Cloning Replacement SSD

[WA2SI]

Good evening,

I am going to replace the stock Intel 160GB SSD in my W520 with a 256GB Samsung 830 SSD using Acronis Home Image 2012. Just wondering if anybody had any ThinkPad specific tips or issues using Acronis s/w or the Samsung 830? Thanks in advance.

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[visionviper]

Acronis should manage everything just perfectly.

[WA2SI]

Acronis should manage everything just perfectly.

Thank you for the reply. The 830 arrived yesterday. Take care.

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[WA2SI]

Well, the 830 is now successfully installed in the W520. Didn't actually clone the disk, (That appeared to assign a different drive letter.) I restored the latest Acronis backup instead. Drive is working just fine and appears to pass all tests. (Lenovo, Si Sandra, Samsung Magician, etc.)

The over-provisioning thing along with its unallocated space kind of weirded me out but a little online research appears to show it as normal. Thanks again.

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