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Can you explain why this is necessary or beneficial? The laptop is running XP right now. The plan is to install the SSD and then do a fresh install of Windows 7. That should be ok, no? Thanks for the advice, by the way!

Thanks for the heads up everyone! I had a hard time finding any reviews of modern SSDs on old SATA I systems. I guess I'm settling on a Samsung 840 EVO - mainly for the expected endurance. Any tips for the installation? I guess I'll have to enable AHCI in the BIOS?

My mother has an old Dell Precision M4300 laptop from 2008 which is still well-speced for her needs regarding CPU, display and build quality but which has a very slow HDD. I'm now trying to find an SSD that I can confidently expect to actually work inside that old beast. Here's what I know...