Update Probook s 4730 to SSD

Hi all

I'm going to upgrade the drive on my 4730 s and I was wondering if any of you have any advice or tips about the process. I read that some (not necessarily HP) machines are not always simple. My machine is only a few months old, but it works with 8 GB of RAM, a Core i5 and Win7 Pro 64-bit.

I'm an OCZ Vertex 4 @ 256 GB to replace the Toshiba 500 GB drive that I currently have.

I read through the FAQs and suggested that I use Macrium reflect free to clone my current HD to the new. How is this face to the smallest HD - it will search a partition of size idnetically on the SSD?

Is a more reasonable way to use Win Backup to save my current operating system and then restore to the new HD?

There is no data on my machine that I can't live without - I store remotely and save regularly.

Any help appreciated gratefully. Links are fine - I can read!

See you soon,.

Michael P

Hi Michael,

Here is the service guide for your laptop: http://bizsupport2.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c03054480/c03054480.pdf

I think the beginning of process of removing hard drive page 52. A for cloning the hard drive, there is no need to see a partition of the same size, just to make sure that the reader has enough storage space to accommodate the cloning.

If you really do not have the data that is on the drive that is to be replaced, I would go before a making a new installation of your operating system. This allows an installation in a lot cleaner and generally has the best results.

I hope this helps!

Sean

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