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Hi,

I have a laptop (packard bell easynote tm94-rb-021uk) and wondering how I'd upgrade to an SSD.

1. Do laptops use 2.5" bays for Hard Drives etc. ?

2. Do they use SATA? If so, are the SSD backwards compatible, as I presume my laptop wouldn't have SATA III?

3. How would I install Ubuntu off the BIOS into the SSD?

The SSD I'm looking at is a pretty boring 840 EVO 240GB (all I need for HW)

 

1) yes

2)yes, yes, doenst matter

3) Sorry what? Off the BIOS?, you can install Ubuntu off a usb stick, or you could use samsung software to a mirror copy of your current hard drive onto the SSD so that you do not have to install anything

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Hi,

I have a laptop (packard bell easynote tm94-rb-021uk) and wondering how I'd upgrade to an SSD.

1. Do laptops use 2.5" bays for Hard Drives etc. ?

2. Do they use SATA? If so, are the SSD backwards compatible, as I presume my laptop wouldn't have SATA III?

3. How would I install Ubuntu off the BIOS into the SSD?

The SSD I'm looking at is a pretty boring 840 EVO 240GB (all I need for HW)

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Ask @tmcclelland455

He installed one in a laptop

 

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Hi,

I have a laptop (packard bell easynote tm94-rb-021uk) and wondering how I'd upgrade to an SSD.

1. Do laptops use 2.5" bays for Hard Drives etc. ?

2. Do they use SATA? If so, are the SSD backwards compatible, as I presume my laptop wouldn't have SATA III?

3. How would I install Ubuntu off the BIOS into the SSD?

The SSD I'm looking at is a pretty boring 840 EVO 240GB (all I need for HW)

 

1) yes

2)yes, yes, doenst matter

3) Sorry what? Off the BIOS?, you can install Ubuntu off a usb stick, or you could use samsung software to a mirror copy of your current hard drive onto the SSD so that you do not have to install anything

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3) Sorry what? Off the BIOS?, you can install Ubuntu off a usb stick, or you could use samsung software to a mirror copy of your current hard drive onto the SSD so that you do not have to install anything

That's what I meant :D I'm just curios on how to install it off the USB stick. Thanks for your help :)

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1. Yes.

2. Pretty much anything since 2009 has SATA (at least 2009).

3. Use PowerISO and make a bootable flash drive with whatever ISO you want. Then find out how to bring up the boot prompt and select the flash drive.

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1. Yes.

2. Pretty much anything since 2009 has SATA (at least 2009).

3. Use PowerISO and make a bootable flash drive with whatever ISO you want. Then find out how to bring up the boot prompt and select the flash drive.

Could I mount my old HDD to my build and use it as a music drive if I format it?
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Could I mount my old HDD to my build and use it as a music drive if I format it?

Yup.

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1. Yes.

2. Pretty much anything since 2009 has SATA (at least 2009).

3. Use PowerISO and make a bootable flash drive with whatever ISO you want. Then find out how to bring up the boot prompt and select the flash drive.

Isn't PowerISO a paid program? I want to install Ubuntu onto the USB stick :)
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There are loads of programs to create bootable USB. As I understand you want to be able to run Ubuntu on the USB stick and not use the USB stick as install media?

 

Use UNetbootin to achieve that: http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ there is even a guide in the Ubuntu Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LiveUsbPendrivePersistent#Installing_Ubuntu_on_USB_drive_using_Windows

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There are loads of programs to create bootable USB. As I understand you want to be able to run Ubuntu on the USB stick and not use the USB stick as install media?

 

Use UNetbootin to achieve that: http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ there is even a guide in the Ubuntu Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LiveUsbPendrivePersistent#Installing_Ubuntu_on_USB_drive_using_Windows

No, I want it as install media.
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Isn't PowerISO a paid program? I want to install Ubuntu onto the USB stick :)

Nope. You just have to pay to get rid of the nag and to edit files over 350MB I think.

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