Hi I bought an acer v3-772g it came with a win 8 if I cloned the drive will that effect the win 8 or not. I don't have a key since it came with laptop
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If your Win 8 came with your laptop, the key is within your laptop's hardware. You just install Windows 8 and it will pick up the key. You don't need to find or input the key.If the installation asks you for a key, you are probably using a non-genuine Windows copy, or Windows 8 is installed to your laptop not by the manufacturer. Contact support if such thing happens.
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Hi Don't know 100% but earlier the keys were in the bottom of the laptop. Also you bougth the licence with the laptop so either Microsoft or Acer should assit you with all isseues. And the clone should work as original and Microsoft should recognize your licence number. Ask these fellows before proceedeing in case you still hesitate.
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HiDon't know 100% but earlier the keys were in the bottom of the laptop. Also you bougth the licence with the laptop so either Microsoft or Acer should assit you with all isseues. And the clone should work as original and Microsoft should recognize your licence number. Ask these fellows before proceedeing in case you still hesitate.
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I just added an SSD in the m2 slot and used imaging software to clone the drive. In my experience with Windows 8, it actually stores the Windows 8 key in the BIOS, so it will install with the correct key by itself (only with computers shipped with Windows 8).
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Sorry, I have no idea as I have the ACER Aspire One and found the external drive to be very sluggish- takes for ever to run through a disc ..
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The computer is refurbished from a third party vender.. having some problems with it working i.e. recognizing the optical drive and password over writes in Window 8 start up... when it works it is a nice machine ... will take it some where for a fix
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i used it to clone Win XP and Win 7 drives, so I see no reason why it would not be able to clone a Win 8 drive. however this unit has limitations and to limit issues I would suggest you make sure the drive you are cloning to is exactly the same as the drive you are cloning from. Same brand and especially the same size.
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worked fine on mine. I have backed up a win8 laptop & win7 laptop on one c6 clickfree. I then checked randomly for specific files and found them without issue. I have not tried a restore at this time. So far I like it.
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Yes you're gonna need to install win8 on the SSD, because the system came with windows installed already. Now the new thing with systems with win8 pre-installed is that the key isn't shown as in win7. So nope there isn't any product key attached. But another option would be to use an imaging software like "acronis" to image the win8 pre-installed. Once you're done with that, you can copy that image to the SSD. This process doesn't need a product key. Hope this helps.
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When I bought mine last year, one of the major reasons I bought it was because it came with Win 7 instead of Win 8. I had - and still have - no desire to deal with the Win 8 fiasco.
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No problem. I bought it for my wife to use on her new WIN 8 HP laptop, then kept "borrowing" it to use on my older WIN 7 desktop. I still love it as much as when I first bought it. You can't go wrong!
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I used a backup program (Acronis True image) to copy the OS onto the SSD. It then guided me how to change to boot from the new SSD. No reinstall of Win 8 needed, just copy to SSD and set that drive as boot drive. Pretty easy. It never asked for windows key in the process. For an easier process still, buy the migration kit for your specific SSD which will come with the hardware you may need as well. I was in your shoes and like you thought it was going to be harder than it was. Good luck and enjoy the 5-second boot up afterward. JF
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Hello Richard. It will clone the entire HDD so you dont have to purchase another license for windows. Microsoft activation server auto detects the details and if it prompts for you to enter the key once again (i hope you have the backup of windows license key), just do it. There will not be any problem.Robin.
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We haven't tested it at the manufacturer level, but we did create an article on how to prepare your system to install another operating system than what came installed, if you would care to look it over: http://acer.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/29401
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i'm about to upgrade my home pc to Win 8 from 7 and i just bought a laptop that will be delivered with Win 8 so i was just 'gonna wait 'til then to find out; however, i don't see why not but if you're truly anxious you can find out by hooking it up to your pc and running the Win 8 review compatibility process (mostly for apps but my other xdrive cleared). give it a whirl, plus you can always email MS, oui?) i hope this helps some...
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I had no issue cloning a Windows 7 drive. Computer started up with new drive without a problem.
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I don't believe I received a disk with Windows 8. Not sure if it's possible to swap out with Windows 7. I believe there were options to order other similar HP PCs with Windows 7 instead when I ordered htis.
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If it shows up in the BIOS I'd check and see if it's listed in the Device Manager. I have 2 of these drives and they work very well on my Win7/64 host and are listed in the Device Manager in my 8 and 8.1 VMware VM's. If it's listed in your Device Manager you should be able to see it in Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Computer Management under Storage|Disk Management. If it's there you will need to initialize the drive so it can be formatted and used as either an extension of an existing drive or new partitions. Hope this helps.
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Hi Bill. I replaced the RAM and HD with after I got it and then used an external USB R/W drive to install Windows 7 with no problems. I would only caution you about the integrated video performance if it matters. The video will play fine but it makes the mouse hard to move.