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Upgrading SSD and Windows 10
I just bought a dell xps 13 2015 edition with the 256 GB SSD and Windows 10. I purchased a 512GB SSD from Samsung and would like to install this in my new laptop. Will I have to buy a new version of Windows 10 to install on the 512?
Philip_Yip
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Posted August 16th, 2015 16:00
My laptop came with Windows 10 from the factory. Would the process still be the same minus the upgrading from windows 8?
See here to make a Recovery Drive:
Alternatively here to make Installation Media:
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Posted September 9th, 2015 16:00
I just tried the recovery drive option on my own XPS 13 9343 w/ Windows 10 Home preinstalled. I followed your advice to the "T" using a USB 3.0 16 GB drive. I received an error message in the blue on white GUI "Recover from a drive. There was a problem recovering your PC" with the only option to "Cancel" at the end of the reload from the USB 3.0 thumb drive to the new SSD. Now my system will not boot onto the new 512 GB Samsung EVO - no boot record. I have reinstalled the orginal drive and connected the "recovered" drive via external USB 3.0 (to be clear this is the imaged new SSD - not the recovery thumb drive) - the partitions on the new SSD appear to be match the original in name (not size), but the primary partion is not an MBR and not active - thus will not boot. I tried to make it active via DISKPART - but it will not allow since is not an MBR.
PLS advise. Thanks.
ejn63
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Posted August 12th, 2015 08:00
No. Make a recovery flash drive using the existing system (you'll need a 16G or larger empty flash drive) and use it to load the factory image on the new SSD. Then do the WIndows 8.1 to 10 upgrade, which is free for the first year at least.
You might be able to clone the existing drive, but these are M.2 drives -- not mSATA and connecting one externally while you clone the system may not be easy to do.