[Leica] Help with understanding the new SSD in my computer.....

[Sonny Carter]

Clean install is the best install.  Cloning works though.

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Sonny Carter
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> On Jul 30, 2017, at 6:39 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> Not what Samsung led me to believe.... 
> 
> I am going to try this approach.... Because Dell told me to re-load ALL my
> applications....
> Easy for them to say......
> 
> What a cluster..... 
> 
> Frank Filippone
> 
> Red735i at verizon.net
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=verizon.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf
> Of Bob Adler
> Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2017 4:05 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Help with understanding the new SSD in my computer.....
> 
> Can't you clone the c: drive to the SSD, take out the C: and make the ssd
> your c: drive? Then put the old drive as d: or something?
> 
> Bob Adler
> www.robertadlerphotography.com
> 
>> On Jul 28, 2017, at 7:53 AM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> wrote:
>> 
>> You MUST READ EVERYTHING Before you buy some new gadget....
>> 
>> I bought the SSD for the M.2 slot in my computer.
>> I installed the SSD.
>> I cloned my C: drive
>> I booted up the computer... it booted up to the C drive...
>> I rebooted and opened up the BIOS to change the boot order....
>> No choices presented itself..... Spun on this for like 6 reboots.... 
>> same response...
>> Checked the WEB for solution......
>> Finally found like 30 messages on the issue, ALL with no solution.
>> It seems that the BIOS in the Dell XPS8910 does not allow for this 
>> change......
>> 
>> If I had read all this up front, I would have chosen a SATA interface.... 
>> 
>> Screwed.
>> 
>> There are some comments that by completely re-installing Windows 10, 
>> and re-installing all my programs, I can achieve the goal of a M.2 
>> Booted system.
>> Need to do some more reading before I tackle THAT rabbit hole.
>> 
>> Frank Filippone
>> 
>> Red735i at verizon.net
>> 
>> 
>> 
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