Help installing a SSD!

[K i a r a]

Hey 

 

so just bought a ssd for my laptop and I need help! 

 

After like an hour of trying to open the case. 

I got it open. 

 

The laptop is off. Should I Disconnect the battery?  Or is it fine. 

And the SSD just installs right beside the HDD? I’m 90% sure.

but this is my first time doing this. 

 

 

[Snipergod87]

Yup, just plug in in, no reason to disconnect the battery or anything else.

[VinZie]

I would disconnect the battery because anything is unpredictable with batteries. Also you do install it as I circle it in the picture. 

[flibberdipper]

It never hurts to unplug the battery, but you really shouldn't have to. Other than that, just take the screw out of the M.2 standoff, throw the drive in, screw it down, and do whatever you gotta do.

[K i a r a]

3 minutes ago, tmcclelland455 said:

 

 

5 minutes ago, Snipergod87 said:

Yup, just plug in in, no reason to disconnect the battery or anything else.

Really who ever replies first. 

But what do I do with this lol. 

It’s like a sticker or feels like hard plastic. Has tape on the backside. 

 

 

 

[VinZie]

1 minute ago, K i a r a said:

 

Really who ever replies first. 

But what do I do with this lol. 

It’s like a sticker or feels like hard plastic. Has tape on the backside. 

 

 

 

You put that on top of the M.2 and you screw it down with it. Think of it as a back plate for a GPU. Gives the SSD a cleaner look.

[K i a r a]

Just now, VinZie said:

You put that on top of the M.2 and you screw it down with it. Think of it as a back plate for a GPU. Gives the SSD a cleaner look.

 

I just stick it here? 

Those  circle tabs are to remove then the back is sticky. 

[VinZie]

1 minute ago, K i a r a said:

 

I just stick it here? 

Those  circle tabs are to remove then the back is sticky. 

Looks about right. I don't see why put it on though. You're using a laptop, might interfere with putting the case back on.

[flibberdipper]

6 minutes ago, K i a r a said:

 

Really who ever replies first. 

But what do I do with this lol. 

It’s like a sticker or feels like hard plastic. Has tape on the backside. 

 

 

 

 

Looks like a glorified heatsink for it, don't bother putting it on. Might actually do more harm that good, especially since it's in a laptop.

[K i a r a]

9 minutes ago, tmcclelland455 said:

Looks like a glorified heatsink for it, don't bother putting it on. Might actually do more harm that good, especially since it's in a laptop.

 

10 minutes ago, VinZie said:

Looks about right. I don't see why put it on though. You're using a laptop, might interfere with putting the case back on.

Uhhh. 

So issue. 

Computer turned on fine. 

 

But it I don’t see the SSD in my computer ._.

[VinZie]

1 minute ago, K i a r a said:

 

Uhhh. 

So issue. 

Computer turned on fine. 

 

But it I don’t see the SSD in my computer ._.

Boot into bios and see if bios recognized it.

[K i a r a]

2 minutes ago, VinZie said:

Boot into bios and see if bios recognized it.

Well. I see it in disk management. 

 

Its disk one. 

 

 

[VinZie]

2 minutes ago, K i a r a said:

Well. I see it in disk management. 

 

Its disk one. 

 

 

1.Run the command prompt.

2. At the command prompt window, type in diskmgmt then press Enter. This will open up Disk Management.

3. In Disk Management window, find the SSD which will be shown as Disk 1 (or Disk 2 etc. depending on the amount of drives you have on the machine.) Right click on the SSD then choose "Convert to GPT" (if it's currently uses MBR), or "Convert to MBR" (if it's currently uses GPT.) Just make sure it shares the same drive format type as the existing hard drive.

[K i a r a]

6 minutes ago, VinZie said:

 

So I converted to MBR  

but still don’t see it showing up in My computer. 

 

Even after I reset. 

[K i a r a]

15 minutes ago, VinZie said:

 

Dude I changed to the MBR thing. 

And after a restart it’s now showing up now.