Installing a SSD into a 3+ year old asus laptop

[jbaccrington]

I have an old asus K55A-SX417H

ASUS K55A-SX417H, Intel® Core™ i5-3210M Dual Core Processor, 15.6" HD
Screen, Microsoft Windows 8 64bit, 6GB DDR3 RAM, 1000GB HDD, DVD
Rewriter, Integrated Graphics, K55A-SX417H

Looking to install a 240GB or 480GB SSD.

What ssd & cloning software would you recommend?

The recovery & OS software is installed on the laptops 1TB HDD.

So how would I get windows reinstalled on the SSD?



thanks

Jonathan

 

[P4Clock]

2 options..

1, buy a samsung SSD and use the fantastic samsung clone tool
2, buy any brand SSD and use the fantastic macrium clone

if you upgrade to win10 there is no need for a reinstall partition. you can install from USB.

 

[ED209]

can do a clean install of Window 10 on the SSD using their USB creation tool (link below)

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10

this can be activated using a windows 7\8 key

if you want to clone it follow the guide (also below)

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18576917