How to upgrade your notebook to a SATA 2.5" SSD

erico · ‎11-08-2015

@Jsanchez1221 wrote:
Do you know the general difference between Paragon OS to SSD and Drive Copy?

Paragon OS to SSD is a new version. I haven't tried it yet as I have the Drive Copy installed under Windows 10.

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Mat-MC · ‎11-08-2015

Erico, first thanks to your post and guide, is very usefull.

I wanted to ask you,

i have a Hp Pavilion n234sl (i7 4200U + 8GB Ram + Nvidia GeForce n740m). I want to add an SSD to speed up the windows. But i would also not loose my hard drive (750gb for all my photos and video ect).

There is a possibility to ADD a SSD, install on this the Windows and keep both the hard drives?

In short: SSD - Windows partition

Toshiba Hard drive 750gb - Store my files there

is that possible to keep both hard drives?

thank in advance and with best regards

Matteo

erico · ‎11-08-2015

@Mat-MC wrote:
Erico, first thanks to your post and guide, is very usefull.

I wanted to ask you,

i have a Hp Pavilion n234sl (i7 4200U + 8GB Ram + Nvidia GeForce n740m). I want to add an SSD to speed up the windows. But i would also not loose my hard drive (750gb for all my photos and video ect).

There is a possibility to ADD a SSD, install on this the Windows and keep both the hard drives?

In short: SSD - Windows partition
Toshiba Hard drive 750gb - Store my files there

is that possible to keep both hard drives?

thank in advance and with best regards
Matteo

Thanks.

The identification of your notebook is incomplete. There should be an numeric identifier between Paviliion and n234sl. Without it, I really can't comment on what is feasible.

If it is the 15-n234sl model that is at the folowing link, then installing two hard drives is not viable. There is only space inside for a single SSD or legacy spinner hard drive. 17 inch notebook models like the 17" Envy series have space for two hard drives.

http://support.hp.com/us-en/product/HP-Pavilion-15-Notebook-PC-series/6529948/model/6796451/manuals

The prices for SSD drives has dropped so you might consider usinhg a 500 GB or 1TB SSD.

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Mat-MC · ‎11-08-2015

Erico thank for your answer..

sorry i forgot to write that yes, is the model HP Pavilion 15 N234sl.

I will look into the prices of the ssd. You as an expert can suggest a good one? I mean that Price/Quality is good (not expensive)

thanks Erico

computaquark · ‎11-08-2015

If you have an optical drive it can be removed and an SSD added in its place using a conversion kit. Not an expensive job, fairly easy and the optical drive can be converted for external usage.

erico · ‎11-08-2015

I have a number of them ranging from an older OCZTechnology 60GB SSD to a Samsung EVO 500GB unit.

My preference is the Samsung EVO SSD drives.

There is always a bit of a shootout between Intel and Samsung iSSD products n the PC enthusiast arena for fastest write and read bandwidth.

Pricewise the Samsung EVO 500GB is reasonable. A more inexpensive, although slower, only in relative terms, are the Crucial SSDs. I have a Crucial 120 GB SSD disk.

If you are considering the remove the optical drive option and installing a third party caddy, you should put the legacy hard drive there and the SSD in the legacy drive's current physical position. That is because of possible boot issues you may face.

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Mat-MC · ‎11-08-2015

Thank Erico for all your answer and informations...When i will have enought time will dedicate to the Ssd work..
All the best and with best regards
Matteo

ScottA2 · ‎11-15-2015

Sorry if this is already answered somewhere, I couldn't find it if it is.

I have a 15-d035dx laptop and am trying to add an SSD in replacement of the optical drive.

The problem I am having is that when I have it installed, the machine will not boot to the primary hard drive anymore which has windows 10. I have boot order set to os manager first. It comes up with the spinning circle and just goes on forever. If I look at system info through the bios (F2) it shows both the primary HDD and the SSD.

I order to get it to boot to the primary I have to turn 'CD/ROM boot' to enabled in the Bios. Then it boots,but windows can't see the SSD. The F2 system info also then only sees the HDD.

The SSD is now empty and I want to boot to the HDD and then migrate the HHD to the SSD and then change it to boot to the SSD.

Any ideals?

Thanks,

Scott

computaquark · ‎11-15-2015

I used an SSD to optical drive conversion. I never had the problem you mentioned though. So I am guessing here a bit. Try prepping the SSD so it can be recognised by windows. By that I mean format the drive on another computer or in an external hard drive converter. A case that a hard drive can be placed in and used over USB or inside a desktop. Migrating to the SSD first then wiping the original Hard Drive is better as it will prevent the same copy of windows being on the system twice causing one drive to go offline.

suzopedia · ‎11-15-2015

We bought an Envy 14t-j100. Can we swap out 1T HDD for 512G SSD. I read through the online manuals and all replacement drives listed are HDD. Looks like 2.5" bay. How do I find list of acceptable SSD replacements. I had heard that HP used non-standard connectors. Is that true?

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