replace crashed HD by full SSD on Probook 470g2

[Edward193]

after a HD crash i succeeded a new W10 installation, but not being sure how long the HD will survive , thinks to replace by full SSD  500Gb any suggestion about compatibles , hp has a 256 gb. is this supported?

[WAWood · Accepted solution]

@Edward193 

I'm not understanding your comments.

IF the PC has a 500GB HDD, then you certainly CAN replace that with a 500GB SSD -- as I already did that on an older HP laptop and it works just fine, 5 years later.  And any SATA 500GB SSD will work just fine, as I have used Kingston, Crucial, and SanDisk SSDs of that capacity without any issues.

So, I don't understand the comment about the 246GB SSD -- is THIS what you are wanting to replace?

[Edward193]

The 470G2 came with a 750gb, hp offers a 256gb, 500gb is now a common product  that size is acceptable for me.

So i suppose like you wrote this will be fine. Software wise, are there settings to be enterred?

[WAWood]

@Edward193 

OK, so you want to replace the 750GB HDD with a 500GB SSD? That is doable -- presuming you are using less than 500GB on the HDD.

IF you want to "clone" the HDD to an SSD, then read 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

[Edward193]

Hello,  concerns HP Probook 470 G2 Win10, btw  thanks for your reply.

My Win 10 recovery, started giving trouble again . Did not replace yet the HDD by SSD. Finally i ran HP PC Hardware diagnostics, diag install did not succeed from within HP Support Assistent (links to not working installation), installed 1,6,4,0 from HP site support but selected the Win 7;8;8,1;10 version as the Win10 for HP option did not install!! strange.

Now the diag disk self test result was a Hard disk short and Long test failure.  Error code RU2F8C-7GAA4E-XD7WMG-60SA13.

As i did not reformat the C : windows  partition before the Win 10 recovery i consider to do that before a new OS install.

Does this make sense? Do i take a risk to also affect the HP-Recovery(E drive) or HP tools (F drive)?

Or is the error code indicating a REAL disk replacement advise??

Regards,

Edward

[WAWood]

@Edward193 

That error code indicates the drive is failing or has already failed -- and needs to be replaced.