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Proposed hardware for cloning
Hope you guys can help me out with this too. Im a software techie, but hardware makes me glaze over unfortunately.
This is the computer I started with:
Lenovo ThinkPad X131e 3372 - 11.6" - E2-1800 - Windows 8 Pro 64-bit / Windo - 33722VU - Notebook Computers - CDW.com
This is the hard drive I want to clone to, and then install into my computer as my primary drive.
Seagate Momentus STBD1000100 - hard drive - 1 TB - SATA-300 - STBD1000100 - Internal Notebook Hard Drives - CDW.com
I was toying with the idea of geting a hybrid solid state drive instead. Are they easy to manage? I was reading that you have to configure these drives, but the article didnt get into what configuring was required.
Seagate SuperSpeed SSHD - Solid State Hybrid Drive - 1TB - 2.5" - SATA - STBD1000400 - Internal Notebook Hard Drives - CDW.com
Regardless of what drive I go with, I expect to have 500 gigs of data on it in the end.
This is the enclosure I was going to use during the cloning, in case it makes a difference
StarTech.com 2.5in USB 3.0 SSD SATA Hard Drive Enclosure - storage enclosur - SAT2510BU32 - Single Drive Enclosures - CDW.com
thanks for your help!