Add SSD and Move OS on brand new computer

[jwal1213]

Good Morning,

I had asked a question last week here - http/www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2582627/add-additional-ssd-asus-n550jk.html and I'd like to thank everyone for their answers.

I bought the rest of the hardware to make this switch and the computer ended up having issues at the end of last week. The touchscreen and all USB drives quit and it now needs sent back to Asus for repair. This is the 2nd time in 6 months that this has happened with the laptop. I use it to run a business and every time i send it in I have to wait 3 weeks to get it back which costs me money.

I finally said enough and purchased a new Asus GL551JW ROG laptop and will be selling the other one once it comes back from repair.

The new Laptop comes with an 128 GB mSata but I would still like to move the OS and programs to the Samsung SSD as I understand this will still further enhance the performance.

My question is, do I go through the windows setup on the new PC and then clone to the Samsung Drive or is there something I can do to clone it before I even set the PC up for the first time?

 

[atomicWAR]

I believe you need to run the setup before you can migrate your msata to your samsung SSD if your using a usb cable to migrate your files from one drive to another and i am unaware of a stand alone msata to sata hard drive duplicator.

 

[jwal1213]

I believe you need to run the setup before you can migrate your msata to your samsung SSD if your using a usb cable to migrate your files from one drive to another and i am unaware of a stand alone msata to sata hard drive duplicator.

Would I be better served in this case to just let the OS on the mSata and add my Samsung SSD and install all of my programs on it? I am a designer and will have the full office suite, Adobe creative cloud as well as CAD and 3DS max installed. I should still reap all of the benefits this way correct?

 

[atomicWAR]

I believe you need to run the setup before you can migrate your msata to your samsung SSD if your using a usb cable to migrate your files from one drive to another and i am unaware of a stand alone msata to sata hard drive duplicator.

Would I be better served in this case to just let the OS on the mSata and add my Samsung SSD and install all of my programs on it? I am a designer and will have the full office suite, Adobe creative cloud as well as CAD and 3DS max installed. I should still reap all of the benefits this way correct?

honestly that's exactly what i would do. yes it would allow you to reap benefits of both. it would give you some fault tolerance for your work should the OS drive crash or die for some reason.