-
×InformationNeed Windows 11 help?Check documents on compatibility, FAQs, upgrade information and available fixes.
Windows 11 Support Center. -
-
×InformationNeed Windows 11 help?Check documents on compatibility, FAQs, upgrade information and available fixes.
Windows 11 Support Center. -

Create an account on the HP Community to personalize your profile and ask a question
02-05-2021 01:20 PM
I have an HP 15-ba009ds with a 1tb 5400 SATA drive that I want to upgrade to SSD. Two questions:
1: Which SSD do you recommend?
2: What is the best free clone software to copy the existing hdd over to the ssd?
Thanks,
bd
02-05-2021 01:44 PM
Any of the leading brands of SATA SSDs will work equally well -- I have used Kingston and Crucial without any problems.
As to cloning, I personally recommend Macrium Reflect (MR) not just because it is free, but because I have used it myself several times to do this and not had an issue with it.
Follow the instructions in this link: http://knowledgebase.macrium.com/display/KNOW/Cloning+a+disk
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.
Good Luck
I am a volunteer and I do not work for, nor represent, HP