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July 11th, 2017 21:00
Migrating to a larger SSD
Hi.. I just got my first Dell and its a beautiful machine. The XPS 15 9560 I purchased has a 512 Gb SSD and I want to swap it out for a 1Tb. I'm used to having 2 internal hard drives and rather than become dependent on externals, I think the 1Tb SSD is the better solution. Unfortunately I couldn't find one here in Indonesia that already has the larger capacity drive. I got a Samsung EVO 960, I hope the performance is at least as good as the one it came with. My question is whether I should do a clean install of Windows 10 or Clone the drive. If doing a clean installation is the way to go, what else is on the original drive that Dell bundled along with the unit that I should move over to the new drive? What's the best way to go here? There are so many opinions on the web about this, but I figured this was the best place to find out how to best take care of this machine. Thanks in advance.
robert p
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July 13th, 2017 04:00
Hi bangskat,
Thanks for posting.
It's always best to start out with the exact image that was installed on your computer by the factory, that way the recovery partition and other software will be there when you start your computer. Here is some information you may find helpful: http://dell.to/2uhKFli
robert p
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July 13th, 2017 07:00
I'm not that familiar with those programs. Perhaps posting that question in the Software board will yield some results: http://dell.to/2uiosDF
bangskat
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July 13th, 2017 07:00
Thanks Robert.. that article pretty much exactly describes what I intend to do.. I have the Samsung EVO 960, and I have a StarTech enclosure for the old SSD, and I have Macrium Reflect . So you are saying that the cloned or migrated contents using either Macrium Reflect or the Samsung Data Migration software is the way to go. Is there any downside to it as opposed to a clean install? Or are the people who recommend this more often than not thinking about the possibility of moving your problems from your old drive to the new one? With a brand new system it seems that migration doesn't really have a down side.. is that true?