solid State Drive for an iBM/lenovo thinpad,T61 Series

[simonchipmunk]

I was advised to get a solid state drive,7000rpm, for my IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad T61 Series(laptop).
right now it has an 80 GB hard drive installed, and runs Windows 7.0. I was just notified yesterday to reserve my copy of Windows 10, which I did. It has a dual core processor and runs at greater than 2.0 Ghz per sec.
I know nothing about removing or installing anything, other than the RAM bars, and battery, in a laptop. i also don't know anything about these new drives,or how they are connected to the rest of the computer.
my other laptop is a refurbished Hewlett Packard, and it has a dual core processor that runs at 2.8 Ghz/sec. I have reserved my copy of windows 10 for it too. I shouldn't need a solid state drive for it should I?
I would appreciate any advice /recommendation(s) offered.
simonchipmunk

 

[skitszo]

SSD's are not a RPM mechanical hard drive; they basically are like ram in that its electronic.
Some of the SSD's come with cloning software that will clone your hard drive over. The best way is to just do a new fresh install of windows and use your old license to activate it. My suggestion is getting a 240-256GB hard drive. any other storage needs can be met with external drives. assuming you don't have a second bay.

PS: yes i will always recommend SSD's. I like that it makes everything more snappy.

as to what your willing to try to do yourself or have someone else do? You'd want to google and learn how to get a USB bootable ISO mounted windows. microsoft is making ISO windows 10 available to make the new installs available that way. Thats what i would suggest doing. keep your olf hard drive for data then installing the fresh windows when available.

You want to run Belarc and save the page for a copy of your program licenses for migrating programs. just doing it that way you would need install media then you plug in your licenses.

 

[simonchipmunk]

SSD's are not a RPM mechanical hard drive; they basically are like ram in that its electronic.
Some of the SSD's come with cloning software that will clone your hard drive over. The best way is to just do a new fresh install of windows and use your old license to activate it. My suggestion is getting a 240-256GB hard drive. any other storage needs can be met with external drives. assuming you don't have a second bay.

PS: yes i will always recommend SSD's. I like that it makes everything more snappy.

as to what your willing to try to do yourself or have someone else do? You'd want to google and learn how to get a USB bootable ISO mounted windows. microsoft is making ISO windows 10 available to make the new installs available that way. Thats what i would suggest doing. keep your olf hard drive for data then installing the fresh windows when available.

You want to run Belarc and save the page for a copy of your program licenses for migrating programs. just doing it that way you would need install media then you plug in your licenses.

I will check the manuals that I downloaded for the T61 and the HP to get the information on removing and installing a drive in them.
My next question is ,do the solid state drives connect to the laptop's motherboard like the current drives or do I have to install something else to get them to work with the motherboard? The laptops only have the bay for the hard drive, and the DVD/CD-ROM drive bay.
I know that Microsoft will be selling flash drives with Windows 10 but that is out of my financial reach.
Why can't I make a Backup Copy of the windows 10 onto DVD disc after I have installed it, in case I don't like it and want to go back to Windows 7.0?

 

[skitszo]

actually the ISO can be downloaded from the net. you would only need a flash drive and a guide to learn how.

The SSD's are sata drives. so it should just be the same.

You could use that other hard drive(rather small GB though) by installing a hard drive bay kit into the dvd player bay.

http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Alaptop%20hard%20drive%20caddy

 

[skitszo]

looking at your specs.. says it has an ultrabay... that may be your second hard drive spot.

 

[simonchipmunk]

actually the ISO can be downloaded from the net. you would only need a flash drive and a guide to learn how.

The SSD's are sata drives. so it should just be the same.

You could use that other hard drive(rather small GB though) by installing a hard drive bay kit into the dvd player bay.

http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Alaptop%20hard%20drive%20caddy

I don't want to use my DVD/CD-ROM as a hard drive, as I need it for making copies of stuff that I download in my genealogy research. I haven't had time today to check my manuals to see how the hard drive is connected to their motherboards. but I will check. I will also check on how to download the iSo onto a flash drive.
thanks for youe advice.