I have a laptop that came with Windows 7 and I upgraded recently to Windows 8. The laptop has a dynamic HDD. I am trying to upgrade to a SSD, but no matter what I do, the various cloning software either doesn't work with the SSD, or Windows doesn't like that I have the upgrade only version of Windows 8 if install a new copy on the SSD (even though I did upgrade from a valid Windows 7) because I only used the product key that came with Windows 8 upgrade (and I didn't get a Windows 7 CD with the computer). If you have a Windows 8 upgrade version and a dynamic drive does that mean it is impossible to add a SSD?
Specs: I bought the Crucial SSD over the phone, but they accidentally sent the desktop cloning kit, so I am using a Kingston cloning kit (SNA-DC/U) that came with my wife's SSD we bought locally. I have a Compaq Presario CQ62. the Crucial is a M500 280GB and the HDD is slightly smaller ~240GB. I tried two versions of Acronis, but neither can use dynamic drives, I tried EaseUS, but it does not seem to recognize the USB connected drive (I installed it on the old HDD and the SSD trying both ways).
Specs: I bought the Crucial SSD over the phone, but they accidentally sent the desktop cloning kit, so I am using a Kingston cloning kit (SNA-DC/U) that came with my wife's SSD we bought locally. I have a Compaq Presario CQ62. the Crucial is a M500 280GB and the HDD is slightly smaller ~240GB. I tried two versions of Acronis, but neither can use dynamic drives, I tried EaseUS, but it does not seem to recognize the USB connected drive (I installed it on the old HDD and the SSD trying both ways).
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