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    Chronos 700Z5C-S01 add SSD and dual boot

    Discussion in 'Samsung' started by btb32, Sep 16, 2012.

  1. btb32

    btb32 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I haven't see this scenario discussed, sorry if I've missed it. My plan is to put the 1TB HDD into a caddy in the ODD position then M4 SSD can go into the SATA 3 port. There's plenty of room on the original HDD so I was going to leave all partions as they are, well certainly for the time being, and then install clean W7 onto the new SSD, later adding the original OS as a dual boot option with Easy BCD which I'm familiar with.

    Unless I've missed something its a safe option as the original partitions can stay intact and I can use the SSD as I please. Data can on the original HDD as needed.

    Thanks to guides here I can see the way to get a good clean installation, but with the usefull Samsung stuff added.
     
    btb32, Sep 16, 2012
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  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    This subject has been discussed in numerous places. Perhaps this thread is a suitable example.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Sep 16, 2012
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  3. btb32

    btb32 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the link. I've had a good read, I was more wondering about the dual booting scenario, do those of you doing this, ie keeping the original Windows installation then adding your own say, W7 Ultimate or Windows 8 on the SSD, prefer to use a 'Windows OS Boot Menu' or select the relevent disc at boot time via keyboard?

    Incidentally, I read on one thread, though can't find it now, that some are having problems installing W7 from USB. When I came accross this issue recently it was because I was using a USB3 port, W7 SP1 doesn't have native USB3 support. Switching over to a USB2 port was successful and the installation went ahead.

    I think you all know this anyway, just saying.
     
    btb32, Sep 19, 2012
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  4. Ephelant

    Ephelant Notebook Consultant

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    I never intended to dual-boot, so can't speak to that point. I cloned the HDD to my SSD, as described in this thread. I haven't tried a fresh Win 7 installation either because the cloning process worked perfectly, without any performance drawbacks. If I did ever want to boot back into the standard HDD, I'd probably just switch the boot-order in the bios.
     
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  5. btb32

    btb32 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I probably won't use the original Samsung OS except as a back up, now I've got a clean installation of W7 on the SSD, though I did add it as boot entry with EasyBCD.
     
    btb32, Sep 24, 2012
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