can I put a ssd in a mini 110

[Hartwood]

I would like to replace my hard drive with a SSD on my HP mini 110 laptop.  Can this be done and are there any recommended SSD's?

[Huffer]

Need exact model. Some Mini 110s have an older type of small SSD and others use a 2.5 inch SATA hard drive which could theoretically be replaced with an SSD, but I am not sure why you would since the SSD will be more valuable than the computer. 

[Hartwood]

It is a HP MINI 110-1100 CTO PC.   SN [Personal Information Removed]  Production Number VF704AV.  I love this little computer and I only use it to read newspapers and some web sites while I sit in my easy chair and drink my morning coffee.  I'd like it to be a little faster since I'm 76 years old and don't want to wait.  I still buy green bananas though.

If I can't upgrade, I may have to buy another small laptop, don't care much for tablets.

[Huffer]

It is actually not that hard to physically replace the hard drive with an SSD. See page 55 of the Manual here:

Manual

The ribbon cable connecting the keyboard is a little tricky and fragile so be careful.

You can install any 2.5 inch 7 or 9.5 mm SSD. I would shop for a deal. Like this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820178761

Since it does not have a DVD drive built in, the hard part is installing Windows on a new clean drive. Do you have a usb DVD drive? Does it have XP or Windows 7 and if 7 which kind (starter, Home Premium?)

[Hartwood · Accepted solution]

I have W7 Home on a USB stick and just have to have the computer boot off that.

Thanks for your help, it is greatly appreciated.

[b_a_clark]

Hartwood, same story for me. Except my Mini 110 is pink! Did you get a SSD installed? I would love to keep the thing running as fast as possible; currently running Windows 10 32 bit Anniversary Update. That being said, it is still quite useable as is, for our purposes.

Bruce