About Attaching SSD

[muntasir05]

 

 

 Greetings..!

My computer model is HP 280 G3 Microtower PC

. I want to use the Ramsta 128GB SSD provided in the picture along with the hard disk so that my PC runs a little faster. Can this SSD be connected to my PC? Do I have the required ports on my PC? I don't know much about this, please help with the answer (required picture attached)

[BeemerBiker · Accepted solution]

Yes, the SSD can be used.  It attaches to the hanging power cable in the bottom picture and you will need a data cable from it to the blue socket that is shown in the top picture.   Before installing anything you need to blow the dust out of system.  I see dust in the blue data connector.  You probably have a lot more dust in the extra memory socket as well as the two expansion sockets.  If you connect the cables the way the system is now, the dust will be compressed and hardened and will cause electrical issue.  It will then be much more difficult to remove.

Microsoft claims 30gb of disk space is useable for windows 10 home and there is a discussion of this here .  Your 128gb SSD should be fine.  How big is your hard drive and how full is it?  

I suspect your hard drive had too much stuff on it to be cloned to the new SSD.  You will need to install a fresh copy of Windows 10 and you can download that from Microsoft.  There is a second data cable connected to your motherboard at "SATA2"  does that go to a DVD?  If so, I recommend you download and install the windows 10 ISO image and burn to a DVD.  It will not fit on a CD so you need to have a DVD.  You should blow air through the DVD to get rid of any dust or you may waste several blank DVDs before one gets successful made.

Download windows 10 here and pick the one that says installation media.  If you have a flash drive that is 8gb or larger then you can avoid cleaning the DVD.

If you want to do this, come back here for help or go to answers.microsoft.com and ask for help as it it their product and installation material.

Good Luck!

[Prométhée]

Hello
very good @muntasir05  we already answered you, and you wrote a new subject, for this new question 👍..
Just a point, at least, that I'm not of that opinion, and I'd rather warn you.
It doesn't matter what microsoft says about disk space.
A 128 GB SSD drive is too small, the minimum of 250 GB would be fair enough (which is mentioned in the given product pages unless I am mistaken).
It is what I have, and in order not to saturate it, it is necessary to manage the use of the SSD, and its second additional data disk, if one has one.
And even with that, we must be careful, because we can quickly exceed the capacity limit.
For the brand, maybe you don't have a choice, but this doesn't seem like a big brand to me, does it? ..
check carefully, if it is worth it, bad brand, and often a sign of bad surprises, performances, lifespan etc!

[muntasir05]

Thanks man.  You helped me a lot