best to Install SSD on unused laptop? DIY?

Firstwatch

Thanks all,

It's actually one of these, posted on HUKD a couple of days ago, I'm picking it up tomorrow:

http://www.tesco.com/direct/acer-e5-573-156-laptop-intel-core-i3-4gb-1tb-with-windows-10-black/598-6707.prd?sc_cmp=tp4_aff_1018132

Yes, I know it's not the best machine in the world, but the price sold it to me as I only need it for basic use, and that's why I was thinking of spending a bit on an SSD. I have a higher spec Toshiba (i5, 6gb RAM etc) but it is now almost 4 years old and freezing/shutting down constantly and is very noisy and hot and I can't be without a computer right now if that packs up.
I expect it to invalidate the warranty but the idea of keeping/replacing the HDD if necessary is a good one, yes. I guess there's lots of Youtube videos on this as well. I have a external 500GB 3.0 hard drive to back it up on and I hope that a new machine will come with all of the disks.
Still a bit nervous about doing it though, might get a tech minded friend to assist at least!

enfield_freddy

clone it as I described above , save the 1t in a safe place , if machine fails replace the 1t and return to Tesco for repair


windows 10 comes with a recovery partition , and a reset feature , have they started issuing discs yet?


bet you get told to go to Microsoft (on another PC) and d/load win 10 if you need to do a re install

benjus

Why not put the SSD in the Toshiba you already have, give it a bit of a clean and go back to a clean install of Windows? Seems daft to replace it with a lower spec machine.

tronator

Why installing an SSD on an unused laptop as the thread title suggests? What's the point if you don't use it?

benjus

tronator wrote: »

Why installing an SSD on an unused laptop as the thread title suggests? What's the point if you don't use it?

I think the OP means "unused" in the sense of "brand new".