All-in-One PC Storage Upgrade

[imusorka]

Has anyone opened one? How easy is it to perform such a task. I'm particularly interested in a possibility of upgrading a Vaio AIO. This is for someone else and I have never seen or been near an AIO before.

 

[imusorka]

I realize that members of this forum may not be the kind to waste money on AIO PCs. Perhaps, someone had experience upgrading storage for someone else?

 

[Concillian]

In most cases it's just a SATA drive. As long as you aren't going to something so large that it needs 4k to format full capacity, there's not going to be any limitations.

AIOs often use laptop style drives, so you won't run into a 4k issue.

Beyond the hardware, you need to worry about the software.
You going to image the old drive onto the new drive?
You'll need software for that, plenty of options are available free, there have been several threads on that in the past year... you may need a 2nd computer for that if the AIO doesn't have an extra SATA port free.

You going to fresh install?
Be sure you have all the drivers you need and some install media... most assembled PCs don't come with install media, only a Certificate of Authenticity stuck to the case somewhere.

 

[imusorka]

This is for a fresh SSD (not bought yet) install. Would I really need drivers?

 

[Concillian]

I meant the OS... what are you doing about the OS?

If you're imaging from the old drive, you don't need the system drivers and such. If you're installing Windows fresh, then you may need component drivers from Sony, and you'll definitely need install media of some sort.

 

[imusorka]

Haven't thought about all the Vaio soft and there is loads of it. Looks like cloning the old drive would be the only easy option. Thanks for your insight once again.