Switching from HDD to SDD......

Cammykaze

finally.

I know I am well behind on this one. There is something special about old laptops and HDDs

Looking for general advise on the upgrade and easiest way to do this. Have a HP 14-an009na and about to do the deed.

Can open laptops etc so techie to a techie advise would be great

kapowblamz

I'm not going to be helpful here I doubt. The laptop definitely has 2 drive bays?

kapowblamz

If only 1 Bay you'll have to get USB sata cable unless you don't mind starting from scratch, to clone your old hdd.

Cammykaze

Thanks mate!

1 bay

Did buy a converter sata to usb from one of those online Chinese places about 2 months ago. Finding it again is the issue.

Cammykaze

Not bothered about starting from scratch.

Will likely do the boot drive thing. Thats the front runner at least.

Thanks again!

kapowblamz

Cammykaze said:

Did buy a converter sata to usb from one of those online Chinese places about 2 months ago. Finding it again is the issue.

I know this problem. I've got a shed full of cables and now and again they come in handy which I keep trying to explain to my other half.

kapowblamz

Cammykaze said:

Not bothered about starting from scratch.

Will likely do the boot drive thing. Thats the front runner at least.

Thanks again!

If you start from scratch then usb is faster than dvd/cd at the actual install process. The microsoft usb utility thing is pretty good nowadays as well. It can stall at times but if it does then just leave it. It will get going again eventually.