Laptop SSD

50Twuncle

I am so impressed with my recently fitted SSD in my desktop - that I am considering fitting one to my laptop (according to Crucial - it IS compatible)
Are SSD's fitted to laptops a simple, "pull out old drive and replace with new drive"
ie) Pin for Pin replacement - or is an adapter needed ?

StuC75

It should be - what brand of laptop do you have? Some can have customised connector type - one of my Dell hard drive as a connector clipped on..

Do you have 2 bays for Hard Drives - as would reduce storage if just a single drive..

50Twuncle

StuC75 wrote: »

It should be - what brand of laptop do you have? Some can have customised connector type - one of my Dell hard drive as a connector clipped on..

Do you have 2 bays for Hard Drives - as would reduce storage if just a single drive..

Mine is an HP G56 105SA - With a 2.2Ghz single core AMD processor - it is slow to boot up !!
It only has a single bay for HDD's
This would presumably mean that I can only have an SSD - Not both ?

MandyAW92

Yeah, and having just the one SSD would reduce your storage

Cisco001

You can only has SSD on it.
You either get a huge SSD, e.g. 240GB
Or lose Optical drive. google optical bay hard drive caddy.

However, for such a low spec laptop, I don't think it really worth to spend that kind of money on it.

How much RAM have you got? Add some RAM is the first thing I suggest you do.

shaun_from_Africa

I bought one of these for my Laptop. (far cheaper than an SSD and plenty of storage)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-750GB-Momentus-Serial-Hybrid/dp/B0068QO82G/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
and the difference it made to the startup and program opening times was amazing.
From pressing the start button, the laptop is fully ready in about 25 seconds.

Most of the Amazon reviews say the same thing.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B0068QO82G/ref=cm_cr_pr_top_recent?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending

almillar

If you change drive, it might (and really, should) include reinstalling Windows. Why not save the money and just wipe and reinstall on the current drive if it's slow to boot - that's generally a software, not hardware problem that's free to fix!

50Twuncle

almillar wrote: »

If you change drive, it might (and really, should) include reinstalling Windows. Why not save the money and just wipe and reinstall on the current drive if it's slow to boot - that's generally a software, not hardware problem that's free to fix!

I have done a clean install many times in the past - this does speed things up a little - but nothing significant
The HDD is only 250Gb and I have never used more than 50% of available space - so a 240Gb SSD will do me fine !!

It is slow because it is about 4 years old and the specs are not up to date...

50Twuncle

Cisco001 wrote: »

You can only has SSD on it.
You either get a huge SSD, e.g. 240GB
Or lose Optical drive. google optical bay hard drive caddy.

However, for such a low spec laptop, I don't think it really worth to spend that kind of money on it.

How much RAM have you got? Add some RAM is the first thing I suggest you do.

I have 4Gb RAM - Upped from 2Gb when I bought it .....

almillar

OK. As long as you're not looking for a miracle upgrade. You will LOAD and SAVE things faster. This means booting Windows, for example, will be faster. It does NOT speed up everything.

jaydeeuk1

SSDs will just swap in, however check the thickness. Some 9.5mm drives may not fit in some laptops - usually ultra portable ones or netbooks, but worth checking the thickness of your current drive.