Samsung 840 PRO 512GB in Vortex II

[jamfir]

HI all,
I am thinking about buying a SSD for my laptop and was wondering how easy it is to swap. Can I just move my HDD to other bay, install my SSD inot the first bay, copy all my files across to the SSD and then format my HDD?
WIll i need cables etc?

Heres my spec :

Chassis & Display Vortex II: 17.3" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-2760QM (2.40GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM) 8GB SAMSUNG 1333MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card 2GB AMD® Radeon® HD 6990M - DirectX® 11 (17.3" Vortex II)
2nd Graphics Card NONE
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 750GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD7500BPKT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
2nd Hard Disk NONE
RAID NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
Memory Card Reader Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)
Thermal Paste ARCTIC COOLING MX-3 HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card Intel 5.1 Channel High Definition Audio + SPDIF/MIC/Headphone Jack
Network Facilities GIGABIT LAN & INTEL® CENTRINO® ULTIMATE-N 6300 WIRELESS upto 450Mbps
USB Options 2 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS AS STANDARD
Battery Vortex Series 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (3,800 mAh)

Regards Jim

 

[vanthus]

I would replace the existing drive with the SSD,then install your operating system on it (this can save possible problems with dual boot and the system reserved partition)then put your old drive into the second bay (assuming it has a second bay),you can now copy any data files over to the SSD if you wish,then format the HDD if you wish from the OS now installed on the SSD.But you will need to reinstall any applications or games you want onto the SSD,as you can't simply copy them over,you can of course reinstall applications or games to the second hard drive as well,after formatting.

 

[jamfir]

Cheers m8. Reckon Ill just install a fresh copy of windows onto the new SSD. Gonna be a pain downloading all my steam & origin games again though