SlashGear JP
When you install a new SSD into your computer, you have to get the data from your old drive to your new one. That can be the most challenging part of the transfer. Once you are done, it would be nice if you could use your old drive for something other than a doorstop. The new Imation SSD Upgrade Kit offers you something to do with your old drive after the transfer, but doesn’t come with software or hardware for moving the data from your existing drive to the new SSD.
You could use something along the lines of the SATA Wire I talked about yesterday. What you do get with the Imation kit is a 2.5-inch M-class SSD with 10-bit ECC. The sequential read performance of the SSD is 230MB/sec and the sequential write speed is 170MB/sec.
The coolest part about the Imation upgrade kit is that you also get an external SATA enclosure for turning your old drive into an external storage solution. That is much better than having nothing to do with that old drive once your migration is done. The upgrade kit starts at $194.99.
3 Responses to “Imation SSD Upgrade Kit breaks cover”
dabartizal November 22, 2009
Thanks for covering the Imation SSD announcement. I work in the techinal service group at Imation and want to to clarify that our SSD Upgrade Kit does include Acronis TrueImage software that allows the user to make a clone of their current HDD to the new SSD. Then they install the SSD and boot to it, without having to reinstall OS or applications.
+1Ewdison Then November 22, 2009
Thanks for the feedback and info dabartizal
+1dabartizal November 22, 2009
I should have also pointed out that to accomplish this, slide the SSD in the case, plug into USB and boot on the CD. Clone and remove the SSD from the case to install in laptop. Then the old HDD can be placed in the case and used as an external HDD.
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