Replace HDD with SSD - HP Pavilion g4t-1200 CTO Notebook PC

[lse123]

I want to replace HDD with SSD - in an HP Pavilion g4t-1200 CTO Notebook PC...

well, I have a 4TB internal SSD from wish.com, can this system work with such a large SSD...?

[WAWood]

@lse123 

Any SATA HDD can be replaced by a SATA SSD -- but 4TB SSD will cost you a FORTUNE -- as the last price I saw for one was around $400 USD.

But ... a 4TB drive must be formatted GPT -- and the Windows install on it must have been installed using UEFI mode.  If your current drive is 2TB or less, your drive was probably formatted MBR.  So, you will have to go into Drive Management and check the format of the drive.  If it is MBR, you can not simply clone it to the 4TB drive as the drive formatting is incompatible with that.

[lse123]

 I have found a 4TB SSD [Chinese I think] on www.wish.com at the price of 45-50 Euro, ...

I ask this, as this is an old Laptop, HDD is 500GB currently

you say:

"But ... a 4TB drive must be formatted GPT -- and the Windows install on it must have been installed using UEFI mode."

Exist PCs CANNOT FORMATTED & Windows 10 home as GTP/UEFI Mode due to having incredibly old hardware?????

In case can NOT, as I say, due to old hardware, if put 4TB SSD, and format MBR/BIOS --- it will use only 2TB, rather than use full 4TB SSD, and NOT give error???

The laptop is from 2009-2011, I think, ... see:  // Do you think support GPT/UEFI SSD/Windows10home????

[lse123]

I have this new SSD 240GB:  

https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B01D3ACIR6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_image_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 is OK with:...?

Product: HP Pavilion G4t-1200 CTO Notebook PC...?

[WAWood]

@lse123 

I admittedly know nothing about foreign suppliers, but hear all the time about "fake" products being sold for prices that are too low.  I just checked the MicroCenter online store and their 4TB SSDs range from USD $400 to $600.  So, I naturally suspect anything priced a LOT lower than this.

While older PCs can use drives formatted GPT, they can not boot from them because that requires UEFI boot -- and these older PCs do not have it.  I do not know if your PC is one of those.

You're right in that without GPT, you are limited to the first 2TB on the drive -- then why waste money on a 4TB drive when a 2TB drive would cost half as much?

[lse123]

I plan to install Windows 10 Home 64-Bit on two old PCs,  from DVD R DL

1 - laptop

HP Pavilion g4t-1200 CTO Notebook PC - created ISO [And DVD Afrom iso] with chosen for this PC,

2 - desktop

HP Pavilion Elite m9372.gr Desktop PC 2008-2009 - I haven't ISO created when this was Windows 10 - so use general DVD R DL

In my case should install as BIOS and Not UEFI... yes, but

is any other critical point to be chosen during the installation process...? provide URLs to docs, help, blog posts, or youtube

[WAWood]

@lse123 

You DO realize that installing Windows from MS media on laptops is generally a bad idea? Right?

Why? Because laptops need the specialized drivers that MS does not provide.  Only the OEM has those.

If you can find the HP support pages for the laptops after the installation and if they have Win10 drivers, then you would probably be OK as you could download and install the HP drivers.

As to videos, etc, sorry, I do not have links for those.  My advice, with any Win10 stuff, is to go to the community Windows 10 forums -- tenforums.com

[lse123]

This fact/problem about Laptops drivers during fresh "windows 10 home" install, 

Is true even

I created installation media with ms media creator tool and,  have chosen create media ISO for this PC laptop...?

Is this ISO/DVD has also the drivers for the laptop?