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mailmarshall

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#154176 20-Oct-2014 13:25
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Hi

Running a home pc (which also serves as a Squeezebox server, iTunes and Plex server) to SSD.

Current:
Operating sys = Win 8.1
1Tb SATA drive

Challenge is that I am only going to buy a 240GB Samsung SSD i.e smaller than the drive in there now. Will this be a problem?

What would be the easiest\cheapest way to "clone" the existing drive?

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  #1158599 20-Oct-2014 16:07
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Once you install the SSD you should switch from standard SATA drivers to AHCI. I suggest you actually switch AHCI in your BIOS and reinstall the OS so it's aware and start optimising from the go.




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