Can the hard drive be replaced with a SSD?
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Short answer: Yes. I did it and it works great. Long Answer: It's not simple, especially if you are upgrading to a smaller disk. 1) Create a recovery disk/thumb drive with the Windows Utility. Besides being a good idea, they offer you the option to delete the Recovery partition from the back end of the drive. Doing so will allow you to more easily manipulate the existing partitions for transfer. 2) Delete the blank d: Data partition. I am not sure why they break it up like this. Possibly shrink the System partition (I first went to a 128GB drive, then to a 256). 3) Unscrew the bottom, remove the drive (REAL SHUT DOWN FIRST!!!) 4) I tried to use Clonezilla to duplicate the drive, but this didn't work so well. So I ended up using a simple dd command in linux. If all this is beyond you, just find a local geek to help. 5) Plugged in the new drive, screwed it all back up, and it worked! ONE ISSUE!!! Upon reboot, Windows thinks it's a special version called Windows To Go, and won't let you install from the MS Store. Here is the solution: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/W8ITProWTG/thread/af05f60a-4cb0-4561-b49f-71938dad6853
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I just tried to upgrade my hard drive to a Plextor 128GB SSD unsuccessfully! I used Casper 8 to clone my C drive to the SSD. I also plugged in a 4GB DDR3 memory into the extra memory slot but my system wouldn't recognize it!Whenever I tried to boot up the system took me straight to BIOS. I could see that my Plextor SSD was recognized by the BIOS but the system memory still showed only 4GB.Whenever I tried to exit from BIOS my computer booted up to BIOS again. It's very frustrating to say the least!I would truly appreciate it if someone could offer some advise.Thank you in advance. I just tried to upgrade my hard drive to a Plextor 128GB SSD unsuccessfully! I used Casper 8 to clone my C drive to the SSD. I also plugged in a 4GB DDR3 memory into the extra memory slot but my system wouldn't recognize it!Whenever I tried to boot up the system took me straight to BIOS. I could see that my Plextor SSD was recognized by the BIOS but the system memory still showed only 4GB.Whenever I tried to exit from BIOS my computer booted up to BIOS again. It's very frustrating to say the least!I would truly appreciate it if someone could offer some... » Read More I just tried to upgrade my hard drive to a Plextor 128GB SSD unsuccessfully! I used Casper 8 to clone my C drive to the SSD. I also plugged in a 4GB DDR3 memory into the extra memory slot but my system wouldn't recognize it!Whenever I tried to boot up the system took me straight to BIOS. I could see that my Plextor SSD was recognized by the BIOS but the system memory still showed only 4GB.Whenever I tried to exit from BIOS my computer booted up to BIOS again. It's very frustrating to say the least!I would truly appreciate it if someone could offer some advise.Thank you in advance. « Show Less
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Thanks very much for your help. I finally succeeded to replace my hard drive with the 128GB SSD with the help of a technician.
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Yes that is possible. The harddisk is accessable and replaceable. If you want you can also add it to the machine. However there is no mounting bracket for it. So you would have to get creative. But there are enough sata ports.
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Yes, but you need to research your particular notebook model to see if the drive is user replaceable.
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Yes, provided the SSD has as much space as you need. I moved the data folders (documents, pictures, music, etc.) onto a standard hard drive, then cloned just the operating system and most-used programs onto the SSD. That gives fast boot and response from the SSD, but cheaper bulk storage on the standard hard drive.
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You should be able to. I don't know if you would be able to boot from it though, which is the purpose of the ssd. That seems to be a pretty old machine. go to reddit.com/r/buildapc they can give you better tech info, and help you build a much better pc cheaply. Amazon also sells a wide variety of good processors, and motherboards, that can help with this.
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Yes as long as you don't have more data on your drive than the SSD capacity.
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You can replace the SSD but you will void the warranty. Samsung Series 9 warranty is voided if the case is open. Samsung warranty excerpt: "You can change the Hard Drive on any Samsung PC that has an HDD panel on the bottom (A panel labeled HDD and held in place with one screw) without voiding the warranty. If your laptop does not have an HDD panel, such as the 9 series, exchanging the HDD voids the warranty because you must dismantle the laptop to access it."
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Yes. There are some videos on YouTube about swapping the hdd for an ssd one and even videos where you can take out the DVD drive and buy a mount that is the perfect match for a second ssd.
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If you intend to replace an existing hard drive, the capacity of the SSD needs to be equal to or larger than you existing drive or the data transfer will not work. You will also need the Crucial SSD Install Kit CTSSDINSTALLAC which retails for $25 US.
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I am using a Hitachi Deskstar 3.5-Inch 3TB 7200RPM SATA III 6Gbps 64MB Cache Internal Hard Drive I also ordered from amazon. I don't see any reason why you couldn't use an SSD.
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I'm pretty sure that you can replace the 128GB SSD with a larger MSATA SSD. I have not done it myself, but I opened up the laptop and saw the MSATA that's in there. I didn't see any place to put an additional internal drive.
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Hard drives are almost always serviceable (replaceable) for most computers, including the Yoga.See this thread regarding ideas for changing out the hard drive for an SSD: https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Idea-Windows-based-Tablets-and/Yoga-2-13-Internals/td-p/1472366
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Absolutely. Use Carbon Copy Cloner and that will work great. However, I would just take the old HDD and stick it in a drawer as a backup drive, get another SSD and use it as external super fast storage.
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I asked the same question and got generally the same answer - SSDs are replaceable but not upgradable in laptops. This laptop is being used for statistics and photography - the largest programs fit easily on it, but for storage and backup more capacity may be desired. I use a conventional external hard drive and thumb drives.
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all you need is a data transfer cable, you can get it anywhere or just order a kit (cable and ssd) from crucial dot com. it clones your hard drive to your new ssd. look it up on youtube.
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Pretty much out of the question. You could put a larger SSD in place of the original. The USB 3 port gives excellent performance with a compatible external drive.
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It depends in which software that you use, I believe there is some paid software that can clone only the OS but as always it is recommended to just reinstall straight onto the SSD