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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

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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