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Cloning Replacement SSD

#1 Post by WA2SI » Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:45 pm

Good evening,

I am going to replace the stock Intel 160GB SSD in my W520 with a 256GB Samsung 830 SSD using Acronis Home Image 2012. Just wondering if anybody had any ThinkPad specific tips or issues using Acronis s/w or the Samsung 830? Thanks in advance.

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Re: Cloning Replacement SSD

#2 Post by visionviper » Wed Mar 21, 2012 7:38 pm

Acronis should manage everything just perfectly.
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Re: Re: Cloning Replacement SSD

#3 Post by WA2SI » Wed Mar 21, 2012 8:07 pm

visionviper wrote:Acronis should manage everything just perfectly.
Thank you for the reply. The 830 arrived yesterday. Take care.

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Re: Cloning Replacement SSD

#4 Post by WA2SI » Fri Mar 23, 2012 5:38 am

Well, the 830 is now successfully installed in the W520. Didn't actually clone the disk, (That appeared to assign a different drive letter.) I restored the latest Acronis backup instead. Drive is working just fine and appears to pass all tests. (Lenovo, Si Sandra, Samsung Magician, etc.)

The over-provisioning thing along with its unallocated space kind of weirded me out but a little online research appears to show it as normal. Thanks again.

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