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Same here, only 4 SATA slots.
The puter came with two 640 gig 7200 rpm drives in RAID0 and I added a 1tb for storage.
Despite replacing the two spinners with two SSD's in RAID0, I don't want to...
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Yeah, saw the one that uses a 5 1/2" bay. problem is the XPS only has 2 bays and was gonna use one for a rack mount drive. I can always just use a USB3 enclose to solve this issue.
The new XPS...
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shrink the boot drive to same size (or smaller) of the ssd before creating if worried.
not sure the recovery disk would care as long as it has room. will the recovery disk install any of the bloat?...
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I guess that settles it.
They just don't know.
Unless we get confirmation from elsewhere, you might be the Guinea Pig, no offense intended, perhaps "ground breaker" would be a better term.
It...
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There's one available right now for $499 ( Scratch and Dent ) vs. Refurb if your serious..they go quick....
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Well, I thought I would update this thread for those that are interested.
Received the Dell system and immediately made the System Recovery disks.
Disconnected the c: drive and replaced it with...
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The SSD is blazing fast and will have to wait and see how it does in real world applications.
I forgot to mention that the recovery disks also installs a recovery partition which I wasn't...
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That's great news.
How is it?
Is it all you expected?
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I know I shouldn't be complaining about these issues when I could have built one myself. I may be asking too much from this particular configuration. Just had the need to get one done quickly and...
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Yes, it should work that way. Once up and runnning on the SSD he will have to erase the HD via a boot disk like linux to get rid of the MBR on it by formatting. Boot to windows and format as NTFS and...
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Dell does not offer an SSD on the XPS 8500 as an option
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I should have said potential drive connection issues.Won't have the system til next week. It only has 4 SATA connectors.
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If you like your XPS, half as much as I like mine, you're gonna love it.
Every single PC in the world, has some shortcomings somewhere.
You give up one thing to get another.
In this case, a bit...
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I'm thinking that there will already be an eSata port on your new Dell.
I bought my XPS approx. 2 1/2 years ago, and it included eSata, but I suppose there is a chance that Dell feels that eSata is...
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Yep, no eSATA
Thats why I am asking about those recovery disks, I don't know if this is gonna work.
Any other way to do it? Maybe shrink the drive and clone it? But really wanted a clean install...
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There are some combo cards and/or adapters that provide both eSata and firewire.
This may be a poor example for your use, but it goes to show that combo cards are available by Googling them. (I just...
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download the iso http://www.mydigitallife.info/download-windows-7-iso-official-32-bit-and-64-bit-direct-download-links/
and do a clean install.
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Well, in all my planning in anticipation of receiving the XPS 8500. It looks like there are some significant issues with any of the PCIe x1 slots working for add-in cards as noted in many Dell...
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Well, I'm glad the ssd install is working for some of you. I am having some major struggles I got my new XPS 8500 system and tried an install of a new 180 GB Intel ssd. Unfortunately, it is not...
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Yes, it came with Win 8. Not sure if I really care whether it is Windows 7 or 8, but I guess I did pay for Microsoft's latest and greatest (sarcasm) so it irks me that I don't have an install disk.
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Your right about the hidden partition. The master drive they made must have the hidden partition in a location that only allows you to shrink it up to it.
You can try Partition Magic or Paragon...
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A quick Google search shows me this http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2672-partition-volume-shrink.html I believe option 2 should cover it.
Edit: If Windows 8 Is the same as Windows 7
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OK, step 1 was to try diskpart, as per the instructions provided by Repitall. No luck. I can't get the partition any smaller than when I used the regular disk management. So something is definitely...
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Alright folks! Good news to report. Dell came through and sent the disks. To their credit, they sent them overnight by FedEx and I got them yesterday. I still don’t understand why they would not...
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Will do. I'll report back when I get this up and running... Hopefully in a few days. Thanks again.
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You can use the disk for drivers and utilities, but chances are good that some of the drivers have been updated since that disk was created. If it were me, I would go to the Dell site and download...
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For some reason this works with some folks and not others. Did you shrink the original drive down to a slightly smaller size ( including the hidden partition, about another 13GB ) before you made the...
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I ended up cloning partitions
Not the cleanest way but it worked
Pretty annoying ; oh well
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I don't understand why you cannot shrink the 1TB drive to about 100GB including the hidden partition. Maybe something changed in Windows 8.
I would think the answer lies in getting the partition...
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It can be done with after market software but not with Disc Management.
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Yes, I just can't get the partition to the right size. Like I said, I can split it in approximately half, but it won't let me go any further. I assume this has something to do with Dell's hidden...
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There is after market software or you can do it with a repair disk and commands, I think they call it diskpart.
If you Google it, you'll find the instructions.
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Sorry its not working for you, should be a simple procedure. Is Bios set for ACHI and the SSD is set for the first boot device and you have the SSD on the SATA III connector? Also do you have A09...
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I've had that happen a few times too, but most of the time, it refuses to shrink more than one half, perhaps it's if the OS has been used a lot or is brand new.
I simply don't know why, but it is...
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Before you return the system, I would talk to Dell and tell them what your trying to do. I cannot believe they would rather take the system back before they would provide you with the disks you need...
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Rocky,
You explain things very well. I can even understand them and you certainly know more than I on this stuff.
I don't know if Windows 8 does anything different. I have had no problem shrinking...
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First off, you guys are awesome - I appreciate the advice. Rocky, you explained it perfectly. Trust me, a couple of days ago I wouldn't have had a clue what you were talking about. But trying to...
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A hidden partition will be visible in Disk Management and even in the unlikely chance that it was placed in the middle of the drive, thus creating a minimum of 3 partitions, one could still shrink...
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You got it Buddy.
That's excellent.
I didn't even know you could do it with the OS running.
When I used to do it in the Vista days (as I was setting up dual boot XP & Vista systems), I had to do...
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Funny thing, repitall - I just called Dell about the WIN 8 install disk. At first they gave me a song and dance about not giving out the disks or charging me $60 for the privilege. After a threat...
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