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New laptop : question about upgrading SSD

  • 02-12-2018 4:22pm
    #1
    _Whimsical_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,971 ✭✭✭


    I'm thinking of buying one of these laptops as there's 12% off with a code. https://www.dell.com/en-ie/shop/compare?ocs=cn35710,cn35711

    One has a 256GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive
    One has 128GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive + 1TB 5400RPM 2.5 SATA Hard Drive

    I was thinking of getting the 2nd one that has 128gb ssd and 1tb hd.

    I was wondering about upgrading the ssd in the future.
    Is it difficult? Would I need to reinstall windows and drivers etc if I did that?

    Would it be easier and better to add a HD to the one with 256 ssd ?


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  • #2
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84,761 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
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    You can take an image of your current HD and copy it over to the new drive.

    Plenty of software around to do this, I used Macrium Reflect, found whole process simple...
    https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree


  • #3
    yoke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 529 ✭✭✭yoke


    It would be much easier to just add or replace the secondary HD since it wouldn’t involve changing your boot drive in any way.

    That said, you wouldn’t necessarily need to reinstall the OS to change an SSD if you can clone the data on the boot drive using some method and then use windows repair (if using windows) to fix the mismatch with the new data locations for the UEFI bootloader assuming you’re using UEFI boot.

    What I did was use an external HD enclosure to connect the new SSD using a USB port, then booted up using a Linux CD and used ‘dd’ to clone the boot partition and UEFI partition over, created partitions, then I replaced the SSD physically and booted the UEFI partition and used windows repair, and then it worked fine for me.

    [edit: just saw Atlantic Dawn’s post - so yeah alternatively you could use that software which I presume does the same thing for you]


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 18,962 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    the first dell option is cheaper and better value imo - the one which has an m.2 256gb pci nvme stick in it.

    nvme ssds are very fast ssds - they are 4 to 5 times faster than sata ssds

    this means that you could add a cheap spinning drive in the free 2.5 inch bay for extra storage / large programs

    you wouldn't need to move anything as windows would already be booting from the m.2

    you could add a fast (as far as spinning drives go as has 7200rpm and sata cache)

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07D99KFPL/ref=sr_ob_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1543911292&sr=1-1-fkmr1

    check around for something similar maybe for a cheaper price - look for 7200rpm and a cache. there will be cheaper options but this gives good performance

    or just add another ssd with 2.5 inch form factor

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/YUCUN-Internal-Solid-State-Drive/dp/B07F2J4S18/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1543911447&sr=1-1&keywords=yucun+ssd

    (i have this ssd and it's very good and fast)


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