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    Recovering NVMe drive from 9550/9560

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Kaeleku, Dec 12, 2017.

  1. Kaeleku

    Kaeleku Newbie

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    So I had a 9550 with an aftermarket Samsung Evo, but the motherboard bricked due to moisture. I have a 9560 on the way as a replacement. Assuming the Evo is even working, I have two related questions:
    1. I assume I cannot just swap out the SSD drive, update a few of the drivers and expect it to work, right? This would be my preferred method as it is a programming laptop that would probably take most of a day to re-download and reinstall everything on it.
    2. If number 1 is not an option, what would people recommend in terms of getting data off the original drive? There is not much on there that I need except for some VMs and some batch files for configuring certain environments. I've done research, there appear to be no NVMe to USB adapters available, so if #1 does not work even to boot the machine and take some files off, I am thinking of creating a Linux boot disk on a USB stick, pop in the Evo, boot Linux, try to mount the Evo, and get the files off that way.
    Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks.
     
    Kaeleku, Dec 12, 2017
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  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    When I upgraded from a Latitude E7440 to the E7450 a few years ago I just moved the SSD over and Windows started up without any significant issues. Given that the Intel platform in the 9560 is a minor upgrade on the 9550 I think there's a very good chance that Windows will cope. A Windows installation USB may also have the option to repair and not trash your user files.

    Another option might be Acronis Universal Restore. To do this you would put the old SSD into the 9560, boot Acronis, make the backup (on external storage drive) then run Acronis again to restore the image and configure it to run properly. It's good in theory but I've never tried it.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Dec 12, 2017
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  3. Kaeleku

    Kaeleku Newbie

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    Thanks for the response. The SSD drive was still good and indeed, I was able to swap it in the 9560, and based on a review of the device manager, Windows was able to update all the right drivers etc and the new computer seems to be working normally with the old drive. Which is a big relief not to waste a day reinstalling all of this stuff.
     
    Kaeleku, Dec 13, 2017
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  4. GoNz0

    GoNz0 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Been there and done that, I now use Macrium to take daily incremental backups over the network to save the stress of wondering :)
     
    GoNz0, Dec 13, 2017
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