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Re: Upgrading my laptop HDD to a SSD
Reply #15 - Dec 8^th, 2015 at 4:13pm

This is a lesson in why one shouldnt drink...note Aquascoot!

1. Firstly check the size of your current HDD. Not sure how but I didnt add up the size of all the partitions correctly. Bloody thing was too small. (484Gb)

2. After having a few grogs (as some do), I ordered and received what I thought was a 1TB SSD at an excellent price.

Damn!

It was advertised as a SSHD which I misread as a 1TB SSD

Damn!

It is a 1TB Hybrid drive ie some SSD and a 1TB HDD combined

Cloned my old drive and installed it to see what it was like.

Good news, it is flaming fantastic compared to the old HDD much quicker in every way.

WOOPPEE!!!!! Wink

Moral of the story, get aquascoot to do the ordering

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Neferti Gold Member Offline Posts: 7965 Canberra Gender:	Re: Upgrading my laptop HDD to a SSD Reply #16 - Dec 8^th, 2015 at 4:35pm Why on earth would anybody "upgrade" a laptop? Just buy a new one.
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Redmond Neck Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 23011 ACT Gender:	Re: Upgrading my laptop HDD to a SSD Reply #17 - Dec 8^th, 2015 at 4:48pm It is still running the latest 17 intel processor with max Ram etc. New one would be no better I am just a bit of a nerd with loading all sorts of software etc on my pC.
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Baronvonrort Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20387 Gender:	Re: Upgrading my laptop HDD to a SSD Reply #18 - Dec 8^th, 2015 at 4:49pm Neferti wrote on Dec 8^th, 2015 at 4:35pm: Why on earth would anybody "upgrade" a laptop? Just buy a new one. I thought buying a new one is upgrading. With these SSD does size count,is bigger better?
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Re: Upgrading my laptop HDD to a SSD
Reply #19 - Dec 8^th, 2015 at 4:54pm

Baronvonrort wrote on Dec 8^th, 2015 at 4:49pm:

Neferti wrote on Dec 8^th, 2015 at 4:35pm:

Why on earth would anybody "upgrade" a laptop? Just buy a new one. Grin

I thought buying a new one is upgrading.

With these SSD does size count,is bigger better?

The laptop PC despite still being a quite modern processor was running very slow and I was upgrading the old HDD (hard Disk drive) to an SSD (Solid State Drive) which are much faster.

Anyway I have ended up with the SSHD Hybrid drive which is still very fast but a lot cheaper than the 1TB SSD so a step in the right direction.

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Reply #20 - Dec 8^th, 2015 at 5:52pm

Well to anyone of you out there whos PC is slow to boot up, slow to open programs, this is a great solution, although maybe not as good as an SSD which is much dearer at this stage but will get cheaper with time.

My Pc is behaving like a new one.

Fabulous, I would recommend going to the Hybrid drive as I have for about $115 for a 1TB

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Reply #21 - Dec 8^th, 2015 at 6:01pm

The SSHD Hybrid drive uses an algorithm to determine the most used data which it places on the SSD portion of the drive
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Current hybrid drive designs, in contrast, deliver both technologies within a single physical unit, and they employ software caching algorithms (rather than relying on the user's brain) to decide which data belongs on the SSD portion and what goes on the drive’s platters.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2012223/hybrid-hard-drives-how-they-work-and-why-...

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Redmond Neck Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 23011 ACT Gender:	Re: Upgrading my laptop HDD to a SSD Reply #22 - Dec 8^th, 2015 at 6:07pm Mmmmm on reflection, not recommended for Herb! Unless he pays me to do it for a $1000
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Kytro Gold Member Offline Blasphemy: a victimless crime Posts: 3409 Adelaide Gender:	Re: Upgrading my laptop HDD to a SSD Reply #23 - Dec 9^th, 2015 at 8:07am Baronvonrort wrote on Dec 8^th, 2015 at 4:49pm: Neferti wrote on Dec 8^th, 2015 at 4:35pm: Why on earth would anybody "upgrade" a laptop? Just buy a new one. I thought buying a new one is upgrading. With these SSD does size count,is bigger better? Usually. The larger drives are faster than the smaller ones.
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Re: Upgrading my laptop HDD to a SSD
Reply #24 - Dec 9^th, 2015 at 8:46am

Redmond Neck wrote on Dec 8^th, 2015 at 5:52pm:

Well to anyone of you out there whos PC is slow to boot up, slow to open programs, this is a great solution, although maybe not as good as an SSD which is much dearer at this stage but will get cheaper with time.

My Pc is behaving like a new one.

Fabulous, I would recommend going to the Hybrid drive as I have for about $115 for a 1TB

Good work red I am glad it worked for you.

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Re: Upgrading my laptop HDD to a SSD
Reply #25 - Dec 9^th, 2015 at 4:01pm

Haven't tried an SSD as yet.

BUT...

The Super-Lappy is now getting on for 4 years old and, although it can still hold its
own against all but the newest top-shelf laptops I've decided to give it a bit of an
upgrade.

First step will be upping its RAM from 8GB to 16GB.

Second step will be a 250GB SSD.

Yes, I do need a decent-sized one - my Win 10 installation is 130GB, the Win 8.1
installation is almost double that.

My current C;/ drive is a 350GB 5400rpm 'spinner' (half of a 750GB drive, of
which there are two).

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tickleandrose Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 4201 Gender:	Re: Upgrading my laptop HDD to a SSD Reply #26 - Dec 10^th, 2015 at 11:08am My brother switched my laptop HD from the old one to the new SSD 250 GB. And it works like a treat. The windows starting is much faster. Although, this took him like 2 days, and at the end he said to me never again.
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Re: Upgrading my laptop HDD to a SSD
Reply #27 - Dec 10^th, 2015 at 1:23pm

Kat wrote on Dec 9^th, 2015 at 4:01pm:

Haven't tried an SSD as yet.

BUT...

The Super-Lappy is now getting on for 4 years old and, although it can still hold its
own against all but the newest top-shelf laptops I've decided to give it a bit of an
upgrade.

First step will be upping its RAM from 8GB to 16GB.

Second step will be a 250GB SSD.

Yes, I do need a decent-sized one - my Win 10 installation is 130GB, the Win 8.1
installation is almost double that.

My current C;/ drive is a 350GB 5400rpm 'spinner' (half of a 750GB drive, of
which there are two).

So your laptop can take two drives? Mine is an I7 processor but is limited to 8Gb Ram and 1 HDD slot

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Re: Upgrading my laptop HDD to a SSD
Reply #28 - Dec 10^th, 2015 at 5:43pm

Redmond Neck wrote on Dec 10^th, 2015 at 1:23pm:

Kat wrote on Dec 9^th, 2015 at 4:01pm:

Haven't tried an SSD as yet.

BUT...

The Super-Lappy is now getting on for 4 years old and, although it can still hold its
own against all but the newest top-shelf laptops I've decided to give it a bit of an
upgrade.

First step will be upping its RAM from 8GB to 16GB.

Second step will be a 250GB SSD.

Yes, I do need a decent-sized one - my Win 10 installation is 130GB, the Win 8.1
installation is almost double that.

My current C;/ drive is a 350GB 5400rpm 'spinner' (half of a 750GB drive, of
which there are two).

So your laptop can take two drives? Mine is an I7 processor but is limited to 8Gb Ram and 1 HDD slot

Under the 'bonnet' of the Super-Lappy - not the greatest shot ever, but you get the drift.

The small circular object top-left is the sub-woofer for the Dolby 5.1 sound.

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Redmond Neck Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 23011 ACT Gender:	Re: Upgrading my laptop HDD to a SSD Reply #29 - Dec 10^th, 2015 at 8:08pm Thanks kat So the two hDD are bottem left. What brand and procesor was it?
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