Laptop Assistance - HARD DRIVE

[Gazza_P]

Good Day All,

I currently have a friend that has a HP 620.

He wants to upgrade the Hard Drive so either replace the current one with a bigger one and/or go SSD ?

Would it be possible to do that ?

On The specs it states its a Serial ATA-300 and at the moment has a 320GB HDD in it ?

Woudl it possible to just put a 1TB SSD in ?

Obviously after a backup etc

 

[Gunner_ZA]

Good Day All,

I currently have a friend that has a HP 620.

He wants to upgrade the Hard Drive so either replace the current one with a bigger one and/or go SSD ?

Would it be possible to do that ?

On The specs it states its a Serial ATA-300 and at the moment has a 320GB HDD in it ?

Woudl it possible to just put a 1TB SSD in ?

Obviously after a backup etc

Yup you can indeed do that.

 

[Gazza_P]

Yup you can indeed do that.

How though ?

Just remove the old and in with the new ? After obviously doing the windows etc etc.

 

[el3venth]

The HP 620 is a crappy old C2D laptop. Yes you can just insert any 2.5" SATA SSD (just check the height).
But do you really want to?

A 1tb SSD will cost R2k. I am sure you can get a much better laptop for just a little more.

 

[peterstevey]

Usually what I do for my clients is a small 250gb SSD for Windows and programmes etc, and a 1tb to replace the DVD drive so that there is sufficient storage capacity for documents, pictures music etc.

 

[Gazza_P]

Usually what I do for my clients is a small 250gb SSD for Windows and programmes etc, and a 1tb to replace the DVD drive so that there is sufficient storage capacity for documents, pictures music etc.

But the space in the laptop is so small to put 2 SSD's

 

[Gazza_P]

The HP 620 is a crappy old C2D laptop. Yes you can just insert any 2.5" SATA SSD (just check the height).
But do you really want to?

A 1tb SSD will cost R2k. I am sure you can get a much better laptop for just a little more.

My thing to him exactly - But hey his choice and his money

 

[peterstevey]

But the space in the laptop is so small to put 2 SSD's

If it has a DVD drive then it can take 2 ssds.

You will lose the DVD drive and replace it with a drive Caddy which will carry the second hard disk

 

[RIK]

1. Buy 1TB SSD
2. Buy an enclosure ( or I can borrow my one if based In Centurion).

Takealot

www.takealot.com

3. Download reflect cloning software
4. clone the drives
5. swap old one for new.

 

[PsyWulf]

1. Buy 1TB SSD
2. Buy an enclosure ( or I can borrow my one if based In Centurion).

Takealot

www.takealot.com

3. Download reflect cloning software
4. clone the drives
5. swap old one for new.

This,or some variant on step1

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