Laptop hdd to ssd upgrade.

[Arcca]

Hello,

my gf is having issues with her laptop, all signs show towards hard-drive issues, so we've decided to upgrade that.
I've seen people upgrading laptops from HDD's to SSD's, I wanted to make sure I don't make any mistakes when doing it.
Now, the files will be backed up, there should be a clean re-install made anyway, so I have 2 questions:
1) How to properly make sure that Windows licence is transferred from the old installation to new one, if I'm doing a completely clean install?

2) The laptop is this one: 
Asus X555L, 15.6" HD, i7 5500U 3.0Ghz CPU, 1Tb HDD, 6Gb RAM, Radeon R5 M230 2Gb
Can I just buy a Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD MZ-75E500B, and use it, or is there any adapter/cable/tray necessary for proper installation?

[another random person]

56 minutes ago, Arcca said:

Hello,

my gf is having issues with her laptop, all signs show towards hard-drive issues, so we've decided to upgrade that.
I've seen people upgrading laptops from HDD's to SSD's, I wanted to make sure I don't make any mistakes when doing it.
Now, the files will be backed up, there should be a clean re-install made anyway, so I have 2 questions:
1) How to properly make sure that Windows licence is transferred from the old installation to new one, if I'm doing a completely clean install?

2) The laptop is this one: 
Asus X555L, 15.6" HD, i7 5500U 3.0Ghz CPU, 1Tb HDD, 6Gb RAM, Radeon R5 M230 2Gb
Can I just buy a Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD MZ-75E500B, and use it, or is there any adapter/cable/tray necessary for proper installation?

 

The process behind the transferral of licenses is rather lengthy so it would be far too difficult for me to describe. Although, heres a link for a comprehensive guide: https://www.groovypost.com/howto/transfer-windows-10-license-new-pc/

 

With regards to the laptop, you should be pretty much good to go, just plug and play, all modern laptops with HDDs use the SATA interface so therefore any SATA SSD will be able to be plugged straight into the port. No adapter needed.