Windows 10: Getting faster -HD for laptop. How do I clone?

Getting a faster HD for my laptop.
On my desktop it's easy to backup and clone
How would I do this for laptop though ?

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WD Full Scan

I have just purchased a lower end laptop. WD is taking 15hrs to get through 3/4 of the full scan, is this normal and what are the possible causes/solutions? An even lower model laptop I just upgraded from seemed to have no such issues. Previous model had
a Celeron processor and 32gb hd, current model has an AMD A4 processor and 500gb hd, both 4gb RAM. Is it possibly that there is potentially much more files/space to scan and not a much faster(if not slower processor)?

 

My laptop tried to upgrade from Win7 to Win10, and now I get a black screen. How do I revert to Win7? Dell Inspiron n5050

My Son's laptop (Dell Inspiron n5050) tried to upgrade from Win7 to Win10, and now I get a black screen.

How do I revert to Win7?

If it helps, I have access to the HD and can connect it to another computer as an external HD.

Thanks guys.

 

What I would suggest you do is buy a USB 3.0 enclosure for the old hard drive, that way you can use it for external storage after you remove it from the laptop. The steps would be:

Make a bootable USB flash drive or DVD of Kyhi's recovery tools:
Windows 10 Recovery Tools - Bootable Rescue Disk

Make sure you can boot your computer from it. Replace the hard drive. Place the old hard drive in the enclosure or connect it to a USB to SATA adapter cable. Boot from Kyhi's recovery tools. Use Macrium Reflect or AEOMI Partition Assistant to clone the old drive connected by USB to the new drive installed internally.

Here's a couple examples of cables and enclosures:
Amazon.com: [USB 3.0 & Tool-free ] Inateck USB 3.0 HDD SATA External Hard Drive Disk Enclosure Case for 9.5mm 7mm 2.5 Inch SATA HDD and SSD(FE2004): Computers & Accessories

Amazon.com: StarTech USB 3.0 to 2.5" SATA III Hard Drive Adapter Cable w/ UASP - SATA to USB 3.0 Converter for SSD/HDD: Computers & Accessories

Here's more information:
Computer wouldn't boot after cloning to SSD

After you get the new HDD running in the computer, the first thing I would do is make an image of it with Macrium Reflect storing it on the old HDD for backup.