My very old HP ENVY laptop needs a new network adapter. I say this because the system is not receiving the 5Ghz signal from my router and is running at only about a tenth the download speed it should (33-35Mbps). My Dell Inspiron runs at about 175 Mpbs in the same room and sees both networks. My ISP delivers ~300 Mbps capability.
Replacing the network card should be simple. If it works, I want to replace the 1TB hard drive with a 512Gb SSD. I'm not using even a fourth of the space on the hard drive and would rather have the speed of SSD than the space. I can always use peripherals if I need more space. My questions are about migrating from the HDD to the SSD, successfully, without bricking the system.
Replacing the network card should be simple. If it works, I want to replace the 1TB hard drive with a 512Gb SSD. I'm not using even a fourth of the space on the hard drive and would rather have the speed of SSD than the space. I can always use peripherals if I need more space. My questions are about migrating from the HDD to the SSD, successfully, without bricking the system.
- I would prefer to clone the HDD to the SSD to avoid reinstalling Windows 10 Home and all the software on the machine. Is this possible?
- I have a viable SD card slot and recently backed up the entire HDD to a 1TB SD card to valid that it works. I used AOMEI Backupper Pro.
- Can I clone the HDD to an SD card; remove the HDD replacing it with the SSD; then clone back to the SSD? The laptop doesn't support 2 SATA drives.
- Assuming I can clone the HDD to the SD card, how would I go about booting from the SD card to complete the process of getting up on the SSD?
- What else should I consider? (other than making ample backups before starting)
- Is there a how-to that I can read and follow to do this?