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Isaque2808
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May 17th, 2021 05:00
Dell Inspirion N4110 SSD Replacement Problem
I tried to replace the HDD of my laptop with an SSD and I copied everything that was on my HDD to the SSD but when I turned the laptop on with the SSD in it, it says Operating System Not Found or Operation System Not Found. Help will be greatly appreciated.
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Posted May 17th, 2021 05:00
Welcome to the Dell Community @Isaque2808
Did you "COPY" or "IMAGE" the old HDD to the new SSD???
Best regards,
U2
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Posted May 17th, 2021 05:00
I copied and pasted the things on my HDD to the SSD.
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Posted May 17th, 2021 06:00
@JOcean is correct most people use Macrium Reflect.
This is the link to download W10 Media Creation tool, if you want to install W10 without all the Dell bloatware.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
Regards,
U2
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Posted May 17th, 2021 06:00
How do I do that?
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Posted May 17th, 2021 06:00
@U2CAMEB4ME is spot on, that will not work. For a good program that will make imaging or cloning easy try Macrium Reflect Free. That is available here and there is very good support by way of tutorials and videos.
I am not a Dell employee...I am forum volunteer
Serious work on an E5430 and constantly building and working on an i5-6500 Desktop
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Posted May 17th, 2021 06:00
Can you give me the link for Windows 7? Someone that works at Dell said my computer can only do Windows 7.
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Posted May 17th, 2021 07:00
Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2350M CPU @ 2.30GHz
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Posted May 17th, 2021 09:00
You should have no problem installing W10.
I install W10 on E6420XFR's with no problem.
2nd GEN CPU just like yours.
Just use W7 and W8 drivers if needed.
Regards,
U2
U2CAMEB4ME
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Posted May 17th, 2021 06:00
@Isaque2808
Copy and paste will not work.
You need to image the old to the new or make a fresh W10 install on the new SSD.
Regards,
U2