Quick Question

[rhu1949]

This seems like a really good price to me. Am I missing something or is this for real? I like Samsung, I like the size and I've never seen one this cheap before. Is there some catch with the product description that I am missing? Thanks for the feedback and responses.

Amazon.com: Samsung Electronics 840 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Single Unit Version Internal Solid State Drive MZ-7TE250BW: Computers & Accessories

 

[PP Mguire]

The 120s were 85 not too long ago. It's Cyber Monday and that's a damn good deal for a real good SSD.

 

[rhu1949]

The 120s were 85 not too long ago. It's Cyber Monday and that's a damn good deal for a real good SSD.

I thought so. Thanks for the response. I just need to get the SATA cable and the power cable since it doesn't come with them, correct? From what I have been reading all SATA 3.0 cables function the same. True?

 

[PP Mguire]

If it's the boxed one it might come with a SATA cable. Otherwise your motherboard box comes with those.

Yes all SATA cables are the same. Power cable comes from your PSU.

 

[rhu1949]

Is there a guide on here somewhere for cloning a drive? From what I gather it is really easy, but I would like to read a little more on it.

 

[carnageX]

Backup any critical data. Shrink the partition (if necessary) using GParted on the source drive. Run CloneZilla or Acronis (I prefer CloneZilla, but that's just my personal opinion - several other members prefer Acronis, so it's really up to you), and clone the drive over after you hook it up.

Usually a good idea to do Disk -> Image to secondary drive; then Image -> disk, just so there's less chance of something possibly going wrong with the source drive.

 

[PP Mguire]

Just a note from me, I'm one who usually prefers Acronis but I just used their latest Home version and I thought it was rather bloated and confusing. My next clone I will probably try Clonezilla.

 

[rhu1949]

I take it that those two programs are preferred over the cloning one that comes with the SSD? All I have on the current drive is the OS, BF4, BF3, Borderlands 2 and XCom plus drivers etc. and a few small things like fraps and team speak which are easy to replace. I just list those things to illustrate how restricted my usage is in case it makes any difference for whatever reason.

 

[XGC Forsakend]

I take it that those two programs are preferred over the cloning one that comes with the SSD? All I have on the current drive is the OS, BF4, BF3, Borderlands 2 and XCom plus drivers etc. and a few small things like fraps and team speak which are easy to replace. I just list those things to illustrate how restricted my usage is in case it makes any difference for whatever reason.

.... I have 600+ gb being used. probably my school work files and art, sound/music and model packages and assets taking up space.

I want an SSD, but nervous on screwing up and not backing up something I may think I won't need in the future but do

 

[rhu1949]

.... I have 600+ gb being used. probably my school work files and art, sound/music and model packages and assets taking up space.

I want an SSD, but nervous on screwing up and not backing up something I may think I won't need in the future but do

I'm a little nervous because I hate messing stuff up, but nothing crucial is on there. You need to get on board the multiple-hd-master-race train.