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    Y500 and OS migration from HDD

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by selvades, Mar 21, 2013.

  1. selvades

    selvades Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello,

    I am planning to buy new y500
    Amazon.com: Lenovo IdeaPad Y500 15.6-Inch Laptop (Metal - Dusk Black): Computers & Accessories
    (or the 16 gb ram version)

    I would like to replace 16 gb mSATA with something bigger. I found those:

    Amazon.com: Crucial m4 128GB mSATA Internal Solid State Drive CT128M4SSD3: Computers & Accessories
    Amazon.com: Mushkin Direct Atlas Deluxe 240GB mSATA SATA III Solid State Drive MKNSSDAT240GB-DX: Computers & Accessories
    Amazon.com: MyDigitalSSD 50mm Bullet Proof 4 BP4 50mm mSATA Solid State Drive SSD SATA III 6G (240GB): Computers & Accessories

    Would those mSATA drives work? Or do I need something else? I am a little confused because crucial is the most expensive and this bullet proof is almost 2 times bigger with difference of only $50 in price. Is there any difference in quality? Which one should I pick?

    My next question is about migration of the OS. LetÂ’s assume that I installed right mSATA (will 128 GB be enough for OS and few basic programs?) how do I migrate W8 from HDD to mSATA without "destroying" OKR? Do I just use some software to transfer files from HDD to SDD and then just format (somehow) only one partition with OS files?

    Thank you,
    Lukasz
     
    selvades, Mar 21, 2013
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