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Pavilion p097tx
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Hello, I bought my laptop 3 yrs back and I upgraded my ram to 12gb and now i am planning to upgrade my HDD to SSD, so i need your guidance in order to pick the appropriate SSD for my laptop model pavilion p097tx and is it possible to mount SSD in my existing HDD

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@Victor2406

 

Your machine supports 6.35 cm (2.5 in) hard drives in 9.5 mm (.37 in) and 7.0 mm (.28 in) thicknesses (all hard drives use the same bracket) therefore all standard 2.5" SSD with 7mm thichness will fit.

 

The http://www.samsung.com/au/memory-storage/850-evo-sata-3-2-5-inch-ssd/MZ-75E250BW/ series is a hot cake today interms of price / performance.

 

My suggestion:

 

(a) Buy a 2.5 " HDD external enclosure for under $20,

(b) Put the SSD in,

(c) Connect to you laptop and clone existing HDD to SSD,

(d) Swap them

 

Now you have SSD on your machine and an external HDD

 

Regards.

 

BH
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@Victor2406

 

Your machine supports 6.35 cm (2.5 in) hard drives in 9.5 mm (.37 in) and 7.0 mm (.28 in) thicknesses (all hard drives use the same bracket) therefore all standard 2.5" SSD with 7mm thichness will fit.

 

The http://www.samsung.com/au/memory-storage/850-evo-sata-3-2-5-inch-ssd/MZ-75E250BW/ series is a hot cake today interms of price / performance.

 

My suggestion:

 

(a) Buy a 2.5 " HDD external enclosure for under $20,

(b) Put the SSD in,

(c) Connect to you laptop and clone existing HDD to SSD,

(d) Swap them

 

Now you have SSD on your machine and an external HDD

 

Regards.

 

BH
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