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‎08-20-2014 03:32 AM

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I'm thinking of replacing my HDD with a SDD.  The manufacturer (Kingston) says it might work because the SSD is SATA III and the G60 is SATA I, but they won't guarantee it.  Has any one performed this upgradr and did it work well?

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‎08-20-2014 04:09 AM

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It will work. What they won't guarantee is that you will get the SATA3 data transfer rates that the Kingston SSD is capable of. The SATA3 specification is downwardly compatible to SATA1.

 

I have installed SSD disks as replacements in quite a few notebooks and been quite pleased with the results. I recommend that you purchase your new SSD as a migration kit that includes a usb to SATA cable and cloning software. 


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‎08-20-2014 04:09 AM

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It will work. What they won't guarantee is that you will get the SATA3 data transfer rates that the Kingston SSD is capable of. The SATA3 specification is downwardly compatible to SATA1.

 

I have installed SSD disks as replacements in quite a few notebooks and been quite pleased with the results. I recommend that you purchase your new SSD as a migration kit that includes a usb to SATA cable and cloning software. 


I am a volunteer forum member, not an HP employee. If my suggestion solved your issue, don't forget to mark that post as the accepted solution. If you want to say thanks, click on the Yes button next to the "was this reply helpful?"



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‎08-20-2014 05:57 AM

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Thanks for the information.  I thought that would be the answer.  I am looking at a migration kit with cloning software and a the necessary cable.

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‎08-29-2016 10:01 AM

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Erico,

In the past on a desktop I assembled I upgraded the C drive to an SSD and cloned the old drive using a normal drive MFG clone software.  When I started using it I didn't see any of the benefit of the SSD and everyone said you couldn't close a normal HD to an SSD because of the sector arrangment being cloned over slowed down the SSD.

I'm looking at buying a G60 used for my daughter to use and I wanted to upgrade to an SSD and I ran across your post.  Is this migration kit cloning software better for performing this feature from a standard platter HD to a SSD?  Will she get the fast boot and data access if I used this?

 

Thanks,

 

JC

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