Well, that's the beauty of the cloning software we used as well as a bunch of clone utilities on the market actually - the software will allow you to specify the partition size on the target, regardless of the source partition size, so long as the data isn't actually larger than the capacity of the target drive obviously. In other words, it should auto-size the partition down to the target drive and I believe I explained that quickly in the video. It's hard to get it all in under 10 mins!
This is a very good instructional video. Thanks. But something tells me that it is a good idea to remove the battery from the laptop whenever poking around with components.
***** ik im very late but SSD is kinda expensive hence the one u linked is 500GB and $258.57 when i can get a 1TB hard drive for $60 which is double that space. with 240 dollars i can get 4TB's why spend 250 on 500GB's? thats just how i look at it even tho im sure there are some cheaper ssd's out there still...its just not worth it to me
MrKJH4 SSD for system files + HDD for storage. This is the ideal setup. I was tired of waiting my hard drive spin. An SSD made real difference. But I still have terabytes of data on my external HDDs.
reha candan yeah ive done some looking around since then i still find the price a little extreme but they are good devices for what they do if the price of them went down a little then the'll be perfect
I believe one of the reasons behind the higher prices is the perception that SSD's are "cutting edge". Yeah, they are the latest and greatest technology indeed, but I suspect manufacturers may be taking advantage of this to keep prices higher.
reha candan well i think they really should just charge a little less im sure more people will buy them ik i would if a 500 gig ssd went down to like 100 or 150. 250 is just too much for me
Could you clone your disk to an external hard drive (via USB), put in the new SSD drive, boot from the external USB drive, and then clone the external drive to the newly installed SSD? Essentially, this would bypass the need for a USB-to-SATA converter.
Everything is explain so clearly. Thank you. But I see one problem. For the cloning process, what if the capacity of the source hard drive is bigger (as it should always be) than the target drive's? (unlike in this video) The data in our laptop could be less than e.g. 80GB, but most HDD size these days are well over 200GB. How could we clone them?? Thank you in advance.
Tony, the battery is +12, V.D.C. and the charger/power supply is +18 V.D.C. Not a Shock Hazard. ? why would you think otherwise? Desktop machines have 120 V.A.C. or 240 V.A.C depending on what country strait to the box but again the internal voltage is +5,-5,+12,-12 V.D.C.too low to hurt you. I agree it is a good idea to remove power, but this is to save the machine from damage not keep you from being shocked by internal wiring. peace 2u
+Stephen Phillips SSDs generally consume less power but I would be surprised if it helped battery life that much. However, an SSD will add a level of speed and responsiveness to your laptop that you'll find quite noticeable. If it's a standard 2.5" HDD in there, any quality SATA SSD will do the trick.
I just bought a Dell Latitude D420. Which has an 1.8'' HDD. And I'm kinda disappointed that it needs such a specific type of SSD, I can't buy one above 120Gb.
i've got the lg x120 notebook. it runs with a seagate hdd 2.5" 5400rpm 250gb and i want to replace it with a western digital blu 320gb... i dont want any of my files into the new hardrive. !!!ONLY THE OPERATING SYSTEM!!! How can i do it? ( transfer the win7 starte into the new hdd ) btw nice vid
did you put an operating system *linux , Windows, etc. on the drive or clone old drives contents to the new one? that would be a big reason. also did you remove the old drive or (add the new drive. requires bios setting attention). P.s. I know this is 7 month old Question. added answer for information purposes. Peace 2u
By the way does anyone know how to download the clonezilla program from the website because when you go there it doesn't let you download it or give you a download button?
Nieminen Eminem haha it will if u do it properly... becareful with the soft ribbon part attached to your hdd.. because if it broken, say bye2 to hundred dollars hard earned money
Faddli Syamsul Literally all I do for my income is sit down and look at what people are doing. And every half an hour I walk around trough shower room and gym. Thats all so its not very "hard earned" money
you people that are going from SSD to SSD. send me your old one. LOL these things are cool and my old lap top would be doing much better with one of these bad boys in it. very nice video. I thought there was going to be some secret cool thing i'd need to know, apparently not. man you guys with two bays are lucky, next one I look for will have some shit like that. LOL that would be sweet. a whole super fast drive for cool crap. awesome.
Well, that's the beauty of the cloning software we used as well as a bunch of clone utilities on the market actually - the software will allow you to specify the partition size on the target, regardless of the source partition size, so long as the data isn't actually larger than the capacity of the target drive obviously. In other words, it should auto-size the partition down to the target drive and I believe I explained that quickly in the video. It's hard to get it all in under 10 mins!
Hi good video but you forgot to say that before replacing the hard drive to remove the battery before replacing the hard drive
This is a very good instructional video. Thanks. But something tells me that it is a good idea to remove the battery from the laptop whenever poking around with components.
"2009 the year of ssd" it was only that year because in 2014 we still use hard drives in over 70% of computers and laptops
***** ik im very late but SSD is kinda expensive hence the one u linked is 500GB and $258.57 when i can get a 1TB hard drive for $60 which is double that space. with 240 dollars i can get 4TB's why spend 250 on 500GB's? thats just how i look at it even tho im sure there are some cheaper ssd's out there still...its just not worth it to me
MrKJH4
SSD for system files + HDD for storage. This is the ideal setup. I was tired of waiting my hard drive spin. An SSD made real difference. But I still have terabytes of data on my external HDDs.
reha candan yeah ive done some looking around since then i still find the price a little extreme but they are good devices for what they do if the price of them went down a little then the'll be perfect
I believe one of the reasons behind the higher prices is the perception that SSD's are "cutting edge". Yeah, they are the latest and greatest technology indeed, but I suspect manufacturers may be taking advantage of this to keep prices higher.
reha candan well i think they really should just charge a little less im sure more people will buy them ik i would if a 500 gig ssd went down to like 100 or 150. 250 is just too much for me
Could you clone your disk to an external hard drive (via USB), put in the new SSD drive, boot from the external USB drive, and then clone the external drive to the newly installed SSD? Essentially, this would bypass the need for a USB-to-SATA converter.
Everything is explain so clearly. Thank you.
But I see one problem.
For the cloning process, what if the capacity of the source hard drive is bigger (as it should always be) than the target drive's? (unlike in this video)
The data in our laptop could be less than e.g. 80GB, but most HDD size these days are well over 200GB. How could we clone them??
Thank you in advance.
Yes, definitely a good idea! We didn't do that but I would recommend folks do that for sure.
cloning a hdd to sdd needs additional adapter.. i think re-install your OS with cd or usb drive is less cumbersome
Faddli Syamsul backup to another drive
Tony, the battery is +12, V.D.C. and the charger/power supply is +18 V.D.C.
Not a Shock Hazard. ? why would you think otherwise? Desktop machines have 120 V.A.C. or 240 V.A.C depending on what country strait to the box but again the internal voltage is +5,-5,+12,-12 V.D.C.too low to hurt you. I agree it is a good idea to remove power, but this is to save the machine from damage not keep you from being shocked by internal wiring. peace 2u
Two questions:
1. Will this be perfect for my Toshiba Satellite Series laptop?
2. Will an SSD really save me a lot of battery time?
+Stephen Phillips SSDs generally consume less power but I would be surprised if it helped battery life that much. However, an SSD will add a level of speed and responsiveness to your laptop that you'll find quite noticeable. If it's a standard 2.5" HDD in there, any quality SATA SSD will do the trick.
so when you start it up with the new cloned drive it just starts up like nothing happened with the os and all of the programs working normally?
there should be plug , did you remove it and place it on the new hard drive?
I have a Samsung RC730 with two hard drive bays, can I add a an SSD drive into the free bay?
Wow great video but will i be able to do this in a acer aspire 7750g
I just bought a Dell Latitude D420. Which has an 1.8'' HDD. And I'm kinda disappointed that it needs such a specific type of SSD, I can't buy one above 120Gb.
if I buy a new laptop brand new, i still have to clone the hdd?? or i just can simply replace the ssd for the hdd??
What sw can i use to clone my netbook hard disk to an SSD seeing as it dosent have a cd drive to boot off
can i replace a 5400 rmp hard disk of my qosmio notbook with an 7200 rpm one? is that going to speed up games?loading n stuff???
@TheNETech Nah... we do it all the time. The level of magnetism in that screwdriver tip isn't enough to bother anything, even the spinning disk. :)
@john0022 It depends on the size of the drive but anywhere from 20 - 60 mins or so.
Hello and thanks a lot for your useful video, my question is that, is there any way to use SSD Hard drive for Dell Inspiron 1300?
i've got the lg x120 notebook. it runs with a seagate hdd 2.5" 5400rpm 250gb and i want to replace it with a western digital blu 320gb... i dont want any of my files into the new hardrive. !!!ONLY THE OPERATING SYSTEM!!! How can i do it? ( transfer the win7 starte into the new hdd )
btw nice vid
How long does it take to clone from HDD to SSD?
did you put an operating system *linux , Windows, etc. on the drive or clone old drives contents to the new one? that would be a big reason. also did you remove the old drive or (add the new drive. requires bios setting attention).
P.s. I know this is 7 month old Question. added answer for information purposes. Peace 2u
if I want to upgrade from SSD to a larger SSD, is it the same process?
By the way does anyone know how to download the clonezilla program from the website because when you go there it doesn't let you download it or give you a download button?
Ah nice, didnt know cloning was so easy for the drives.
hi, do you always have to clone the whole hdd or can you enable just special parts?
Restore Disc from the company of brand of that computer you using
i used a program called "reflect" it took me 15 minutes to do a complete clone
how much a hard drive weighs? can you tell me this in grams
That was quiet informative and useful! Thanks!
can you clone a hdd to an hdd?
will this method work for a mk6 toughbook cf19 that has no cd drive?
thank you very much
Yes, but you'd have to install the software on a bootable USB memory stick and perform the file transfer that way.
+urtjytjtuty or you could just simply buy an external CD ROM Drive
Can You Clone Windows 7 Or 8 And So On? Because You Said Clone The Entire HDD..
You need to create a Recovery Disk first then you can replace the HDD
It should yes. The more RPM a drive has, the faster the computer is able to load anything on that drive.
Nice tips...................
change Boot Sequence
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love this site
Thanks Rich! Good to have you with us brother! :)
Do ypu know how to improve video on an hp 2133 running windows Vista?
also maybe better not to use a magnetic screwdriver around your drive...
you will get shocked if you leave it on and brake the motherboard and must touch something metal before removing it.
@TheNETech hehe i thought the same thing instant when i saw it;
but ok i think he knows what hes doing not an expert my self just common knowledge
NEVER EVER DEFRAGMENT YOUR SSD. EVER.
hidden comercial for nike?
Aren't you suppose to groundedm
a great walk through for the noobs out there, this is simple stuff, but what the heck is "SAyTA"...haha:)
@chandin69 Get a external CDROM.
7:35 and THEN it doesnt boot up and i hate my life again.
Please guys dont do this alone it will fuck up whole day
Nieminen Eminem haha it will if u do it properly... becareful with the soft ribbon part attached to your hdd.. because if it broken, say bye2 to hundred dollars hard earned money
Faddli Syamsul Literally all I do for my income is sit down and look at what people are doing. And every half an hour I walk around trough shower room and gym. Thats all so its not very "hard earned" money
if the ssd doesn't have the windows installed, it doesn't boot up. Install the windows and you're ready to go
i would recomand alienware....
I've never had an issue with a magnetic driver in my 15+ years of working with systems.
you people that are going from SSD to SSD. send me your old one. LOL these things are cool and my old lap top would be doing much better with one of these bad boys in it.
very nice video. I thought there was going to be some secret cool thing i'd need to know, apparently not. man you guys with two bays are lucky, next one I look for will have some shit like that. LOL that would be sweet. a whole super fast drive for cool crap. awesome.
you are awesom =)
super video
nice video subscribe Its all the same way to upgrade to notebook plz reply
Why would I want a 160gb ssd when I have 500gb drive?
You wouldn't. Just get a 500GB SSD.
lol you're right XD
This video is from 2009
Why should you drive a Kia, when you have a Honda👌
omm this isnt a UP Grade bcoz u get moar storage space wit a hard drive not a sdd -_- #rekt
Chewseph faster boot-up > 1tb of useless storage space.
Sarcasm. Why do I still make these comments?
Chewseph then don't.
Sorry, fun police.
I cheese farted.