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    Replacing 17R with smaller SSD problems

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by gorgonzola, Mar 20, 2014.

  1. gorgonzola

    gorgonzola Notebook Guru

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    I've bought a Dell 17R 5737 and a new 240GB Crucial 500 SSD for it and just found out I can't install the OS from the recovery media I created from the installation on the original drive. :mad:

    When I try to boot up using the recovery media a message tells me "Your hard drive is not supported for this process. Please use a hard drive at least 931 GB in size".

    Does anyone know how I can get around this problem. I've tried to find a downloadable windows 8 ISO but could only find ones that work on upgrades. :confused:
     
    gorgonzola, Mar 20, 2014
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    gorgonzola Notebook Guru

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    Phones Dell technical support and they're sending out a standard windows 8 OS disk and drivers disk.
     
    gorgonzola, Mar 21, 2014
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