John,
I agree with Gary. If you have access to the OS. Do not clone your old drive. A fresh install on the new SSD will be better. But you are worried about all the 'stuff' on the old drive. Remember, any time you want you can either mount the old drive as an external drive (a USB to SATA drive carrier is about $20) or swap the SSD and put the old drive back into the laptop. It is the perfect backup. Then you can pull off files with a USB to transfer to the SSD.
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> On Aug 17, 2016, at 3:31 AM, Gary Stephens <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Alternatively you could reinstall your operating system and gain from clearing out all of the junk that has been accumulating over the years,
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> My experience having replaced 100's of these in the past 12 months was the same as giving a rabbit rocket fuel,
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> Don't think we have seen one bad experience yet ....
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>> On 17 Aug 2016, at 00:42, Gsainc <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Assuming your laptop already has the appropriate SATA interface (as per Denys) you should be okay.
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>> The software that accompanies the SSD would presumably allow you to perform an image copy of your existing C drive.
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>> Once you've done the image backup, it should simply be a physical disc replacement (existing C-drive OUT, new SSD drive IN).
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>> Then, power up laptop and you should enjoy significant performance improvement - especially on boot up.
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>> In the worst case, you've lost some time and a few bucks - although you could always use the SSD drive for external storage.
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>>> On Aug 16, 2016, at 2:47 PM, John Lee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> HI all-
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>>> Has anyone recently installed a solid state drive in an older laptop? Kingston advertises one for $65 that supposedly comes with software that will transfer files to it, also. What a great way to revive an older laptop. Or are there issues? Installation issues? Driver issues? Interface issues?
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>>> Thanks,
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>>> John Lee
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