Speed up your old Donkey.

[ianrauk]

I have just done this with my Sony Vaio laptop. Wow, the difference is amazing.

@awomaninsane , it really is easy to do.
I bought this drive, kit and software from Amazon.

Inserted the software disc, plugged in the SSD drive. It did the transfer. Unplugged the SSD drive.
Switched off the laptop.
Out with the old hard drive and the new SSD drive just plugged straight in.
And Bob's your uncle.. it fired up immediately. Simple as that.

 

[marknotgeorge]

If, like me, you don't use your laptop DVD-ROM drive, you can buy a caddy which goes in the optical drive bay into which you can fit a hard drive. This means you can use a smaller SSD for the operating system and applications, and a cheaper HDD (perhaps the original one that was in the machine) for documents, pictures, etc.

 

[awomaninsane]

I have just done this with my Sony Vaio laptop. Wow, the difference is amazing.

@awomaninsane , it really is easy to do.
I bought this drive, kit and software from Amazon.

I just did a factory re-set on mine and it worked a treat. Boots up and navigates quickly. I think it was just clogged up with crap!

 

[ianrauk]

I'm still amazed at how quick it fires up. 5 seconds or there abouts. Same with closing down. The laptop also runs much quieter.

 

[fossyant]

Just done my daughters HP Pavilion. That was taking an age to boot, now it is seconds. I also have my brother's laptop to do as well - he was asking about getting a new laptop, and I just said I'll pop an SSD in for him. Grabbed a PNY kit from PC world that converts the old drive into a portable disk - ideal for the upgrade via USB then swap over.