Replacing HD with SDD in T410S

[chazas]

I got a smokin' deal on the T410S, which I ordered with the 250GB HD because I also got a good deal on the Lenovo 256GB SDD (42N3417).

Anyone got any good, all-in-one-place instructions as to how to change out the HD for the SDD? A few years ago I replaced the HD in my current T41 so I'm pretty sure I can manage it, but if there are any step-by-step instructions somewhere I'd really appreciate knowing.

[lstratos]

Create your recovery cd, unscrew the bays, switch the accessory and pop the drive in. Boot the recovery cd and let it self install.. or you can clone the images

[Bibin]

If you are asking about the hardware aspect of it, take your SSD, pretend it's a standard hard drive, and install as normal.

Later disable the pagefile if you have enough RAM.

[winco32]

I just replaced my harddrive in my t400s, remember your SSD will be a 1.8 form factor. I had to by a 1.8 to 2.5 adaptor so I could format the drive, once the drive was formatted I used Acronis to clone the drive.

[ZaZ]

Better than tell you, watch it.

[BobbyM]

Chazas,

You said that you "got a smokin' deal on the T410S, which I ordered with the 250GB HD because I also got a good deal on the Lenovo 256GB SDD (42N3417)."

From where? I've been looking for the same items, particularly that SSD and would love to hear where you found it for a good price. Thanks.

BobbyM

[chazas]

Chazas,

You said that you "got a smokin' deal on the T410S, which I ordered with the 250GB HD because I also got a good deal on the Lenovo 256GB SDD (42N3417)."

From where? I've been looking for the same items, particularly that SSD and would love to hear where you found it for a good price. Thanks.

BobbyM

I got the T410S from the shareholder purchase program website - you get a big discount right away, then there was a web special configuration I started with that had another big embedded discount on top of that, then a 10% coupon was also available. The Toshiba SSD is available direct from Lenovo via the shareholder purchase program website for $639. I returned it when I realized that it doesn't support TRIM or any sort of garbage collection - they took it back no questions asked for a full refund. Instead I bought the Crucial C300 256GB 1.8" SSD which is available from Newegg for $600. My laptop hasn't arrived yet so I don't know how it will all work. Good luck!

PS: The Lenovo SSD is available for substantially less from some eBay sellers and on the marketplace here, though YMMV on the warranty.