
Windows will automatically activate using the Dell/HP activation feature in the motherboards firmware. It will work with the Tower, Power, Desktop and SFF sizes. See all condition definitions , Seller Notes: “Ultra FAST SSD preloaded with Windows and drivers for the computer model stated in the title. See the seller's listing for full details and description. Windows has been updated, or may be in the original packaging but not sealed. Drive was loaded with a GENUINE Windows Disc.
Windows XP Professional Dell Latitude e6220-120GB Solid State Hard Drive SSDĪdobe Flash, Dell Latitude e6220 - 120GB Solid State Hard Drive SSD - Windows XP Professional. ↳ ThinkPad SL and L Series until L420/L520. ↳ Forum Notices, Questions and Suggestions. FORUM RULES, HOW-TOs and FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS. It seems ATI 2011 moves it a bit, but still aligned.ġ8.) Select the SSD in the main bay to be on top of the list.Ģ0.) The PC should now boot from the SSD. The new partition is aligned to 1048576 bytes offset. Be careful to select the SSD as destination and also select MBR and trac 0 to be restored on SSD.ġ5.) Open PAT, make sure SSD partition is still aligned.ġ6.) Switch to command prompt and run diskpar -i N, where N is the number of your SSD.You can find this in disk management. Restart and boot from the caddy.ġ4.) Start ATI 2011 and restore the image from the usb HDD. Swap the drives.ġ3.) In boot order, select the HDD in the caddy to be on top of the list. The new partition is aligned to 2097152 bytes offset.ġ1.) Install the SSD in your primary hard disk bay and the HDD in the caddy. You shoudl see the new NTFS partiton now.ĩ.) Open PAT, select the above partition only and click align.ġ0.) Switch to command prompt and run diskpar -i N, where N is the number of your SSD.You can find this in disk management. It should be recognised by windows and visible as a new disk in disk management.Ĩ.) Go to disk management and create a new partition on the SSD. Nothing special here just use the defaults.ħ.) Install the SSD in the caddy and insert it in the ultrabay.
This method is quick - took me around 60 min from beggining to the end for 35 GB of data.Ī usb HDD for crating win xp patition imageġ.) Defrag your current Windows xp installation.Ģ.) Check BIOS to make sure that AHCI is enabled.Ħ.) Create and image of your win xp partition using ATI 2011. This approach involves non-free software and some hardware and it is resource intensive. This is not THE ONLY approach, it is an approach that worked for me. This is provided without any warranty and you are doing it on your own risk.
It apply to my t60(below), but I dont see any reason why it shouldnt apply to other TPs as well. This is about migrating an win xp HDD partition to a new SSD disk.