I have an acer z5610 all in one and am about to replace the hard drive with a solid state drive,I know little or nothing about ssd but am keen to learn.I have donne a little research but need to be sure I get the right one for my pc
installing windows7 from scratch would not be a problem a clean install would be preferred
a 240/256g is what I have in mind
the current hard drive is I believe a 2.5" so will probably require the same
the pc is under 3 years old so probably wont support sata 3 but sata3 will still work?
I have looked at crucial and kingston and several others,and I am confusing myself even more.think I require some laymans experience
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(Solved) - replace sata hard drive with ssd
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If you are going to be doing a CLEAN INSTALL you do it the SAME way as you would with a standard SATA drive. Just replace it, shouldn't require any BIOS changes, and install the OS. I would get a SATA II (I assume that is what your drive is now) as it could work a little better even though SATA III is backward compatible.
Now if you want to CLONE the original drive over to the SSD, specialized s/w is required.
Me, and I've done this, I used the original drive as a second data only drive. However, I had from day 1 partitioned that drive to a small OS partition and then 2 data partitions. This way I was able to clone the original OS partition to the SSD, then booted off of the SSD and HID the original OS partition (actually I changed the drive to another letter so I can access it if need be or even BOOT to it).
I"d check how much of your original drive was used and get a drive larger than that.
Irv S.
1. Sata3 will work on a Sata2 port - there will be little real life performance difference
2. The Crucial M4 is a good SSD - also look at the Samsung 300 and 400 (not the Pro)
3. Here is a little tutorial I made to get you started: http://www.sevenforums.com/tut.....ystem.html
I don't understand this whole discussion. Why can't you use any SSD.
In this all-in-one box it may be tight quaters. But there must be a disk bay for the current disk where you should be able to fit a SSD. If the SSD is smaller than the bay (e.g. SSD is 2.5" and bay is 3.5") use my old method - Velcro dots - to secure it. But the power cable and Sata cable should be standard - and even if they are not, there are always adapters.
I have had 1-1 with crucial and email contact with samsung and both say they cannot guarantee their products will work with my pc.
Idont think there is an issue with which os win7/8
usb 2/3 is not an issue either as most ssd`s are backwards compatible
I am currently looking at sandisk and ocz technology
sandisk I know, ocz I have never heard of
my count down has started one week today I will order one
if I order via amazon their returns policy is second to none
there is a spare bay in my system I have had a look
there is an option in bios to add an ssd(which is encouraging)
so...
I suspect that Crucial and Samsung are being cautious because you are putting it into an all-in-one PC and they probably haven't bothered to test it in one. As long as it is easily accessible there shouldn't be a problem and the M4 is definitely a good buy - they were selling the 256Gb for only a bit over £100 recently.
The 128 GB 840 Pro is on sale today for $130 at NewEgg using promo code EMCNJNJ37. I wasn't going to buy my computer innards until February to make sure I got the full use of the warranty and I could still return any DOA components within the usual 30 day window but HDDS and SSDs aren't hard to test (I'll be picking up four 2 TB HDDs from my mail service tomorrow that I ordered on sale after Christmas while I was out of town that I will be testing for the next week or so) so it's worth ordering now to save a few shekels.
Another difference between the 840 and the 840 Pro is the warranty; the 840 has a three year warranty and the pro has a five year warranty.
