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    brand new dv6, trying to replace HD with SSD, why is this so hard!?!?!?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by deucelee, Dec 5, 2012.

  1. deucelee

    deucelee Notebook Consultant

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    All,

    Just bought a brand new DV6 with Windows 8 pre-installed. I want to change out the HD with a SSD. I can't find any info online on how to do this for windows 8. Seems like Windows 7 was simplier to create a system image and move things over.

    I've tried making a image to a external HD, create a recovery snapshot (restore point) to a external HD, create a windows backup with a thumb drive. Nothing seems to be loading up properly. Even after updating bios to have the proper channel to boot with.

    ideas? please? thanks.
     
    deucelee, Dec 5, 2012
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  2. Starrbuck

    Starrbuck Notebook Consultant

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    Try Paragon Image Backup for Windows 8 to make a backup of the HD onto the SSD.
     
    Starrbuck, Dec 5, 2012
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  3. ChrisYeates

    ChrisYeates Notebook Guru

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    Just simply backup all your files. Download the Windows 8 ISO from Microsoft and put it on a flash drive. Pull the hard drive out. Replace with SSD and boot into the Windows 8 install and just go through the setup.
    Clean installs are the way to go.
     
    ChrisYeates, Dec 7, 2012
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