Opening up the 17.3" Ionico without a manual

[iannic]

Hi all,
My new 17.3" Ionico is built and awaiting dispatch. I intend to clone my existing Windows 10 SSD in my old PCSpecialist laptop, onto the new, same size but much faster, SSD on the Ionico. In order to do this I need to take the back off the Ionico to remove the temporary OS SSD for cloning. The original Windows 10 SSD will then be wiped once the clone is up and running in the new machine.
I have removed the back off the old laptop quite a few times, to upgrade the original SSD, and instal a hard disk, but that was a Clevo chassis and I could download the necessary manual. The problem is that PCSpecialist don't have the necessary manual for the 17.3" Ionico TongFang chassis, and I can't find one online, so I'll be hoping that it will just be a case of undoing all the screws I can see and that the back comes off nicely!
Has anybody here opened up the 17.3" Ionico, or have the manual, and able to help me out?
Best wishes,

iannic

 

[SpyderTracks]

Hi all,
My new 17.3" Ionico is built and awaiting dispatch. I intend to clone my existing Windows 10 SSD in my old PCSpecialist laptop, onto the new, same size but much faster, SSD on the Ionico. In order to do this I need to take the back off the Ionico to remove the temporary OS SSD for cloning. The original Windows 10 SSD will then be wiped once the clone is up and running in the new machine.
I have removed the back off the old laptop quite a few times, to upgrade the original SSD, and instal a hard disk, but that was a Clevo chassis and I could download the necessary manual. The problem is that PCSpecialist don't have the necessary manual for the 17.3" Ionico TongFang chassis, and I can't find one online, so I'll be hoping that it will just be a case of undoing all the screws I can see and that the back comes off nicely!
Has anybody here opened up the 17.3" Ionico, or have the manual, and able to help me out?
Best wishes,

iannic

You can't clone the SSD as this is an entirely different build, hardware wise, so it will have the incorrect drivers and you'll get major instability issues.

You'd need to do a clean install.

 

[KriSta]

I actually did move my old SSD from my old Asus ROG laptop to the Valeon for a short spell, and Windows were actually able to correct most of the erroneous drivers and devices . I was quite impressed , but I also agree with @SpyderTracks that it is unwise to do so for a permanent setup.