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    Transferring over from HDD to SSD on Dell Studio XPS 1647

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by 0new1n, Nov 6, 2012.

  1. 0new1n

    0new1n Newbie

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    Hi as you all can tell I'm completely new please bear with me. I was just wondering what the best way is to set up a new SSD, I recently bought a Samsung 830 128GB. Should I put the SSD in the optical drive bay with a caddy or into the regular HDD bay, does it make a difference. In addition if so do I need to transfer data over from my HDD to SSD first before loading in the main bay? If I need to do that what type of cables do I need, I have an eSATA port on my laptop. Thanks a lot all!!
     
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  2. Tmets

    Tmets De-evolving to Amoeba

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    You should place the Ssd in the main bay as that will likely be faster. In my laptop the main bay is sata3 and optical is sata2. That is fairly common.
    I would always recommend doing a clean install and then transferring data over. If you have an external caddy, you can put your old drive in there, and transfer over usb, or use the optical bay for the hdd.
     
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  3. tilleroftheearth

    tilleroftheearth Wisdom listens quietly...

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    Yeah: clean install (Win8PRO x64 highly recommended).

    Have just the SSD in the main drive bay installed and either install Win7x64 from scratch, or; use the restore media you created when you bought the system to install the O/S to when you bought the system (this is not optimal though).

    Then, after all Windows updates have been applied, all programs have been installed and updated and you have verified that the system works as expected, attach the original HDD and copy/move your data over.
     
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    firesyde424 Notebook Guru

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    I think Tmets either has incorrect information or a newer model of Studio XPS than the 1647. The Studio XPS 1647(Yes, I have one), only has SATA 2 ports. Having said that, it doesn't really matter which port you use, both operate at the same speed. As far as placement goes, I have plans to replace the 320 GB drive that came with my 1647 so when I finally got my 180 GB Intel 330 SSD, I put it in place of the optical drive. The reason for that is because the optical drive takes much more work to get to than the hard drive bay. Since I plan on replacing my mechanical hard drive with a bigger capacity drive, I chose to put it in the place that is easier to get to.
     
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  5. 0new1n

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    Awesome, thanks a lot all!
     
    0new1n, Nov 9, 2012
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