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Hello, I just received a brand new - factory refurbished Razer Blade 15 2018. It comes with a 256Gb SSD and a 2Tb HD.

I noticed it was very slow when I set up windows and noticed that the OS is installed on the standard drive (the 2Tb one) instead on the fast SSD.



I've tried running a factory reset but it gives displays an error (a windows with the number 5 in it).



How can I change boot drive to be the SSD?



I really appreciate your advice.



Regards,
Factory reset won't transfer your OS to SSD.

You have 2 choices:



  • Download Windows 10 ISO from Microsoft site, run a clean install of Windows on SSD

  • Use some cloning tool (opensource Clonezilla or Acronis) and do 1:1 copy from HDD to SSD.

Thanks for the advice.



I can't do a 1:1 disk cloning because of drive sizes.

This is what I did:

1. Contacted Razer support, it was great; they will send me a recovery usb stick.

2. Meanwhile, I ran a clean installation of Windows on the SSD, it's flying now, but I don't have any Razer tool installed.
Indigoplacethink831
I can't do a 1:1 disk cloning because of drive sizes.


You can with acronis. It automatically shrink the partition, unless your data on disk is larger, than SSD ;)



You can download drivers manually from Razer site (+ Synapse!): https://support.razer.com/gaming-systems/razer-blade-15-2018-base/



or for Blade 15 2018 Advanced model: https://support.razer.com/gaming-laptops/razer-blade-15-2018/
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