This story started last week in this thread:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2269123
The drive arrived in good shape, and this thread will tell what I did with it. It would replace the main Momentus XT 320GB as the OS drive in my T-510 Thinkpad. It was already in AHCI mode.
The first thing was to unpack the 830 and examine it. It is a 2.5-in formfactor, 7mm thick, and has 4 perimeter threaded holes as well as 4 threaded holes on the back surface. The first step was to mount the 830 SSD in the standard Lenovo drive caddy using the 4 screws in the perimeter.
The drive fit perfectly and the SATA connectors were lined up just right. The two soft rubber rails could then be attached to the caddy sides when mounting in the main internal drive bay.
Before that, however, I wanted to clone the exisiting Momentus XT OS drive proportionally to the new 830 256GB. To do this, I placed the caddied 830 in the Ultrabay III adapter, and secured it with the bottom latch.
This was slipped into the optical drive bay. The Momentus XT was still in the main internal drive bay. I then booted using my Acronis TrueImage2013 on a thumbdrive and began the cloning process. Manual controls, source drive was the Momentus XT and the target was the 830 SSD. Proportional mode was selected to go from 320GB to 256GB including a partition. The cloning process too about 12 minutes total.
{img}http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Corky-G/830-5.jpg[/img]
I then powered down the T510, and removed the Momentus XT. I put the newly cloned SSD in its place, and returned my data drive to the Ultrabay adapter. Jere is the new SSD in the main drive bay complete with rubber rails attached to the drive caddy.
I replaced the drive bay cover, flipped the T-510 over, connected asll the cables and pressed the power button.
The boot and Win 7 load were snappy and fast. All programs were perfect - all functions perfect. I then installed the Samsung SSD Magician and let it optimize the drive and the OS. It concluded with a performance benchmark:
So, in less that half an hour, the SSD replaced the HDD and all functions were as normal as they were before but crisper and faster.
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2269123
The drive arrived in good shape, and this thread will tell what I did with it. It would replace the main Momentus XT 320GB as the OS drive in my T-510 Thinkpad. It was already in AHCI mode.
The first thing was to unpack the 830 and examine it. It is a 2.5-in formfactor, 7mm thick, and has 4 perimeter threaded holes as well as 4 threaded holes on the back surface. The first step was to mount the 830 SSD in the standard Lenovo drive caddy using the 4 screws in the perimeter.
The drive fit perfectly and the SATA connectors were lined up just right. The two soft rubber rails could then be attached to the caddy sides when mounting in the main internal drive bay.
Before that, however, I wanted to clone the exisiting Momentus XT OS drive proportionally to the new 830 256GB. To do this, I placed the caddied 830 in the Ultrabay III adapter, and secured it with the bottom latch.
This was slipped into the optical drive bay. The Momentus XT was still in the main internal drive bay. I then booted using my Acronis TrueImage2013 on a thumbdrive and began the cloning process. Manual controls, source drive was the Momentus XT and the target was the 830 SSD. Proportional mode was selected to go from 320GB to 256GB including a partition. The cloning process too about 12 minutes total.
{img}http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Corky-G/830-5.jpg[/img]
I then powered down the T510, and removed the Momentus XT. I put the newly cloned SSD in its place, and returned my data drive to the Ultrabay adapter. Jere is the new SSD in the main drive bay complete with rubber rails attached to the drive caddy.
I replaced the drive bay cover, flipped the T-510 over, connected asll the cables and pressed the power button.
The boot and Win 7 load were snappy and fast. All programs were perfect - all functions perfect. I then installed the Samsung SSD Magician and let it optimize the drive and the OS. It concluded with a performance benchmark:
So, in less that half an hour, the SSD replaced the HDD and all functions were as normal as they were before but crisper and faster.
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