straightforward swap of ssd with hdd?

[bozzle73]

I just purchased a 1T Samsung SSD 850 EVO 2.5" SATA III drive to replace the hdd in my 8470P Elitebook. Is this going to just be a straightforward swap where I remove the old hdd and plug in the new ssd? That was the plan, but I've been way wrong before.

I have 2 backup system images ready if needed.  I have turned off automatic defragging in my security software. I am completely new to ssd's and should have asked this before I dropped a bundle on one, but it is what it is. Any help is appreciated.

[banhien]

Hi,

I've been playing around with swapping HDD's with SSD's on a dozen of laptops, my process:

(a) Clone HDD to SSD using O&O Disk image (you can use other software).

(b) Physical swap,

(c) Turn the machine on.

My successful rate is 100%

Regards.

[bozzle73]

Thanks for the quick reply, banhien! Just one more quick question: since the new ssd is much larger than the hdd it is replacing, could I possibly just start by doing the physical swap and then dumping the system image on the new ssd? That is the method I've used when upgrading hdd to larger hdd. 

[banhien · Accepted solution]

Hi,

This is possible and hope your backup image is a proper one.

Regards.