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May 15th, 2025 12:26
XPS 8930, replace Hard Drive with Solid State Drive
I have an XPS 8930 I purchased in about 2018. After a reboot I got a message that says my hard drive is operating out of parameters (last term may not be exactly correct) and said that I should replace the existing drive with a Dell 2TB 7200 RPM SATA 6GPS 3.5 inch hard drive. Is it possible to instead purchase a 2TB (maybe larger) SSD instead of the hard drive and install it in this computer?
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ejn63
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May 15th, 2025 13:39
You can install a 2.5" SATA SSD as you wish, or install an M.2 2280 NVMe drive -- the latter will be appreciably faster.
ispalten
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May 15th, 2025 13:53
I suggest you BACK-UP that drive before it totally dies.
Then prepare and know how to CLONE that drive to a new drive, and how to make that drive the BOOT drive.
That means having a backup program, capability to restore OR clone the troublesome drive to a new drive.
There are MANY ways to accomplish this. Still, knowing how/what to do is the key here.
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May 17th, 2025 01:22
Thanks to everyone for their input. I decided to replace the computer with a new one. More memory and all SSD. I use it as a digital audio workstation and have been pushing the limits for a while. I have Carbonite, OneDrive and local disk backups, so I am ok there!
ispalten
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May 17th, 2025 15:23
@sedicks
Backups are fine for non-bootable partitions. However, IF you have the same h/w components AND OS version, you can restore C: or even Clone it without a problem.
With a NEW PC, it is not advisable to clone or restore the C: partition.
I am in the same 'boat' as you. Bought a new Dell to replace her XPS8500. Her PC has a lot of partitions.
The way I am doing it is put both PC's on the LAN, and on the new PC create matching partitions (and install another hard drive) and then using Windows Explorer, just copy from old to new PC the entire drive/Partition contents. As for the C: drive, I have installed LIMITED programs on it, Brower, email Client, etc., and I will install FRESH versions of those on the new PC. Then locate the needed data on the old PC C: and copy those over.
It seems if one gets a NEW DELL, Support Assist is included with it and now includes Dell Migrate (free) and will possibly do more?
Yes, I could also use Acronis True Image (like Carbonite) to clone the non-C: partitions as well. PC LapLink will also supposedly do the same, but I used it many years ago and you still need to do fresh program installs (programs can write files in many places including the Registry) to make them work properly including links to the data if on C:.