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‎06-27-2016 04:06 PM

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Product: HP EliteBook 8470P
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)

I just purchased a 1T Samsung SSD 850 EVO 2.5" SATA III drive to replace the hdd in my 8470P Elitebook. Is this going to just be a straightforward swap where I remove the old hdd and plug in the new ssd? That was the plan, but I've been way wrong before.

 

I have 2 backup system images ready if needed.  I have turned off automatic defragging in my security software. I am completely new to ssd's and should have asked this before I dropped a bundle on one, but it is what it is. Any help is appreciated.

 

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‎06-27-2016 04:42 PM

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Hi,

 

This is possible and hope your backup image is a proper one.

 

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‎06-27-2016 04:15 PM

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Hi,

 

I've been playing around with swapping HDD's with SSD's on a dozen of laptops, my process:

 

(a) Clone HDD to SSD using O&O Disk image (you can use other software).

(b) Physical swap,

(c) Turn the machine on.

 

My successful rate is 100%

 

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‎06-27-2016 04:27 PM

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Thanks for the quick reply, banhien! Just one more quick question: since the new ssd is much larger than the hdd it is replacing, could I possibly just start by doing the physical swap and then dumping the system image on the new ssd? That is the method I've used when upgrading hdd to larger hdd. 

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‎06-27-2016 04:42 PM

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Hi,

 

This is possible and hope your backup image is a proper one.

 

Regards.

BH
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