Hi all,
Finally getting around to upgrading my laptop this weekend (RAM from 4gb to 8gb & 320GB HDD to 240GB SSD).
I've seen numerous tutorials regarding cloning the HDD & OS etc, but I would really like to perform a "fresh" install.
Current HDD has a recovery partition, no disc - although I do still have the product key on the laptop.
All I can think of is to defrag etc, move the files I need to my external HDD and restore to factory.....then shrink & clone from there?
I just get the feeling I'm missing something & there's an easier way since I don't want to transfer anything over other than the OS and product key (everything I need is already backed up and I can reinstall).
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Also, I assume I'd need to establish how to create a recovery partition on the SSD?
Finally getting around to upgrading my laptop this weekend (RAM from 4gb to 8gb & 320GB HDD to 240GB SSD).
I've seen numerous tutorials regarding cloning the HDD & OS etc, but I would really like to perform a "fresh" install.
Current HDD has a recovery partition, no disc - although I do still have the product key on the laptop.
All I can think of is to defrag etc, move the files I need to my external HDD and restore to factory.....then shrink & clone from there?
I just get the feeling I'm missing something & there's an easier way since I don't want to transfer anything over other than the OS and product key (everything I need is already backed up and I can reinstall).
Does anyone have any suggestions?
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