Thinking on repairing a laptop for the first time

[MatsNorway]

A family member has a ASUS VivoBook S550CB 15.6" and the mechanical disk has started messing up. I wonder if i can swap in a SSD. Anyone have experience doing that? And if so, do you have a small ssd recommendation? 120gig

 

Ebay has this listed https://www.ebay.com/itm/332848162255

But it seems to be a regular stationary PC SSD in picture. Any tips on what to look for?

 

Apart from that it has worked flawlessly since 2013 or so.

[.Apex.]

1 hour ago, MatsNorway said:

A family member has a ASUS VivoBook S550CB 15.6" and the mechanical disk has started messing up. I wonder if i can swap in a SSD. Anyone have experience doing that? And if so, do you have a small ssd recommendation? 120gig

Yeah it should be a very simple swap, only a couple of screws to open the back. 0:50

 

You can put any 2.5" SATA SSD in there, I suggest at least a 240GB though, they're pretty cheap at only ~35$ for the SanDisk SSD.

 

https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-240GB-Solid-State-SDSSDA-240G-G26/dp/B01F9G43WU

[.Apex.]

1 minute ago, _Syn_ said:

You can put any 2.5" SATA SSD in there, I suggest at least a 240GB though, they're pretty cheap at only ~35$ for the SanDisk SSD.

https://www.amazon.com/Blue-NAND-500GB-SSD-WDS500G2B0A/dp/B073SBZ8YH

 

A 500GB is at 60$.

[MatsNorway]

Openfile. Why you talking about BIN files? do i need to do something extra if i install win 10 on the 2.5"?

 

Can i extract the Windows 8 key and reuse it to get win 10 on a new drive?

[.Apex.]

14 minutes ago, MatsNorway said:

Openfile. Why you talking about BIN files? do i need to do something extra if i install win 10 on the 2.5"?

 

Can i extract the Windows 8 key and reuse it to get win 10 on a new drive?

He could be a bot I'm not sure, what he said is completely unrelated.

 

(quote when you reply so people get a notification)

[MatsNorway]

I think he somehow posted in the wrong thread. I have seen it before, but not sure where.

 

So. Anyone know if Win 8 key licence can be extracted/reused?

[mcmad358]

9 hours ago, _Syn_ said:

https://www.amazon.com/Blue-NAND-500GB-SSD-WDS500G2B0A/dp/B073SBZ8YH

 

A 500GB is at 60$.

Just bought this yesterday and reinstalled OS. What a deal for a nice drive.

[MatsNorway]

But how do you get the activation key from a preinstalled system!? I am yelling with no harm intended