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Installing an SSD (for dummies!)?
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04-12-2017 10:59AM#1
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I'll be perfectly honest, I don't think you actually need an SSD. SSD's are faster and are quieter but more expensive per Gb compared to a HDD. €160 for a 500Gb SSD in amazon.de at the moment. Your kids won't notice the difference, so it could be a waste.
If you do chose to get one, it's not such a difficult process to swap the drives. Check the warranty, see if it's voided if you make any changes. Find the HDD, unscrew the screws, replace with SSD, easy peasy.
The more difficult part is moving windows to the new HDD. You need the windows key which you should find at the bottom of the laptop. You can get software to check your key too. You need to go to microsoft.com and download a tool to Create Windows 10 installation media. That link also has a step by step guide on how to reinstall Windows on a new drive. You are guided through the process, so it's really not that difficult. Good luck
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Maci Loud Tutorial wrote: »I'll be perfectly honest, I don't think you actually need an SSD. SSD's are faster and are quieter but more expensive per Gb compared to a HDD. €160 for a 500Gb SSD in amazon.de at the moment. Your kids won't notice the difference, so it could be a waste.
If you do chose to get one, it's not such a difficult process to swap the drives. Check the warranty, see if it's voided if you make any changes. Find the HDD, unscrew the screws, replace with SSD, easy peasy.
The more difficult part is moving windows to the new HDD. You need the windows key which you should find at the bottom of the laptop. You can get software to check your key too. You need to go to microsoft.com and download a tool to Create Windows 10 installation media. That link also has a step by step guide on how to reinstall Windows on a new drive. You are guided through the process, so it's really not that difficult. Good luck
Installing Windows should be a very easy process. Especially since the machine is very new and there shouldn't be any programs or files to move. Simply create your USB install media and pop in the SSD and follow the instructions that the Windows installer gives. There shouldn't be any issues I don't think.
The SSD will make the machine a lot fast to boot and load applications. The difference will be staggering compared to a HDD really. The SSD will also be far more robust in case of drops. Yes the per GB price is much higher, but it's worth it imo.
You mention the DVD drive. It is possible you could install another hard drive in place of this DVD drive if you weren't going to use it. (Realistically most people don't use DVD's these days...). Which would mean that you could install an SSD to put WIndows on (boot drive) and also have another 1TB hard drive in place of the DVD for storage. This would mean you would have no worries about storage whatsoever.0 -
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