INSTALLATION OF SSD IN HP DESKTOP

[jai1957]

I have HP Desktop model 22-b041ne and the system is working slow. i would like to know if i can install new SSD in this desktop to improve the performance of my desktop.

i work on photographs post processing it becomes quite slow whenever i am doing the post processing in lightroom cc.

[WAWood]

@jai1957 

Your PC came with a 1TB SATA drive -- so since that uses a standard SATA connector, you could replace that drive with a standard SATA SSD.  But be advised, that 1TB SATA SSDs are expensive when comparted to HDDs.

Also, you would need to consider "cloning" the contents of your current HDD to the new SSD in order to have a working system.

What I recommend is the following:
1) Download and install Macrium Reflect (MR) from here: https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree
2) Connect the new drive to the PC using a USB-to-SSD drive adapter (like the one illustrated below)
3) Follow the instructions in this link: http://knowledgebase.macrium.com/display/KNOW/Cloning+a+disk
4) Shutdown the PC when done
5) Swap the drives and reboot the PC.

NOTE: To do this easily, the SDD has to be the same capacity as the HDD.  IF you get an SDD that is a lot smaller, then before you do the cloning, you have to shrink the largest partition on the HDD (usually the OS partition), to the size such that it, and the other partitions, fit easily on the SSD.

You should boot from the new drive without any problems.

Typical USB-to-SSD adapter:

Good Luck