I then ordered an Orico external enclosure of USB 3 for about 600 bucks and made the whole thing an external SSD. I ordered a 250 GB Samsung evo SSD on Amazon and recieved a 500 GB one. Or make one by yourself at a relatively cheaper price. After all, you are probably going to spend a lot of time over years with the new laptop ! It's just an opinion though.įor file transfers, if budget permits, you can get an external SSD. Same goes with the software installations. So I'd choose transferring files manually and having a clean OS install to avoid any niggles and have a clean experience with the new system. So transferring data will happen rather quickly. And if the external storage device is based on SSD (external SSD or a SSD in USB 3 enclosure), the speeds will be much faster. I copied 24 GB files in ~ 4 minutes from an external hardisk yesterday. Thunderbolt is much faster, if we have the devices that support it. Now technology advanced so much in the past few years, I remember days when it used to take 1 minute to copy 1 GB of files from an external harddisk to the computer. A clean install of the OS will give you the best speeds of your SSD. So if it's just the files, it's okay, but if you're planning to clone the OS, it isn't worth it. I've read at places that cloning the harddrive including OS, will also result in the SSD not functioning to its true capabilities. So swapping the new one wouldn't be a great idea. If your old laptop came with a SSD, then you already used it for 2 years, so, it has its share of wear. (The advantage is something you don't want to miss) So swapping your old HDD in place of the newer one will take away that advantage of speed. I mean to say, the new SSDs or NVMe type of storages will be much much faster. If your old laptop has HDD, then the difference in performance with respect to speeds will be very high. A bit off topic, if you're getting a new laptop, it most probably might come with a SSD or NVMe type of storage. I'm no computer "expert", but I have some knowledge and so will share with you whatever I know. Lastly, we may need little more information about about your present software & hardware configuration. Clone the system partition to your new Laptops native C: drive (NVMe) Make sure your new laptop comes with larger amount of NVMe storage compared to your present system partition size (normally your C: partition)Ĥ. In this age, you must buy a laptop with NVMe drive along with option (slot) to install second hard disc.ģ. Buy a laptop which has user replaceable RAM/Storage option.Ģ. So even before you plan moving your disc, first thing is to plan your purchase.ġ. Or even if you do have a second slot, your new laptop may come with a smaller size SSD / NVNe compared to your present HDD size. Secondly, in case your new device is with NVMe or SSD platform, you may not have a second HDD slot. Warranty of your new device may void in case that new laptop doesn't allow user replaceable components (RAM, HDD etc.) However there is one issue with laptop platform. Moving the hard disk suggestion is the easiest & has the best chance of success Am already a very happy user of Acronis True Image. If I move from my existing Windows 10 laptop to a new Windows 10 laptop, is there a way to migrate all my software & settings? I read up online and it appears that something like Acronis Universal Restore might do the trick? Any other options? Right now, I need a new computer, but don't have the time to set it up. That's why I usually buy a laptop just once in 5 - 6 years. It takes me about 1 month of free time to set it up the way I want it. But my Windows 10 environment is highly customised with settings, software etc. Do note that I have a 5-year warranty on this Latitude, but am willing to discard it because of the unreliability. What's more, Dell India's support is pathetic. This is indisputably the worst laptop I have owned. My current 2.5 year old Dell Latitude has turned out to be an unreliable lemon like a used DC Avanti (think 2 motherboards changed, hanging up or freezing multiple times a month, keyboard failure, battery failure and lots more).
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