From the SSD to 1TB HDD?
Good morning I have an imac, 2010, with an SSD, and a 1 TB HDD, do you know which files and data you can pass the SSD hard drive, and do as you can perform this task?.
I am interested in leaving the SSD only the applications and the OS, if it could.
thanks
Well that is much easier and is my best recommendation. Just take off the Service Plate on the back and swap them. To use the recovery disks the SSD has to be at least the same size as the original hard drive which is not so easy to afford with an SSD. This is a good video but the guy is not happy he had to do a clone of the old drive to the new. That is the way I always do it. If you need specific help with that let us know.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLIxdw1-uxU
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I created a 200gb bootcamp, I tried deleting the bootcamp because I thought I messed it up and googled how to delete a mac partition which told me to use Disk Utility, did that and then erased it and somehow it got locked and wouldn't let me do anything to any partition on my hard drive (everything was greyed out)
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diskutil list:
-bash-3.2# diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *121.3 GB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 120.5 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3
/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *3.0 TB disk1
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1
2: Apple_CoreStorage 1.9 TB disk1s2
3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk1s3
4: Apple_CoreStorage 251.9 GB disk1s4
5: Apple_Boot Boot OS X 134.2 MB disk1s5
/dev/disk2
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_partition_scheme *1.3 GB disk2
1: Apple_partition_map 30.7 KB disk2s1
2: Apple_HFS OS X Base System 1.3 GB disk2s2
/dev/disk3
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_HFS Untitled *1.9 TB disk3
Logical Volume on disk1s2
FD9357F1-1A71-44A0-A01E-41C84F1C8047
Unencrypted
/dev/disk4
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_HFS Untitled *251.5 GB disk4
Logical Volume on disk1s4
31B60F49-6981-47A3-9815-6396AD3A9BD6
Unencrypted
/dev/disk5
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: untitled *5.2 MB disk5
/dev/disk6
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: untitled *524.3 KB disk6
/dev/disk7
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: untitled *524.3 KB disk7
/dev/disk8
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: untitled *524.3 KB disk8
/dev/disk9
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: untitled *524.3 KB disk9
/dev/disk10
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: untitled *524.3 KB disk10
/dev/disk11
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: untitled *6.3 MB disk11
/dev/disk12
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: untitled *2.1 MB disk12
/dev/disk13
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: untitled *1.0 MB disk13
/dev/disk14
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: untitled *524.3 KB disk14
/dev/disk15
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: untitled *524.3 KB disk15
/dev/disk16
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0: untitled *1.0 MB disk16
/dev/disk17
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *319.4 GB disk17
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk17s1
2: Apple_HFS IMAC TMB 319.0 GB disk17s2
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#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: untitled *6.3 MB disk18
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diskutil cs list
-bash-3.2# diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (2 found)
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+-- Logical Volume Group 687E889E-B4A1-4F20-8B36-43D7A3701076
| =========================================================
| Name: Untitled
| Status: Online
| Size: 1946162462720 B (1.9 TB)
| Free Space: 5402624 B (5.4 MB)
| |
| +-< Physical Volume 7BCD8D9C-AEB2-4D48-B248-257EFC7EA922
| | ----------------------------------------------------
| | Index: 0
| | Disk: disk1s2
| | Status: Online
| | Size: 1946162462720 B (1.9 TB)
| |
| +-> Logical Volume Family 3A8A9627-5963-49BA-8E2F-96DC7A1B033D
| ----------------------------------------------------------
| Encryption Status: Unlocked
| Encryption Type: None
| Conversion Status: NoConversion
| Conversion Direction: -none-
| Has Encrypted Extents: No
| Fully Secure: No
| Passphrase Required: No
| |
| +-> Logical Volume FD9357F1-1A71-44A0-A01E-41C84F1C8047
| ---------------------------------------------------
| Disk: disk3
| Status: Online
| Size (Total): 1945804734464 B (1.9 TB)
| Conversion Progress: -none-
| Revertible: No
| LV Name: Untitled
| Volume Name: Untitled
| Content Hint: Apple_HFS
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+-- Logical Volume Group 98213AE6-9EA8-4FB7-8B72-8E08BFBFD82C
=========================================================
Name: Untitled
Status: Online
Size: 251864797184 B (251.9 GB)
Free Space: 5226496 B (5.2 MB)
|
+-< Physical Volume 20CEF763-635D-4A0D-A107-40E8FB161D06
| ----------------------------------------------------
| Index: 0
| Disk: disk1s4
| Status: Online
| Size: 251864797184 B (251.9 GB)
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+-> Logical Volume Family 2D3173B3-5B04-47E6-B331-49D1BA58E9F2
Encryption Status: Unlocked
Encryption Type: None
Conversion Status: NoConversion
Conversion Direction: -none-
Has Encrypted Extents: No
Fully Secure: No
Passphrase Required: No
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Disk: disk4
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Conversion Progress: -none-
Revertible: No
LV Name: Untitled
Volume Name: Untitled
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Disk0
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gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=121332826112; sectorsize=512; blocks=236978176
gpt show: /dev/disk0: PMBR at sector 0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 236978175
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0 1 PMBR
1 1 Pri GPT header
2 32 Pri GPT table
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40 409600 1 GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
409640 235298960 2 GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
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1 1 Pri GPT header
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40 409600 1 GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
409640 3801098560 2 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
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3802777736 1912
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4294703080 262144 5 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
4294965224 1565567911
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5860533167 1 Sec GPT header
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This question was solved.
View Solution.Then you have Windows 8 or 8.1 right? Tap F2 as you power up to enter diagnostics and go into the device or hardware diagnostics and select the full hard drive test. Let us know the outcome.
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I used Norton system ghost to copy my 320GB HDD to my new 256GB SSD.
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How do I do this? Can I put it back in the laptop, boot to it, and then format it while it is the system drive?
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Go to Solution.Fixed. Followed the instructions found here: http://www.ehow.com/how_7146188_reformat-lenovo-laptop.html
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Hi guys and girls, Is it possible to add an mSATA (NGFF) SSD in the Hp Probook 650 G1 (F1N78EA) and boot from it? The technical manual does desribe that there is a slot for a mSATA flash cache module for Intel SRT, and that mSATA SSD's are expected later. So I assume it should work? From the specsheet: "32 GB M.2 (NGFF)Optional 32 GB mSATA flash cache module* support for Intel Smart Response Technology. (Available only with standard non-SEDhard drive.)*mSATA SSD is planned to be available in August 2013." Thanks a lot.
I had a breakthrough. And I can't believe I didn't think of this earlier - or that HP support didn't just suggest it right away.It's a really simple solution.You can't boot from a M.2 device directly.But you can boot the M.2 windows installation from the sata connected device (hdd/ssd). So if you just install windows on the sata device first, you can utilize the 100mb system partition for all other windows versions, including any on the M.2 device. No diskpart needed (assuming you have already initialized your M.2 ssd so it can be detected in windows)No BCDboot commands needed. Tested with windows 7 sp1 x64 professional.Bios settings & my notes at the buttom.Bios settings may need to be tweaked for win8/10. Step 1: Install windows on your sata attached device (hdd/ssd).Step 2: Boot into the newly installed windows*Step 2.2: Install windows from inside your first windows installation on your M.2 device.Step 3: Reboot, boot using the OS manager (which will appear in the boot order when more than 1 OS is detected). It should be top boot priority automatically.Step 3.2: Select the correct windows installation when prompted, it should be the top one.Step 4: Delete the windows installation from the boot list using cmd->msconfig. *If you want to avoid having the optical drive taking up the D: drive-letter, change it before installing windows to the M.2 device. This is purely optional, and only meant for the drive-letter obsessive people, such as myself. I have yet to find a way to end up having the M.2 windows installation as the C: drive.Right now my M.2 SSD is the D: drive, and the HDD (containing the first windows installation) is the C: drive. Bios settings & notes:Fast boot: enabledBoot mode: UEFI hybridSata device mode: ACHI For some reason 'startup menu delay' must not be set at 0, I have mine set at 5 seconds. At 0 seconds the system will boot 'too fast' and the M.2 device will appearently not have been switched on in time for windows booting. You will get a device-undetected error. The partition style of the sata device and the M.2 device must be the same. Either both must be MBR, or both must be GPT.I tested both MBR and GPT, they both work.
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