http://communities.intel.com/index.jspa?view=discussions Most recent forum messages en Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:28:40 GMT Jive SBS 5.0.2.0 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2010-03-09T18:28:40Z en http://communities.intel.com/message/86466?tstart=0#86466 <!-- [DocumentBodyStart:5301e3b0-01dd-40bc-961b-d352e762fda8] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p>Hi, I want to install a new ssd instead of the hdd that came with my new laptop, HP envy 15.</p><p>But since my hp recovery dvd wont work on my ssd I put in the laptop I need to create a usb boot hdd with a image of the original C: then switch the old hdd to the new sdd, boot from the usb hdd and recover the copied c: to the ssd.</p><p>But I cannot create a usb boot drive because it is set as "basic" and not a removable media, a "dynamic device" this can be changed in disk manager but does not work for me, I get an error message that&nbsp; "the operation is not supported by the object"</p><p>Someone told me this could simply be because I am using a laptop and programs such as acronis get confused with usb hdd. Could that be true? sound weird as obviously people have done this before me...</p><p>Please help me, I am all out of ideas!</p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:5301e3b0-01dd-40bc-961b-d352e762fda8] --> Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:28:40 GMT webadmin@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/message/86466?tstart=0#86466 2010-03-09T18:28:40Z 3 years, 3 months ago 3 0