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I think you finally have the pieces for this, i have done this so many times, it's science.
1) put the destination (SSD) in the drive 0 bay you are ultimately targeting.
(In the old days, it affected boot sector configuration, and partition ordering)
2) when in doubt, connect the source drive to External USB, its slower, but it it doesnt interfere.
(I have not had to do this in 2-3 cycles of hardware, though)
3) After your restore, NEVER leave your old disk in on boot, or anything. The first time windows
comes to life, it is kinda wigging out. It knows the drive changed. Giving it no choices helps.
It boots up, and USUALLY requires you to reboot.
4) Sometimes drivers are required. I have had ONE case, where I had to put the SSD in, and windows
installed some drivers to deal with it. I removed the SSD, and clean booted. The drivers stick
around... Then booting worked. * required if switching drive types in the old IDE/SCSI days *
5) after you get the clean boot. Format your old HD externally and use it for storage via USB.
Then put it back in the machine in the other bay.
** Note I ALMOST never EVER do this. Even with SSD upgrades. I set it aside as a FALLBACK Backup.
** If my SSD ever fails, I pop this guy in, and at least I am up and running, can start restores.
I recently used this process with a single bay winten machine with the new super small SSD drives (as in a tablet). I had to buy a funky adapter to plug the original into USB. And I used an external DVD to boot from (I do this stuff a lot, still have DVDs with software). WORKED FIRST TIME, perfectly.
HTH
Kirk Out!
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Great answer Kirk, I appreciate it! I'm going to try again this afternoon. Also, I agree about keeping the original drive for backup. I'm pretty sure I can get by on 480GB for everything anyway.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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I have used the Samsung utility that works with both the EVO and the Pro lines a number of times and it has always worked flawlessly.
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kmoorevs wrote: "Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse Spock's Beard fan?
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.
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TNCaver wrote: Spock's Beard fan?
Yep, discovered them about 10 years ago and have all their studio albums. Great band, even without Neal!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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I am Groot. I am Groot. I am Groot!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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..great music
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Yes. Marvel seem to get everything right time after time!
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Abhinav S wrote: Yes. Marvel seem to get everything right time after time! Just like DC, with Suicide Squad; both choose Sweet
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Thank you for starting my day off right!
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
- Benjamin Disraeli
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Do Molar Bears fight enamel cruelty?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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That one is on the cuspid of greatness.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Methinks OG has access to incisor information.
/ravi
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Isn't that a bit like cheating? For some reason I don't think it'll put a dentin his reputation.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Agree - it won't be a big floss to him. He's probably got a plaque on his wall.
/ravi
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I imagine he looks at it while drinking his cavity.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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That's not like OG - must've been someone filling in for him.
/ravi
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Words of wisdom indeed.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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My eyeteeth! Canine you come up with something to chew on?
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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Ey, better koala down now mate.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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They have also taken a strong stand on the molar decay of our times; they intend to root it out.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Would they be filling in for anyone? Would they would chews to do is a bite of a mystery.
Also, would it depend upon whether it saliva or dead?
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What a grizzly thought!
New version: WinHeist Version 2.2.2 Beta I told my psychiatrist that I was hearing voices in my head. He said you don't have a psychiatrist!
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It depends if that a domestic or wild Molar Bears
Bryian Tan
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