Rich

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Hi,

Below is the spec of my laptop, I am going to exchange the hard drive for an SSD, can anyone offer any tips?

Ps would I be better leaving the existing hard drive in place and have it as a back up or just take it. I do not have a huge amount of data stored so the ssd would be more than adequate for storage.

Will I have to upgrade, update the Bios?

Thanks Rich
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Processor i7-920XM (2.00GHz) 8MB Cache
Memory (RAM)
4GB CORSAIR DDR3 1333MHz SODIMM - LIFETIME WARRANTY!
Graphics Card
1GB ATI RADEON™ MOBILITY HD 5870 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB SERIAL ATA II 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
Memory Card Reader
Internal 7 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/MS/MS Pro/MS DUO/SD/Mini-SD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N CARD (£18)
USB Options
4 x USB 2.0 PORTS AS STANDARD
Bluetooth & Infrared Options
Integrated V2.0 Bluetooth Adapter + EDR Capability
Battery
Vortex Series 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (3,800 mAh)
Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x UK Power Lead & 120W AC Adaptor
Firewire & Video Editing
1 X 1394a FIREWIRE PORT
 
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Thanks, I have been informed that I can add an ssd for the extra speed and keep the old hard drive for back up.
Personally I would rather exchange the existing hard drive for the ssd and keep the old one as a spare, as I do not need the extra space of two.
I was thinking that it might be easier to do this rather than trying to configure both drives?
 
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Sorry im on an iphone atm so cant easily check the laptop, does it have 2 drive bays then? Id use the new Scorpio black hdd for games apps etc, use the ssd solely as your windows drive + antivirus software and other stuff that launches on startup
 
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Thanks,

I emailed someone last week at PC Specialist with the laptop spec, they said that I could add the SSD and keep the hard drive as well, so I presume it has the capacity for the two. At the moment I haven't taken the back off the laptop to look.

I see what you mean about keeping both, but i was thinking that a straight swap might just be easier than trying to configure both drives?
 
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Nah no configuring required, Put the ssd in, install windows on it, if ssd is not boot disk, change in bios so it is (this part is easy and we can help) Your hdd will appear as Disc D: just as a second disk, no configuring required, then programs can be installed onto D: (program files folder will be created first time) you can also right click my documents and change target to drive D: then the comp will relocate your docs over to D: and when u click my documents button in future itll just open them up in a window but youll see the drive letter D: as where they are stored.
 
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