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How hard is it to install SSD and reinstall Windows?
03-19-2013, 04:51 PM
Hi, i'm about to buy a new laptop and i want Windows and all of my applications to be installed on an SSD. How hard is it to put in a SSD drive and reinstall Windows onto the SSD from the original hard drive?
Additionally, i'm also looking at a few laptops that say 8GB max memory but i've read about people putting in 16gb, but then you have to do something like partition something or another that i don't understand. I'm not a huge techie. Is it fairly simple to do this stuff, or is it better to just buy a computer with the SSD and 16gb already installed? Thanks.
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03-19-2013, 06:20 PM
I haven't checked, but probably tons of videos on youtube. And probably not to hard to find on google either. in my experience, nothing is to hard. i changed laptop screens etc. without to much hassle.
If it still looks complicated, i would just go with the 13" MBP retina, ssd integrated. I know mac are frowned upon in many circles, but I can't really see a better option as far as battery, screen quality, built quality, trackpad and keyboard.
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How hard is it to install SSD and reinstall Windows?
03-20-2013, 11:45 AM
Quote: (03-19-2013 09:00 PM)loki Wrote:
just follow this how to, its easy
http://lifehacker.com/5837769/make-sure-...erformance
thats what i used to move my newest notebook from sata to ssd and it worked fine, i didnt even bother re-aligning the partition thingo for max performance..and i get 150meg a second + speeds from external to internal storage over usb3
hope this helps!
if you upgrade memory to 16 or whatever, window will adjust its page file accordingly but you do need to have enough partition space to accommodate such a change...i.e. 16gb memory requires 32gb of page file space so you lose that off the partition its stored on.
Can you expand on this part?
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window will adjust its page file accordingly but you do need to have enough partition space to accommodate such a change...i.e. 16gb memory requires 32gb of page file space so you lose that off the partition its stored on."
Sorry, i'm not a very tech savvy person. Thanks for your help.
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How hard is it to install SSD and reinstall Windows?
03-20-2013, 05:02 PM
I did it both myself.
If you have a mac, look at
http://ifixit.com and youtube user tldtoday
It will be the same process for a windows laptop mostly.
You can't partition memory, only hard drives.
It's simple and you can save quite a bit of cash
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