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    Samsung 840 EVO SSD

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Zoser, Oct 18, 2014.

  1. Zoser

    Zoser Newbie

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    Hi everyone

    After successfully fitting an EVO SSD to my old Acer 5920 (with a clean copy of Windows 8.1) I am now planning to fit the same make of SSD to my newer Acer V3 772G running 8.1. It has a 750GB HDD but only 47GB is used.

    I plan to use the Samsung Data Migration software and a SATA/USB 3 lead to do a HDD clone. I plan to buy the 250GB SSD as I am not a heavy user of HDD space.

    Looking at the Samsung website it appears that it is possible to do this with the migration software. I looked at my HDD in Disk Management and saw that there are several petitions.

    Healthy (Recovery Petition) 400MB 100% Free
    Healthy (EFI System Petition) 300MB 100% Free
    Healthy (Recovery Petition) 350MB 100% Free
    Healthy (Recover Petition) 17GB 100% Free
    Healthy (Boot Page File Crash Dump, Primary Petition) 640GB 93% Free

    My question is can I expect any problems? Will the software simply clone the 7% data used and ignore the recovery petitions?

    Thanks in advance

    Z
     
    Zoser, Oct 18, 2014
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  2. StormJumper

    StormJumper Notebook Virtuoso

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    I would recommend a clean fresh install instead not a clone especially since you said this will be your main drive that will avoid any pitfalls in the O/S that will migrate over to the new SSD drive.
     
    StormJumper, Oct 18, 2014
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  3. tilleroftheearth

    tilleroftheearth Wisdom listens quietly...

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    If you don't do a clean install, I cannot recommending 'upgrading' to any better storage solution.

    Do it right once, or do it over and over...
     
    tilleroftheearth, Oct 18, 2014
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    Zoser Newbie

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    Reporting back:

    Cloning was incredibly easy. I used Samsung's Data Migration software available here:

    Samsung SSD (Solid State Drive) 850 and 840 series | Samsung SSD Website

    Rather than install the full magician software supplied with the Kit.

    Cloning was literally a 2 button press. I installed a 250GB SSD replacing a 750GB HDD.

    I now have a spare HDD in case of emergency!

    Speed is only marginally improved. My laptop is after all has a high end spec and was fast anyway. Glad it is done and I can recommend it to the forum.
     
    Zoser, Oct 22, 2014
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  5. tijo

    tijo Sacred Blame

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    Go back to a HDD after a couple of weeks using the SSD and you'll feel that moderately doesn't even describe the difference. :p It's one of those things you don't miss until it's gone.
     
    tijo, Oct 22, 2014
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    alexhawker Spent Gladiator

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    Surely the boot time is at least much lower, even if you don't do too much else that's heavy on disk usage.

    If you'd clean installed, you would certainly notice the different when installing software.
     
    alexhawker, Oct 22, 2014
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    ajkula66 Courage and Consequence

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    Agreed. Cloning an image from a HDD onto a SSD is a bad idea in my experience, unless one has obsolete software with no install media that needs to be saved at any cost...
     
    ajkula66, Oct 22, 2014
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  8. alexhawker

    alexhawker Spent Gladiator

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    Cloning Vs fresh install question aside (I agree with you btw), I simply meant something like a software install (that has to write a lot of files to the drive) would be an operation that would highlight the performance difference.


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    alexhawker, Oct 23, 2014
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  9. RCB

    RCB Notebook Deity

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    If you feel your new SSD is only marginally faster than an HDD... find a tool to check that the sectors got aligned during the clone.

    Edit: Oh, and that AHCI is enabled.
     
    RCB, Oct 23, 2014
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  10. cdoublejj

    cdoublejj Notebook Deity

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    you can expect insanely slow performance if you already run the restoration tool which updates the firmware and rewrites all the data.

    [TechReport] Samsung's 840 EVO update fixes slow reads with old data
     
    cdoublejj, Oct 23, 2014
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