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Upgrading your PC to a SSD
Gene & Linda Barlow
User Group Relations
St George, UT
June 2013
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Hard Disk Drive (HDD)
• Historic Favorite Storage Media
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Solid State Drive (SSD)
• Newest PC Storage Media
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Advantages of SSD
• Performance
• Durability
• Less Energy
• Less Heat
• Quiet Operation
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Lenovo ThinkPad X120e
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Steps to Upgrading to SSD
• Backup Main HDD
• Buy a New SSD
• Adjust Partition Sizes
• Move Partitions to SSD
• SSD Considerations
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Backup Main HDD
• RAID Mirror Backup
• File Backup
• Online Backup
• Hard Drive Cloning
• Image Backup
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Backup Main HDD
• Backup your Main HDD
• Weekly for Protection
• Before Major Changes
• Acronis True Image 2013
• Best Backup Utility
• Image Backups
• External Hard Drive
DEMO
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Buy a New SSD
• More Expensive than HDD
• HDD - $.10 per GB
• SSD - $.80 per GB
• Smaller Capacity than HDD
• HDD – 2TB
• SSD – 500GB
• Shop for High Speed, Long Life
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Downsize to a SSD
• Plan the Size Reduction Needed
• Resize Partitions Smaller
HDD
250GB
SSD
120GB
C: Win7
C: Win7
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Partition Utility Needed
• Resize your Partitions to Fit
• Move Partitions to SSD
DEMO
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Move Partitions to SSD
• Backup/Restore (Acronis True Image 2013)
• Backup HDD to External HD
• Restore External HD to SSD
• Clone one Drive to Another
• Use Two Drive Bays (Clone)
• External HD Case ($15)
• HD Upgrade Cable ($30)
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Considerations of SSD
• SSD Partition Alignment
• Use Acronis True Image 2013
• SSD Storage Wears out with Use
• Look for SSD with high Writes
• Never Defrag your SDD
• Not Needed
• Keep your Writes lower
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Questions on Upgrading
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Acronis Drive Monitor
• Function
• Monitors Disk Problems
• Monitors Backup Status
• Monitors Critical Events
• Free Gift to You
• See Handout for Download Link
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Special Acronis Price
Special
User
Group
Price:
List $50/$63 List $50/$63
Family & Friends get same Special Price
$25 ea
3 for $60
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User Group
Relations St George, UT