How to Upgrade Laptop Hard Drive to SSD without Reinstalling Windows
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- Опубликовано: 5 мар 2017
- How to Upgrade Laptop Hard Drive to SSD without Reinstalling Windows
Got a old Laptop? Want to make it faster? Don't want to reinstall Windows? Well replacing the Hard Drive with a SSD Solid State Drive is a great way to give a new lease of life to a old Laptop. You will need a SATA to USB cable, Small screw drive, a SDD and Minitool Partition Wizard FREE Edition.
I will show you the step by step process to successfully migrating / clone you operating system from Hard Drive to SSD without reinstalling Windows.
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Anyone trying this in 2020, please make sure its the version 10 of the partition tool as the current version (12) does not allow os migration in the free version. Good luck all and thanks for the tutorial.
Thank you, just a question, do I have to backup my files/documents before swapping them? Or can I just transfer them into the SSD after swapped?
@@muhdzaidani2134 no everything from the hdd(or SSD in my case) clones to the new SSD. So all files and everything. And then the drive you are replacing becomes your backup
How do you get V 10 then? I only see V 12
@mykilL Ay-naku yeah I cloned an SSD to another SSD yesterday. It all works as shown in the video.
@@miniweeddeerz1820 thanks man will need to try it.
Ive done this exact thing about a year ago on a windows laptop. SSDs make a huge performance difference
And they are updating PCs with ssds Very Slowly, with very Small ones,, Greedy !
Yep it gets real slow.
Redskull RAM does too but not as much as an SSD upgrade :)
Trinitrophenylnitramine .. I found no difference whatsoever with 16g on my laptop, so went back to 8g (less power, less heat, less wear & tear on the fan).
I had to replace a dead fan in my HP laptop, so used the opportunity to install a 1TB SSD, upgrade to a faster processor, install more RAM, and add bluetooth. Used Acronis True Image instead of his MiniTool Partition Wizard. Everything went smoothly, mainly because I was very careful in selecting the correct processor and bluetooth board. RAM did nothing, so went back to original 8g.
I want to thank you for your clear and concise instructions in how to do this. I followed your tutorial step by step and replaced the hard drive on my Dell Latitude D630 laptop to an SSD (which cost $35 at Amazon for a 250 gig drive!) It boots up quicker and works like a champ. Much faster at loading web pages and starting up programs. Thanks again! ~from a fan in Pennsylvania, on the east coast of the United States
Excellent tutorial for even those with very limited PC experience. I especially liked the part where things went a little sideways because a couple of apps were left open during the process. I'm looking to do this to my laptop and this video is certainly helpful and clear.
Perfect clear step by step tutorial. Laconic instructions, good sound and visibility. Damn good no nonsense stuff, as usual. Thank you very much. It was very helpful.
Thanks
Thanks for doing such a great job on this article.
I hate the geeks and gamer kids that have mastered the computer languages and try to give directions while assuming that everyone can understand what they are trying to tell us.
I constantly see people who attempt to tell me to do this and that but don't bother telling me how.
Even worse is how some use a ton of acronyms that are meaningless to most people.
Agreed alright & thanks.
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Thank you very much
Still working in Febraury 1,2021. Thanks to this I become like a “1 day technician” 😂
does it work. is there any new differences in the software..
Bro if I use this method on Cloning my orginal os it work or not?????
Followed instructions worked like a charm 3/3/2019. My laptop no longer crawls when starting up or opening files. Thanks!
Great video. I'm about to try this with a spare HDD just to make sure that it works. If it does, I'll get the SSD to breath new life into my old computer. Thank you for the concise video!
You sir are exceptional! You made a task that I struggled with for 3 days into a simple, FREE 1 hour masterpiece. My boot times are off the wall! SSD is a HUGE difference and I can not thank you enough. SUBSCRIBED!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great explanation! It's rare that I take my laptop apart and have it work again but it's up and running so much better with this new SSD hard drive!
S.S.D Solid State Drive. not Solid State Drive Hard Drive
One the easiest to follow yet most comprehensive tutorials for this subject. Thank you and keep up the good work!
Fantastic brilliant way to do this. I was extremely worried about installing the entire system again but this was such a life saver finished in maybe an hr or so and nothings changed in my laptop other than the speed which is fantastic..
Very nice tutorial straight to the point! No annoying introduction
Used this to add new drive to my old desktop & worked great. Turned an old slow system into something usable again for under $70.00.
What system was that?
Thanks a lot. This is exactly what I was looking for. Demoted my laptop just for traveling. So I didn't need a big SSD anymore. Transferred what I wanted to a smaller older SSD which I didn't use anymore (including the settings and the OS) and it worked like a charm. I have been trying other programs for cloning before but they would only allow you same size or bigger ones as the destination drive. Which makes sense in most cases but not in mine. Sometimes you want to use your old stuff because it's still good enough for the things you need it for.
I just about gave up trying to swap out my old HDD to an SSD. Tried multiple cloning software and watched dizzying videos of how easy it was. It wasn't (error, error everywhere)...until I happened upon your rock solid tutorial. Thank you! My thank you thanks you!!
If you are looking for the best program and guide you're in good place. I tried various approaches and only this one worked.
Thank you for taking the time to create this video. Changing anything on a computer can be a frightening task, but after watching this, I feel more confident than ever.
Version 11 of the tool that is now available is slightly different but it works the same way. Thanks for the video !
Just want to say thank you so much for this guidance. I got a Western Digital Blue SSD 1TB and cloned the old 1TB SATA 5400rpm drive. I had never used cloning software before but gave this a go because I didn’t want the faff of installing Windows 10 from scratch. I found the version 10 download easily thanks to recent comments and guidance. Very happy.
Thanks boss! You've made the SSD migration procedure so easy and hassle free with this extremely crystal clear tutorial! Top notch work! Thanks once again!
The cloning to SSD worked exactly as per your video, thanks again. I struggled with Acronis and EasyUS but this worked well. The cloning took 3 hours plus by the way.
Extremely useful, changed by SSD today with no issue following this guide!
Can you transfer the files with the operation system ?
@@kranosdainese423 make sure you have version 10, not the most recent version 12.
Yes, this is a smart trick and well worth the effort. Keep in mind not all laptop hard drives are that easy to remove. Newer laptops require removing the entire bottom cover. And a brand new SSD will need to be formatted either in Windows Disk Management or Minitool Partition Wizard.
I’ve just done it. Perfect video. I just had to change boot order to launch windows from ssd for the first time.
Nice app! Just installed. The most recent edition 11 adds the option to install Shadowmaker (backup & restore) and oddly removes the option to delete partitions as shown at 3:30. Still quite a handy little tool.
Followed your steps exactly and it worked a charm, thank you! For $157 ($150 for a 1tb SSD EVO and $7 for the Sabrent cable) my six year old laptop is humming again.
Thank you very much for this tutorial. Other videos were not very clear but this one was easy to follow. I used this on a desktop rather than a laptop and the performance difference is insane!!!
@Britec09 this is practically amazing rebranding laptop to higher performance. Cheers man
Such a great tutorial, everything planed and explained quickly and really smooth. Thank you so much for your help!
Echoing the other comments - thanks for taking the time to post and explain clearly what needed to be done. Enjoyed the experiences of doing it myself and it all starting up as you outlined.
thank you those who recommended version 10 and this video helps a lot, having an old notebook old bios couldn't disable secure boot or change UEIF but found this video that is even more convenient!
Just bought a SSD drive and updated my laptop....thank you for this helpful video...
Thanks Brian. I am going to swap out my old laptop drive for an SSD drive. This will make it much easier. I have seen a lot of your videos and have learned quite a bit from them.
Thanks.
@@Britec09 could it be posible that you do a update on how to clone the files over to a ssd
Very helpful thanks. New drive is borderline magic in my old laptop!
Top tip, been interested in converting my laptop over to a SSD without buying another version of windows.
Extremely well done. I was about to look for a PC shop to perform the swap but your video has explained the process very well. So easy a caveman could do it. Great use of the camera btw. Thanks.
Great concise tutorial without naff music, thank you.
Awesome vid man! Thanks, my whole migration took less than 10mins, no dramas!
Hey man just wanna give a huge thanks to you! You saved me a lot of money as compared to sending it in to be done for me and is working perfectly now! Absolute new laptop!
Thank you for such a simple set of instructions. Much appreciated.
Went looking for a tutorial on how to do this, the first one that shows up features my exact laptop. Winning.
i find it baffling you are the clearest tutorial i could find on the entire interwebs. Good job! thanks alot.
Simple, plain, easy to follow guide here. Helped me upgrade my SSD in my desktop. Thank you so much for sharing.
bloody awesome, you take so much time and pride doing your videos, it is appreciated
Thanks mate, glad you like them.
Nice, I never heard of this program, I've just been using full cloning applications. Thanks!
I've seen a few videos before attempting to do this on my old HP. Works like a charm the first time round. Now I'm tempted to try to do it for my old Acer.
This method worked for me it was so well explained, and I never changed software or hardware ever before in my life! Now I can enjoy my fast laptop again!
congrats man. im planning to do it soon. im just waiting for my ssd.
are there really no other stuffs not explained in the video??
Worked as mentioned in the video!! Typing this comment from my updated ssd upon first boot. :)
Hi
Every time I try to continue it pops up with a upgrade ad and won't allow me to continue did you have the same issue?
You made this so easy that between you and my brother (computer geek pro) I’ve got the confidence to do this. Thanks mate.
I’ve been putting this off although I have everything to do it. Got the important work out of my way so that if anything goes wrong I’m not pressed for time pulling back ups. Blessings to you and yours
Great vid! I’ve just brought an SSD for my old Dell XPS L501x and was thinking I’d have to do a fresh install. Clearly explained in easy to understand speech with no jargon! 👍🏽
Hello Britec09, I have to thank you for this video (though over a year old), it saved me from having a mini-meltdown. Downloaded Acronis and followed the instructions step-by-step only to restart the laptop to no OS...saddeden I found your video, now after adding Partition Wizard, the laptop is now functional. Didn't see the prompt on installing WebDiscover but uninstalling it through the control panel was easy enough (for those who get stuck with it too).
i love how you always comment back!
I like to let my fans know I see them and read all the comments, good or bad.
It worked like a charm! Thank you so much for this detailed, hence brief video.
To the friends out there and need the same procedure here, I would like to inform that Mini Tool's newest free version (v. 12 in this case) does not allow any of this. So I had to install v.10.0 as shown in the video and it worked perfectly.
Thanks, I found a free download of version 10.1 also....
May I ask are you doing this in Windows 7?
EnglishTurbines can you provide the link to the free version
@@tysmiracle no, sorry I use win 10. However the website says that it supports win 7 and up.
@@jjnava7949 just google it, I'm sure you will find it easily.
Thanks Britec...couldn't get Samsungs app to do the job. Your process worked first time.
Didnt even search for this and its something i will have to do later on as need a bigger hard drive
Thanks for the crystal clear instructions
Thanks for posting this straightforward and well-explained tutorial, Brian.
Ya
Thank you for your
Thanks for this video - incredibly useful and helpful. Just given my 7 year old Asus laptop a whole new lease on life.
One difference I ran into was that my SSD was new from the manufacturer and came un-formatted. The PC wouldn't even recognize that there was a device attached via USB which gave me pause. I proceeded with the the manufacturer-provided disc-cloning software (rather than the one mentioned in this video) and it recognized the new SSD and formatted it before proceeding. Everything went smoothly from there. These directions are very helpful for those not quite sure of the process. My laptop is now unbelievably faster. Anyone struggling with a slow PC should really consider this upgrade.
Thanks a lot, very good video. I followed your video to the T. Works great. It took about 4 hours to complete because I had a ton of data to migrate over.
Thanks I’ll be needing this in a couple of weeks
thank you so much, I followed your instruction and got almost a new and fast laptop
I've just done this on a Sony Vaio i5 and put in a 1Tb SSD. Had to look for Partition Wizard Edition 10 but that was easy. Followed the instructions and now have a better than new machine. Thanks for the article.
Just done! Worked like a charm!
Instead of minutes, starting up takes only seconds!
By upgrading memory to 8GB and SSD, this laptop has never been this fast not even when brand new.
Toshiba Satellite C670 from 2011.
Great for the environment and my pocket :)
Thanks a lot!
PS I used the Samsung DATA MIGRATION free software.
Very simple and stress free :)
thanks for saying this cus my mother didnt think the software in the video as safe (ik it is safe) but she said samsung is fine.
Thanks it ended out working and loads much faster. How ever, it is reading the single hard drive I replaced as two hard drives..
I love it. I was unable to migrate OS to SSD because I forgot that if you alocate the space it won't actually count as boot drive so I got error: "Invalid partition table" and was pulling my hair out until I came across this and then I self facepalmed.
What did you do after getting the "invalid partition table" error?
Very helpful, was able to get everything copied over with your tips. My laptop was a little more complicated getting to the hard drive but overall was a success. Thank You for the upload
About to do this on my brother's PC because he's been complaining about it being slow. Thanks a bunch!
Thank you very much for the video. Clear step by step tutorial. without distractions.
I just realized that you can also use this technique to setup a new drive. Setup essentially a GHOST drive with the activated operating system, and all the programs in a "fresh" state, free of viruses.
Would you mind sharing a bit more detail on this method?
Good idea :o. Then install back into the drive without total reset
THIS is the tool I've been looking for! Thanks so much for posting this video!
Thank you, finally found a video that actually explains how to do it.
Thanks...I've tried other programs but this one finally worked on my first try...thanks again...
Ok I will followyour tutorial.
I already upgrade my 10yr old dual core laptop into windows10. It slow, have delays everytime and sometimes its hanging when doing multi tab search on chrome or ms edge.
So I upgraded the ram to its maximum , from 2gb to 8gb, what can i say its very fast now no delay no freeze or hanging. But because my 320gb hard drive is nearly full, well i need to upgrade now and I found this steps so instead of hard drive, I will buying SSD instead.
I do research which is better to.
Sorry for my bad english.
Appreciate the video, while the whole thing is pretty simple it's nice to have clear step by step instructions. Exactly what I was looking for. THANKS!
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Just converted my asus to ssd, performance improvement was very satisfying. Thank you for the guide!
Back in November 2016 just before the SSD drives started to jump in price I ordered two Samsung 850 500GB EVO SSD drives. I installed one in my 2009 laptop and one in my 2009 desktop, the speed of the SSDs is nothing short of amazing. I cloned over my old laptop 320GB drive to the new SSD, it took close to 8 hours to complete, but well worth the wait. It's amazing how fast the prices have shot up on the SSD drives within a couple months though. Guys don't be scared to add an SSD drive to your laptop, it's very easy to do. I've heard that you should never run a Disk Defragmenter program on an SSD because it'll ruin the drive, I'm not sure how true that is though. Great video as always Brian.
Disk defragmentation programs have SSD optimizing settings, just like Windows 10 optimizes an SSD in the background without you knowing it.
Defragment programs don't "ruin" the drive, they "use up" some of the write cycles. SSDs do have a limited number of write cycles. There is nothing to gain from defragmenting an SSD as the data is directly referenced, there is no latency like there is on a hard drive, there is no wait for the data to spin under the drive read/write head.
Hi, Tom. I just purchased a hp laptop and a Samsung 860 EVO SSD drive. When I connect the SSD drive to the laptop, the computer does sound two peeps. However, the drive does not show up in the file explorer. It is shown among the devices connected to the computer but disk manager indicates it is unallocated. Any suggestion?
Thanks a lot - I've been struggling for some time with migrating my Desktop setup to a larger SSD - and your video helped me a lot.
It`s cloning, which means that what is on your HDD will now be exactly what will be on the SSD.
@@JohnJones-cp4wh yes, that's what I thanked for
Just did this using your tutorial.. i have the same laptop as yours.. i upgraded to ssd and it worked like a dream! At first i dowloaded the version 12 of the partition app but realised its not free.. but i dowloaded the version10 and it worked perfectly! Laptop now is super fast!! Thank you so much mate!
@@CB-kq3ui it should still do the job..
You are the god sent technician who save me from 'dog walking..... speed HDD'. Thanks a hundred! My old-new laptop is now up n running @ lighting speed! Thanks again!
Will it automatically configure the SSD or do I have to go into the bios and tell it which drive? , sorry I am a newbie. Great video thanks
Great tutorial. One question: the cloning software mentions possible need to change BIOS. Could you please tell me what needs changing in BIOS; is it the boot up order? Thanks
yes, the reference is to the boot order. Using Partition magic, you always want to use USB boot first. at the start the usb drive is unbootable. At the point where you saw him get the error, the system reboots to the newly bootable usb drive to complete the clone. Failing to do so will result in the clone not completing.
errol mcinnes Could there be an issue if the laptop is configured for duel-boot? I am thinking of changing my SSD for a larger one, but my laptop can boot with both Windows and Linux. Might this cause problems or should the partition wizard sort it all out?
Alex L, though you asked your question a while back, and probably resolved the issue, let me answer your question if a new user is curious. The answer to your question is that the video applies to dual boot drives too. I have a Win 7, and Win 10 dual boot arrangement which I copied from a sluggish hard drive to the SSD. It made my laptop useable again.
Well done ! Clear and concise instructions. Paced to be heard clearly and distinctly. Thank you. Answered my question EXACTLY !
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And so on - I followed these instructions and switched to a Crucial MX500 1TB, and it has significantly improved performance on my Lenovo z50. I am literally writing this during what used to be my "bootup and go have coffee for 10 minutes" period. Thanks for a very useful video.
I have one more useful IT Tip to add:
1) If you use Partition Wizard to copy to SSD, all of your previously hidden partitions will be assigned a Drive letter. Eg. WINRE_DRV should be hidden, but it ended up visible in My Computer.
This is easily fixed by again running Partition Wizard, and changing the Drive Letter on those partitions to "none".
Hey bro, i have a lenovo z 50 -70 .
After tranfering os...were all your files present or just the os...
Also did you have any problems...
@@pranavnambiar1699 Hi Pranav. After transferring all of Hard Disk 0 to the new SSD, everything got transferred, including Drive C: (WIN10), Drive D: (my Data partition), and several smaller system partitions, such as WIN_RE. If you are having problems with Partition Wizard, you can try EaseUS ToDo Backup free version. I have several paid versions of this, which I use regularly for image backups:
- install it on Windows 10
- use it to save your entire hard drive to image (eg. onto USB hard drive)
- create an Easeus bootable Emergency Disk (very simple, its one of the menu options)
- remove Hard Disk and put in the new SSD
- use the Emergency Disk to restore (and tick the box for Optimise for SSD).
I did this on a 2nd identical z50, and it worked also. A bit slower though - it took quite a few hours.
@@karlgrimm7200 thankyou karl.😁
This was a bit fiddly, maybe partially because I was trying to replace an HDD that which I suspect had problems.
To get MiniTool Partition Tool to run, I had to:
1. Scan my old disk, and repair. The MiniTool choked on my HDD the first few times, until I cleaned it up.
2. Have to shut off EVERYTHING else that's running while MiniTool does the migration. That's not just closing apps that are obviously open. I had to use Windows Task Manager to kill a bunch of programs running in the background (e.g., McAfee security, various others). Otherwise the MiniTool would stop, and it did NOT proceed after a restart (as the pop-up indicated it would).
Since it took about 8 hours to run each time (before hanging), it took several days overall to get my HDD migrated. But eventually it worked, and my new drive runs fine, w/o loss of data.
Suggestion: If you have a way, you might want to backup all your data on the old drive to a network drive, and then delete it from your old drive. By minimizing the total size of data to be migrating, the MiniTool app runs a lot faster. Then you can restore your data from the network drive onto the new disk. For my system, it was faster to move data off the old HDD to Network Attached Storage, and then restore it later, rather than have MiniTool transfer all the data itself. And you get a backup of your data anyway, just in case something goes wrong.
Is that for just take windows to ssd drive or all the files i have in c partition?? Some help
Best tutorial around. Very simple, step by step with a very detailed instructions step by step.
Thanks a lot for this!
Thanks for the video. This one was complete with all instructions. Sending for my SSD. Keep up the good work. From Puerto Rico.
Thank you! Helped me a lot cloning my slow 4500rpm sata to the new ssd, both internal in my laptop! Excellent video!
After only 2 minutes in, the following needs mentioning:
1. If your drive is Encrypted with bitlocker, you will need to unencrypt the drive first. That could take many hours.
2. Before you copy the drive, if you are using a UEFI based computer, you need to go into disk management and choose the new drive partition format . MBR or GUID. Deciding which one is easy but I haven't the time right now to explain it. Perhaps later.
Or the option to choose a drive partition type will automatically popup, asking for a decision.
Not sure there will be many people watching this with an encrypted drive and if they have encrypted their drive, I would think they would know to unencrypt their drive first. But I also think with you sharing this knowledge will help others, so thanks.
you make it sound all complicated, and its not.
I think Bitlocker only works in windows 10 pro version.
Always happy to see a Fujitsu user
Smooth segway between cameras with no break in sound
Helpful instructive video thank you
Thanks for this. I'd never thought of using Partition Wizard to migrate the OS.
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Definitely. From Cyprus
EXCELLENT VIDEO - YOUR STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS WERE VERY GOOD
i also want to do it soon. may i ask if are there really no other stuffs not explained in the video??
great step by step tutorial. finally migrated to ssd from HD.
Best and clearest video on how to do this transition. Thank you for the encouragement to give it a try myself. I'm sure there wil be technical hiccups along the way. But it's fine. -- I've subscribed.
is that JASON STATHAM narrating?! AWESOME!!
Yes, don't tell anyone, I need the work.
@@Britec09 hehe...luv ur movies mr. Statham!
Hehe
When I went to transfer the files I got a pop up that said essentially you had to buy an upgrade
I uninstalled it and went to cnet and downloaded lazy soft disk image and clone and it worked fine
How did it go?
This is exactly what I needed since I'm planning to replace HDD on my laptop with SSD very soon (and putting HDD in a enclosure as a External Hard Drive)
You can replace your dvd drive via caddy for you hdd to be use as storage drive
@@meliodasfullcounter9300 I didn't open my laptop yet so I have no idea what caddy do I need to buy (the 9.7mm one or 12mm one). So in the meantime I'll use the HDD enclosure to browse my files)
I want to upgrade my laptop myself and if this works, I love you and u will be the goat (greatest of all time). Ill probably upgrade by Christmas time as sales skyrockets.
Jeevana Mathanarajah how was it?
omg, it was awesome. i recommend you to do it, its a great project