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What Is The Exact Steps To Upgrade From HDD to SSD WITHOUT CLONING on Latitude D630?
Hi, I've been wanting to replace and upgrade my HDD to SSD on my Latitude D630. But the thing is, all of the tutorials only shows how to replace, not what's happening next. 1. Will i lose my Windows after the SSD installation? 2. If I'm gonna lose them, what should I do before installing the SSD and after the installation? 3. Guide me the safe steps for my choice of not wanting to clone the data from HDD Please do help me with this. Since its pandemic, my state is currently strictly under control and not much repairing shops is opened. so I'm planning to do it on my own. I am a student and I dont have much budget to pay someone to install it for me. Thanks!
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November 23rd, 2020 16:00
@chaulala I'm kind of surprised you don't want to clone since that dramatically simplifies this process if you DO want to preserve your existing setup. If you don't want to clone because you don't have the necessary hardware, all you need is a SATA to USB adapter, which is cheap and easy to find.
But if you don't clone, then a new hard drive will be empty when you install it, which means you'll need to install Windows from scratch and then reinstall any required drivers (new Windows versions might have everything they need for such an old system) and then any applications, and then restore your data. So you should back up your data the same way you would if you were planning to get a brand new PC. Honestly you should ALREADY be backing up your data on a regular basis anyway in case you ever have an unexpected incident. Backing up your data should NOT be something you only do when you are preparing to do something like this.
But you will need some way to install Windows from scratch. If you're running Windows 10, you can download the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool directly from Microsoft, which will help you burn a DVD or create a bootable flash drive. BEFORE you remove your existing hard drive, make sure you can boot your system from that DVD/flash drive. If you can get to the Windows Setup screen, then make sure you've already backed up any data and application installers you will need, then replace your HDD with your SSD. Then boot your system again from your Windows installation DVD/flash drive and follow the steps to install Windows onto that empty hard drive. Once you get to the Windows desktop, you can reinstall drivers, reinstall applications, restore your data, etc.
If all of that sounds complicated to you, then you really might want to consider cloning instead. It can save a lot of time and effort, and there are several excellent and FREE cloning solutions out there. Macrium Reflect Free is one of them. If you buy a Samsung SSD, then Samsung has a free Data Migration Utility you can also use. Even if a clone does not work, you can always wipe the new SSD and start from scratch.
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November 23rd, 2020 17:00
@chaulala If you're running Windows 7, then you can choose to install Windows 10 to the new SSD, but you might not be able to get a free upgrade at this stage. Some people are having success activating Windows 10 using their Windows 7 keys, but you might end up having to purchase a license through the Windows Store to activate it. Alternatively, technically you could reinstall Windows 7 by downloading that from Microsoft instead, but I really wouldn't recommend that at this stage. Microsoft stopped providing security updates for it in January 2020, and browser vendors will stop supporting it relatively soon as well, so if you're going to set up your system from scratch, you should really consider doing it with a current OS, even if you might have to purchase a license.
But you don't simply copy the ISO onto a flash drive. You need the EXTRACTED contents of the ISO on your flash drive, and the flash drive has to be set up a certain way. The Media Creation Tool helps with this. Just choose that you want to create a bootable flash drive instead of just getting an ISO file, and it will take care of all of that for you.
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hi! Ive successfully. installed the windows 10 in my flash disk and also the ssd.
but the ssd is not detected in bios.
how to fix this? @jphughan
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November 25th, 2020 07:00
@chaulala You're not supposed to install Windows 10 to your flash drive. You're supposed to create a bootable Windows 10 installer on your flash drive. And how did you install Windows onto the SSD without the BIOS being able to detect the SSD? If you installed Windows 10 onto that SSD while it was installed in some other system, that's typically not a good idea. As I explained originally, you're supposed to install the SSD, then boot your system from the flash drive containing your Windows 10 installer, and then install Windows 10 onto the SSD using the Windows Setup wizard that will appear. I'm not sure what you're doing at this point, but you don't seem to be following instructions, so I'm not sure I'll be able to help with whatever you've decided to do. But in terms of the BIOS, if the SSD isn't being detected, then make sure it's installed correctly. Sometimes the SSD's SATA connector might not quite close enough to the SATA connector on the motherboard. Make sure you didn't try to install the SSD upside-down relative to the connector inside the laptop. And then perhaps update your system's BIOS if you haven't done that recently.