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tcofran

tcofran

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Ola MyBB,

I have a Dell Inspiron 15 3567 laptop (Service Tag: F94K6L2). Where would be the best place in Pretoria East to have the following done:

Remove existing HDD and move to CD Rom location, install new 240gb SSD and migrate existing windows installation to SSD
I would prefer to drop the laptop off and wait a while to pick, as this cant take to long can it ?

Thanks in advance
 
Hmm not to sure about moving the HDD to the CD ROM part will it fit ?... Rather clone it from an external chassis
 
Daruk said:
He's going to lose 1Tb of storage I'd he doesn't use it internally. I've done this but it's not always a nice clean fit. I literally superglued the original CD ROM cover to the chassis since the drive bay cover wasn't a clean fit. It was an older PC though.
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In a laptop ? Eish. But then again my lappie is thinner than my IQ
 
Not worried about the installed apps, just want to have windows. Will that make it easier ?
 
Thanks for all the replies guys / girls....

Would matrix etc be capable enough to pull this off ?
 
tcofran said:
Will be cheaper to buy new laptop with SSD then :unsure:
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LoL. It was a bit of a joke, but I went to our 'best' PC shop a couple of days wanting a full ATX box. Guess what .. They sold me a mini ATX chassis. Then for fun I asked them for a molex to 4 pin cable and they looked more confused than a cow giving birth to a rabbit.
 
tcofran said:
Not worried about the installed apps, just want to have windows. Will that make it easier ?
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In that case just reinstall as it really does not take long. Download all the apps you use to the hard drive a day before the swap so it's all ready for quick installation and then simply move all you data across you want on the ssd.


tcofran said:
Closest is Matrix shoppie in Monument Park...... Will swing past there in the week
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I don't trust those guys, rather take it to one of these whichever is closest to you,
Rebel Tech - Office 3, Carlswald Decor Centre Cnr 5th Road & Harry Galaun Drive Carlswald Midrand - 011 462 6280
Titan Ice - 774 Jacqueline Drive (Across from the Edgar street intersection) Garsfontein Pretoria - 012 998 5668


Get a caddy for the HDD to fit in the optical drive slot, example only https://www.takealot.com/12-7mm-sat...egpGV7TyAVEvQC3OngoaAqqtEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
 
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Being wanting to do this conversion for awhile now.
My Dell laptop is a pain to boot up. It take about 5 min to boot up and log on to internet.

My problem is keeping win7 pro so my design software still works.
 
spiff said:
Being wanting to do this conversion for awhile now.
My Dell laptop is a pain to boot up. It take about 5 min to boot up and log on to internet.

My problem is keeping win7 pro so my design software still works.
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You most likely have some hardware issues where windows cannot resolve or detect a certain device. 5 Minutes is a very long time even with a mechanical drive. Check your event log.
 
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