HHD UPGRADE TO SSHD DISK
Hi,
I am about to upgrade a laptop hard drive to a Seagate SSHD drive. I note in instructions there are some methods to be used when upgrading to a SSD but what about upgrading to the hybrid SSHD?? What's the best method??
Jeff


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Thanks for that Enchantech, just wanted to confirm what I thought would be probable correct method.
Jeff :)
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https://kb.acronis.com/content/45886
Check this link. You may need to use another recovery program with your hybrid drive.
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Enchantech I don't quite understand your instructions about following instructions for upgrade to a different HDD should be used. I too am upgrading a laptop from an old HDD to an SSHD and as I follow existing process for just reinstalling an image to an existing drive (which is the same procedure I used to upgrade a different laptop's HDD to an SSD and it worked), the process hangs up after "Chose Recovery Method". So apparently there are instructions someplace about upgrading to a different HDD and that will work for upgrading to an SSHD drive. Where do I get these instructions?
Mike
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True Hybrid drives are not supported by the ATI application. My response was not clear on that so apologies. There are installations which are a spin on Hybrid drives in which a small capacity SSD is used as a cache for a much larger HDD. In these instances it is possible to restore an image of an OS to the HDD is such a system and then retrain as is were the SSD to do the caching. In this scenario normal recovery procedures from one HDD to another should work.
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Thanks for the quick follow up! After reading your response and knowing that I successfully performed this same type of upgrade on a SSD in a different laptop, I connected up the SSHD drive via a SATA to USB cable to a different system. The second system also failed to recognize the SSD so I just returned it to Amazon for a replacement.
Mike
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