Can I install a ssd on G62?

[Alfox]

Hi

I've got this notebook: G62 - b26SL.

I would like to know if I can install a new hd ssd in this notebook with Windows7

Should It be sata2 or sata3?

Will the installation end well?

thanks a lot

[Malygris1]

Hi @Alfox,

Welcome to the HP Support Forums! It is a great place to find the help you need, from other users, HP experts and other support personnel. I understand that you are asking whether it is possible to put an SSD into your notebook. I am happy to help you with this.

Looking at the: HP G62-b26SL Notebook PC Product Specifications and the HP G62 Notebook PC Maintenance and Service Guide, there is no mention of SSD drives as a hardware choice, so it is not a supported upgrade. That does not mean it is impossible, just that it was not tested. Reading further though those guides there is no mention of the type of the SATA interface, but based on the release date of the SATA 3.0 standard, I would expect the board is using SATA 2.0.

Beyond that I cannot say, it is sort of a do at own risk thing, but if you take appropriate precautions for your data first, and ensure you have recovery media prepared in advance you should be ready for any worst case situation.

I hope this helps as far as I can suggest for you, and if it does address your issue, please mark this post as a solution. Kudos would also be appreciated.

[WAWood]

Alfox

If you DO decide to switch over to using an SSD, since I have done this numerous times (the performance gains are amazing!!), let me provide some advice.

The EASIEST way to do this is to buy an SSD with the same capacity as the hard drive.  This way, there is no partition shrinkage required and that vastly improves the success of the migration.

But ... if you can't afford that, BEFORE you do the migration, you will need to go into Disk Management and shrink down the OS partition (leave the others alone) to be small enough so that it, and all the others, can fit on the SSD with room to spare.

Once you have done that, I recommend the following:

1) Download and install Macrium Reflect (MR)
2) Connect the new drive to the PC using a USB drive adapter
3) Run MR and choose the option: "Backup --> Image Selected Disks" to clone the current drive onto the new drive.
4) Shutdown the PC when done
5) Swap the drives and reboot the PC.

You should boot from the new drive without any problems.

Good Luck

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[Tyler_Johnson]

Hello!

Unforunately I could not find any information regarding an SSD upgrade for the HP G62-b26SL Notebook PC. Your PC seems to support SATA connection. Most computers that support SATA would usually support SSDs since they are backwards compatible to SATA II and I. So it pretty much comes down too buying an SSD that supports an older SATA bus.

This is no guarantee that this will work but there is a good chance it will.  I also can't find the SATA Bus Type, but I would say its SATA II based on the release date.

Please keep in mind that using older SATA buses on a SSD will not go its advertised speed. Of course upgrading an HDD to an SSD is going to impove profromance big time and you will still notice a major difference.

The Samsung 850 EVO 120GB/250"/500"/1TB/2" supports backwards SATA compatiblity for SATA I and II. I myself have one of these badboys and they work flawlessly.

Best Regards,

Tyler Johnson

[Alfox]

Thanks a lot for your answers.

Is it possibile that in my notebook there is a motherboard with sata1 ?

Has the motherboard with Athlon II the necessary to run the hd ssd?

My hd is WDC wd32 00bevt 60a23t0 sata , in its techincal specifications I see SATA2 e 320gb.

For ssd hd I want to buy one with 240gb (good compromise in space and price)

I want to buy a ssd, but  I don't want to clone the hd: I want install the hd from the beginning , Is it possible? or Should I invevitably clone the old hd?

[Tyler_Johnson]

Hello!

I recently found new information regarding your laptop. 

The computer you are using has a Intel® HM55 Express Chipset which supports SATA 3Gb/s ports (SATA II). Most SSHD are backwards compatible with SATA II & I so you should be fine.

Just to be clear, when you're saying SSD HD are you refering to SSHD? Hybrid Drives?

Yes, you can install a clean OS (Operating System) on your new Storage Devices (in this case SSHD). You will need USB Removable HDD (more commonly known USB Flash) or a CD/DVD Storage Media. This will be your bootable disk to install your OS onto your new SSHD. 

For example, if you wanted to install Windows 8.1;

You would use Windows 8.1 Media Installation Disk

-or-

You would download the Windows 8.1iso file to a computer with internet access then extract the iso file to your USB Drive or burn onto a CD/DVD Drive.

You can try using Windows 8.1 Media Creation Tool to download Windows 8.1 iso file. Simply follow the steps provided to you on the website page.

After downloading and extracting Windows 8.1;

• Remove your Storage Device from your working computer.
• Insert Storage Device into your computer with new SSHD.
• Start up your computer with the new Drive (SSHD).
• Load up your system's BIOS.
• Find the setting "Bootable Devices".
• Select the USB or CD/DVD Device.
• Save your Settings and Quit.
• Windows Installion Media should boot.
• Install Windows 8.1 on your new storage device (SSHD).

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Tyler Johnson

[Alfox]

thanks Tayler for all informations

when I wrote hd ssd I mean Hard Disk ssd.

Non Hybrid drives.

However I dont' find the controller sata item in my bios to set mode AHCI

[Tyler_Johnson]

Hello!

By default in the system's BIOS, the SATA Type is AHCI. Some BIOS won't let you change it. 

Is AHCI Needed for an SSD?

Necessary? No
Recommended? Yes

If you just built a machine, that would have been the time to enable AHCI before installing Windows. AHCI allows Windows 7 to detect and configure the SSD properly, such as disabling defrag, etc. You also should check to see if your drive has it's own garbage collection function, because I believe TRIM needs AHCI to work.

It's been quite a few years since I have been using IDE mode. One of the first things I do on a new system is enabled AHCI.

Performance won't be affected though. If there is any difference, it wouldn't be enough to be noticeable.

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[Alfox]

in my bios there aren't items as Ide,ata, sata

[Tyler_Johnson]

Hello!

That's usually not a bad thing at all. Some system BIOS won't have the setting available and by default the SATA BUS TYPE is AHCI. I wouldn't worry about it, you should be fine. 😄

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