Windows 10: I need to replace my hard disk drive on my laptop. What's the best one?

Discus and support I need to replace my hard disk drive on my laptop. What's the best one? in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; I'm not too computer hardware savvy, but I do get the gist of it all. I'd made a post here a while back about my laptop being slow and a couple of... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/l3th4rgic, Dec 2, 2019.

  1. /U/L3TH4RGIC
    /u/l3th4rgic Win User

    I need to replace my hard disk drive on my laptop. What's the best one?


    I'm not too computer hardware savvy, but I do get the gist of it all. I'd made a post here a while back about my laptop being slow and a couple of people said it was my HDD crapping out and I need a new one. At first, I tried backing everything up on an external hard drive then tried resetting the laptop into factory settings, but it ran so slow and it kept crashing that I couldn't even reset it.

    So it's cyber Monday and the best day to buy something online. Since I'm not too great at this, could someone please help me find a good option? Or would any HDD do? There are some on Amazon that aren't too pricey. My laptop is a Lenovo Ideapad 310 (not the best, but I only use it for school and research, sometimes photo/video editing)

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    /u/l3th4rgic, Dec 2, 2019
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  2. SCOUTINGWRAITH
    scoutingwraith Win User

    Laptop hard drive upgrade

    To replace a hard drive on a laptop is a little more troublesome than a desktop. 1st as most people here suggest you will need some sort of a backup disk just in case. Also be sure when buying the new Hard Disk is compatible with your model. And i would strongly suggest you install a new system and start from scratch because there are far too many problems that can occur when transferring system files.
     
    scoutingwraith, Dec 2, 2019
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  3. DIPPYSKOODLEZ
    Dippyskoodlez Win User
    Laptop hard drive upgrade

    If you ghost the OS from disk to disk with the same system it should work fine. Thing is you have to GHOST the disk, including the MBR or it won't be bootable. Any other normal laptop drive should work as long as the connections the same.



    If you cannot make a backup install CD, you'll likely need to locate a windows install CD, unless you can ghost the drive. Thats pretty much your only options atm.
     
    Dippyskoodlez, Dec 2, 2019
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  4. JAMUPNORTH
    jamupnorth Win User

    I need to replace my hard disk drive on my laptop. What's the best one?

    Laptop hard drive upgrade

    Yeah but it is a bit of a bummer when i have paid for a genuine copy of windows mce.
    but i do have a copy of vista that i could put in the laptop but i am not too sure it will be good as it is slower on my desktop which i dual boot wwith xp. the spec is

    3000+ SEMPRON CPU
    1GB DDR RAM
    40 GB RAM
     
    jamupnorth, Dec 2, 2019
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