libero Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Hi All! I have a Alienware M18x R2 with AMD 7970m crossfire and 750Gb HDD seagate momentus and 32gb SSD samsung 830 for cashe. I wont to use the 750gb only for data, and I buy a new Samsung 840 Pro 256gb SSD and I wont install only the OS here and the recovery partition. But I have problem to do this. No problem if I wont just install windows 8, but I wont the recovery partition like the OEM 750gb becouse is very good when I move and not have the DVD with me. The problem, I thing, the factory recovery partition install all, SO recovery partition ecc.. but only if the HDD is the same, if I try to install the factory OS with DVD into the new SSD I have one message like: YOU NEED A HD 698GB OR MORE. I just wont to have at my new SSD the same utility of the Alienware factory, so the Alienrespawn. i try to clone the HD, and nothing, because the image of factore I thing is fixed for check if the disk of install have 698gb, so nothing change if I just clone the disk hold to the new SSD because if after I try to recovery the system this dont work and write to me, you need a disk 698gb etc.. Any solution? please dont write like use acronis o similar, I like just the factory DELL software, like Alienrespawn, I dont need other programs, just I wont to understand how I can use a similar fuction to recovery my system with a new SSD and without DVD and other. Any expert? Thanks at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkylineLvr Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 You may be stuck having to do a clean install. It is time consuming, but I think it's the best way to install the OS on the SSD. I've read people having issues when they clone a drive from an HDD to an SSD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vs3074 Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Respawn cd/DVD/USB will only install on same or larger drive. You are stuck with a clean install, followed by drivers from website and then create a new respawn disc.or you can shrink the original drive, so all of the partitions total to ssd size and then create respawn disc. But afaik respawn only allows to create 1 factory install disc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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