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Alienware Alpha - migrate to SSD after Windows 10 update?
I just got an Alienware Alpha i3, and I updated successfully to Windows 10. What is the best way for me to back up my HDD and restore to an SSD? I tried uninstalling Respawn, and reinstalling the latest Respawn with no luck, and I read that Respawn doesn't work well in Windows 10.
Thank you.
Alienware - Rodrigo
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April 14th, 2016 12:00
Hi,
Unfortunately, there have been reports about Alien Respawn not working properly with Windows 10. You could try using Dell Backup and Recovery (DBaR) instead. Click here to view a Dell article that explains how to use this tool and it also includes the download link.
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April 14th, 2016 18:00
As for Respawn/DBaR ... I think the time to use that was before upgrading to Win-10 ... on Win7/8 I think you can use that to create a factory Recovery drive on a large flash drive. Conceivably, it should be able to return machine to it's factory software state. However, it might not restore to a SSD (unless machine shipped that way).
You might be able to use Microsoft System Image Backup
http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/5495-system-image-create-windows-10-a.html
But I'm not sure how "portable" that image file is (to accomplish what is basically a drive cloning).
Personally, I think I would just use Macrium Reflect Free.
http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx
and finally ...
If there is not much on Alpha, and you know how to clean install Windows and load drivers you should be able to clean install Win-10 (from .ISO) to a blank SSD. Just make sure all drivers and special Dell software is available for download before you start. It might prove challenging to build up Alpha from scratch.
I just wrote a post about some of this ...
http://en.community.dell.com/owners-club/alienware/f/3746/t/19681326