I have a Dell Precision M6500 portable workstation. It has 2x 500GB HDD (Toshiba). The primary drive has OS (Windows7) & other programs on it- Ms Office, AutoCAD, etc. The secondary drive has files on it (not programs). My question is...can I clone the primary drive (with OS & other (legit) programs) to a SSD (say 1TB) drive & then replace the primary HDD with it? Any recommendations for SSD's & cloning software. Should be easy to copy secondary drive. Thanks in advance.
HD to SSD in Dell Precision 6500
- Thread starter Adamski62
- Start date
Solution
Saga Lout
Retired Mod
- Mar 31, 2010
- 24,042
- 310
- 69,740
It will work but it's important to make sure the original system hard disk is removed or at least, disconnected, before you boot up using the SSD the first time. Sorry if that sounds patronising but you'd be suprised at the number of folks who fall for it. If the system sees two disks both claiming to be C\: chaos will ensue.
I use Acronis True Image but I fix PCs for a living so it's worth paying for. You may think otherwise but the freebies don't do it as well.
I use Acronis True Image but I fix PCs for a living so it's worth paying for. You may think otherwise but the freebies don't do it as well.
TRENDING THREADS
-
Question Laptop Crashing During Teams Calls or Video Editing in Premiere
- Started by bigdumbalski
- Replies: 1
-
Question User RX 580 8gb red devil powercolor, asking original BIOS- Started by PizzaInGame
- Replies: 7
-
Question Is it safe to use recapped PSU for a long time?- Started by zwtch_17
- Replies: 5
-
News Microsoft updates Windows 11 24H2 requirements, CPU must support SSE4.2 or the OS will not boot- Started by Admin
- Replies: 19
-
Discussion What's your favourite video game you've been playing?- Started by amdfangirl
- Replies: 3K
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram