Same problem here but different: likewise I've never used a SSD. Purchased =
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ADATA SP610 512GB SATA3 SSD for potential speed improvement of laptop boot=
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time. SSD supplied with Acronis software, good... cloning is what I want to=
 do so I=20
can swap the drive out.

SSD connected with USB/SATA, Acronis find it ok, Acronis must reboot to com=
plete=20
task, ok do it... Win7 shutsdown, "Loading, please wait..." Is 12hours long=
 enough=20
to wait? No way to exit, force power off, power on, blank screen. Power off=
/on, still=20
blank screen... mild panic. Remove laptop battery to reset and reboots Wind=
ows ok,=20
but no closer to cloning the drive. Checked BIOS allows boot from USB devic=
e. No=20
problems with Windows formatting/mounting the SSD as another drive, just no=
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what I want.

One of those "should be easy" jobs that now has to wait for my patience lev=
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recover ;-)

Brent.

On 19 Aug 2014 at 19:06, RussellMc wrote:

> I have never used an SSD.
> I bought a Samsung 840EVO SSD - mainly to see what effect it may have on
> wading through large collections of large photo files.
> I assumed that the system would see it as 'just another SATA driv'e.
> It does and it doesn't.
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> PC Win 8.0, spar SATA connector.
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> Drive has standard SATA power and data connectors.
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> ALL the setup documentation that I have seen suggests you must setup the
> drive with a USB to SATA converter and that you are going to want to clon=
e
> your OS and application files to the SSD.
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> Connecting as a SATA drive and booting from normal book disc causes the S=
SD
> to appear as a low capacity drive. Running the provided Samsung program o=
n
> the SSD leads you back to the "clone my hard drive menus.
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> Is there any was to easily and simply just use this as a standard drive?
> Hopefully without needing a USB to SATA converter.
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>          Russell



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