, but have not found any specific instructions for doing this on our systems.

    Help a brother out?? :D
     
    tai1spin, Apr 20, 2011
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    Mine came with a windows 7 install dvd. just fit the ssd , reboot with the windows 7 dvd in the drive and reinstall. was very straight forward.
     
    pr1970, Apr 20, 2011
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    You need to call dell and get them to ship you the win 7 dvd and drivers cd.
     
    NoSlow5oh, Apr 20, 2011
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    Damn I was hoping I wouldn't have to do that - call them that is
     
    tai1spin, Apr 20, 2011
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    It's usually not a pain and they send them overnight. I always get every single DVD/CD for the OS/programs/drivers that comes standard. Getting all that is a pain sometimes, but I always do a fresh install and don't like downloading drivers with names like R28939.exe not knowing what I'm installing or wasting a bunch of time on their site figuring out what everything is. I've been doing this for over 7 years from dell with no problems.
     
    NoSlow5oh, Apr 20, 2011
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    The Crucial m4 (aka Micron C400, or the C300's predecessor) is supposed to be officially released in 6 days according to moderators on the Crucial forum. SuperBiiz.com has had the Micron version available for a few weeks now. The hardware is identical, they are just sold through different channels. Micron for OEM and Crucial for retail. $219 is a good price, the 128GB C400 might be closer to $299 on release. I would go with the new drive, but I'm a geek...

    Tweaktown's 256GB m4 review
     
    ZippoMan, Apr 20, 2011
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    2nd -- got mine overnight. Shocked.
     
    thumper300zx, Apr 20, 2011
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    I requested mine via the online chat and they came the next day.
     
    ZippoMan, Apr 21, 2011
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