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‎09-16-2024 07:16 AM

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Hello! I have several HP Enterprise M525c printers in my organization, that are coming up on 10 yrs in service. I noticed that these have 320GB spinning hard drives, and being an IT tech I realize that there is a lifespan to these hard drives..usually50,000hrs or roughly 5 years. Haven't had much luck in finding information about cloning these drives to a new drive! We have a large amount of configuration in these printers, and recreating it all would be a nightmare. Is there a way to actually CLONE (image) the drives from these printers? Any and all unfo is sincerely appreciated,  and thank you in advance!

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‎09-16-2024 07:57 AM

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The data is encrypted can't be cloned. In a case of failed disk and disk replacement it's like 10 minute job to install firmware to get it back on factory settings.




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‎09-16-2024 08:23 AM

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Why not perform a backup and then restore after replacing the drive. You can also export all the address books and user settings as well and then import into the new drive.

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‎09-19-2024 07:30 AM

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Great to know, thank you! Appreciate the info...I've done a data backup, so I'll be swapping the old drives out to new ones and restore the backed up user data.

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‎09-19-2024 07:48 AM

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Thank you for the info! Appreciate it...this is the plan of action I plan to use. Would you happen to know if these M525c printers will work with a SSD? 

I'd rather go with ssd inplace of an archaic spinning drive if possible.

Appreciate your help, thank you!

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