Not sure which hard drive to buy for Toshiba laptop?

sunni

Fightsback wrote: »

It's actually not hard, just a philips screwdriver required.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rEWhySei08

Thanks for this.... will give it a go!

sunni

NiftyDigits wrote: »

As indicated in post #10, it is super easy.
Don't neglect to create your Toshiba recovery discs before you begin.
Toshiba Recovery Media Creator should be in your Programs. You'll need some blank DVDs.

Caddy for the old HDD here

You don't need to be a Techie. You just need to prepare everything beforehand. The result will be worth it.

I don't have any toshiba recovery discs though? Now I'm going to ask a really silly question :mad: so I don't buy a hard drive just this caddy?

googler

sunni wrote: »

I don't have any toshiba recovery discs though? Now I'm going to ask a really silly question :mad: so I don't buy a hard drive just this caddy?

If I'm reading it right, the other poster is saying there should be a pre-installed program on your laptop which, if you run it, will create them on blank DVD media.

Once this is done, have a think about what programs you routinely use, and whether or not you have the install discs or packages for them.

You're going to remove the HDD from the laptop, install an SSD in its place (you have to buy, beg or steal this), and then install your operating system from the recovery disc(s) you made, then copy your data from old drive to the new. You then have your data in two places, so you have a backup (on the old drive)

NiftyDigits

sunni wrote: »

I don't have any toshiba recovery discs though? Now I'm going to ask a really silly question :mad: so I don't buy a hard drive just this caddy?

You'll need an SSD such as this Toshiba Q300 120GB for £38.93 as well as the caddy for the drive that you will remove.

Order it now

Current SSD prices begin from £40 for 120GB and £60 for 240GB.

I use 120 GB SSD in practice.

sunni

googler wrote: »

If I'm reading it right, the other poster is saying there should be a pre-installed program on your laptop which, if you run it, will create them on blank DVD media.

Once this is done, have a think about what programs you routinely use, and whether or not you have the install discs or packages for them.

You're going to remove the HDD from the laptop, install an SSD in its place (you have to buy, beg or steal this), and then install your operating system from the recovery disc(s) you made, then copy your data from old drive to the new. You then have your data in two places, so you have a backup (on the old drive)

Thank you googler, sounds more difficult than it probably is, will try this soon when I order what I need

sunni

NiftyDigits wrote: »

You'll need an SSD such as this Toshiba Q300 120GB for £38.93 as well as the caddy for the drive that you will remove.

Order it now

Current SSD prices begin from £40 for 120GB and £60 for 240GB.

I use 120 GB SSD in practice.

Ok thanks will get this ordered soon and the other caddy you mentioned

NiftyDigits

As you ask, it's just a way of backing up and upgrading the machine at the same time.

But you can just simply copy your photos and documents to a USB Flash drive if you wish.

But your question was about a hard drive. So the amount spent on an external HDD would have been better spent on the SSD.

So you don't have to purchase the SSD and caddy.

Whatever you decide, make sure that you create the Toshiba recovery discs. for your convenience in the event of a hard drive failure.

cookie365

I've done more or less this exact process on a C650.

• backed up to USB hard drive
• used the pre-installed Tosh app to create recovery media
• opened up the drive bay and swapped the old mechanical drive for an SSD
• used the recovery media to take the laptop back to factory settings
• splurged on a load of windows updates
• reinstalled apps and copied documents back

It was all pretty straightforward, just google C660 recovery media and C660 SSD and there are plenty of youtube vids showing you the ropes, and discussion forums are heaving with people who can help with your precise model; they sell by the million.



And it made no end of difference. It does mean you get the Toshiba bloatware apps back, but they aren't really overly bloaty anyway, and as long as you know which ones you want to keep and which to zap it's pretty easy to get rid of them.


https://forum.toshiba.eu/showthread.php?68667-Which-Pre-installed-Toshiba-programs-are-safe-to-remove-form-my-laptop


Refers to a different model but you'll see familiar programs on your laptop.

sunni

NiftyDigits wrote: »

As you ask, it's just a way of backing up and upgrading the machine at the same time.

But you can just simply copy your photos and documents to a USB Flash drive if you wish.

But your question was about a hard drive. So the amount spent on an external HDD would have been better spent on the SSD.

So you don't have to purchase the SSD and caddy.

Whatever you decide, make sure that you create the Toshiba recovery discs. for your convenience in the event of a hard drive failure.

Yeah I know I mentioned hard drive but thinking I'm only backing up 'my documents' and photos and will see about a usb memory stick flash drive