I have a fairly new Dell 8900 and want to swap its 1TB HDD with a new Crucial 1TB SSD
I plan to clone the existing HDD using Macrium7 to the new SSD, then remove the HDD and install the new SSD in its place.
Would this work? Would the currently existing SATA cable work with the new SSD? Any tips or advice would be appreciated
Thanks for your help
It should be no problems but does the disk maker offer a cloning tool free which is often better
I did what you are proposing with Macrium last week and it worked first time.
You may need a 3 1/2 to 2 1/2 tray adapter depending on HDD trays / case. Some cases come with a spot for SSD.
Cable should be fine. I have seen some cables that say they are rated for 6Gb. Not all cables are created equally but most cables will perform at full speed.
Last edited by Caledon Ken; 18 Jul 2018 at 07:09.
I've been advised on this forum to use Reflect backup & restore rather than cloning to prevent Disk ID issues.
I don't know Steve C I have Cloned and created Images and Restored both works without issue for me for several years now including the move up to NVME. For Instance, when I purchased this G752VY it came with a 256gb m.2 nvme SSD, I purchased a 960 Pro NVME and the very first thing I did was to clone the original drive to the New drive and I know have the original drive in the box that the 960 came in. If in the future I sell this notebook that 256gb will go back in. or If I have to RMA this notebook for any reason that 256gb will go with it not my 960 pro. So Cloning works fine. I create Images all the time and restore them if windows get screwed up or drive fails
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have done this many times with Macrium Reflect
