Budget 21-30k Need help installing SSD on a Toshiba C850D M0011 laptop

mannrak2003

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I know nothing about SSDs.

Which type of SSD is suitable for this laptop ?Which is the best performing SSD that can be installed on this specific laptop?

Have a budget of 20,000-25,000.

Also can anybody please point to a video link showing SSD installation for this specific laptop ?

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wouldn’t suggest you going overboard with buying stuff.

I don’t know if you have sufficient ram
But since you only asked for an ssd

here a link.


This should support your system. Again wouldn’t recommend going overboard as the system should be pretty old and near its end of life. (EOL)
 
I wouldn't let the eol tag discourage you. My wife has 10 year old toshiba satellite c640 which is now extremely usable once I upgraded the ram to 8 gb, wifi to ac, and the ssd. Also needed a new keyboard and battery, but total cost of upgrades came to less than 10k, and now it feels better that it was new, and wifey is a happy camper because she has had it since her m tech days
 
Thank you very much, @Titokhan ,@Sammoka .Both of you are right .I have decided to buy the Samsung 870 EVO 1 TB and a Sabrent USB to SATA adapter.

If not for this laptop,could be used in future upgrades. I dont know if using adapters are reliable for cloning hard drives. I have heard that in some cases the source hard drive gets corrupted.

Is that true ?:nailbiting::depressed:
@Titokhan ,any suggestions for refurbished corporate models within my budget ?
Whatever suits you best, but I have seen lots of people get rid of Thinkpads mostly from small organizations on OLX and as such, I also saw once a bunch of 2013 or 2014 macbooks go out for less than 20000. But for new you have quite a few options and the minimum upgrade required would be the ram if you're up for it.





All of them have an SSD option and except the last one (which is renewed) every single one of them is new. But except the last one all others require a RAM upgrade.

Also cloning hard drives is a pain, I pretty much ended doing that and back almost everything up online or on an external disk, and yes it can cause issues many a times.
 
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I wouldn't let the eol tag discourage you. My wife has 10 year old toshiba satellite c640 which is now extremely usable once I upgraded the ram to 8 gb, wifi to ac, and the ssd. Also needed a new keyboard and battery, but total cost of upgrades came to less than 10k, and now it feels better that it was new, and wifey is a happy camper because she has had it since her m tech days
Which are the RAM modules you ordered ?Could you please provide a link ?My lappy just has 2GB of RAM.
 
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@mannrak2003

Sorry for the delayed reply.
  • The Samsung SSD you chose is indeed top-notch, but the target PC's weak processor is the primary bottleneck.
    • Instead of Windows 10, I would suggest you to use a Chromium OS based distro such as CloudReady. If Windows is absolutely necessary, opt for one of the Embedded SKUs of Windows 7 which are not-only lightweight, but also still supported by Microsoft. I can help you with that.
  • Instead of Sabrent's adapter, pick a similar offering from ORICO. That way you can reuse the old HDD as a full-fledged portable storage solution in a cost-effective way.
  • Yes, the adapter (basically the chipset in it) plays a big role in data storage reliability. Both Sabrent and ORICO use industry standard JMicron chips, so that's a big plus.
    • Regarding software support, there are literally hundreds of solutions. If you're sticking with Samsung, then you can utilize its Data Migration tool.
  • Echoing what @Sammoka suggested, look for 3/4 generations old Lenovo ThinPad, Dell Latitude, or HP ProBook/EliteBook range of PCs on OLX and similar sites.
  • As @greenhorn suggested, do opt for upgrading the RAM if you're planning to stick with this PC.
 
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Also cloning hard drives is a pain, I pretty much ended doing that and back almost everything up online or on an external disk, and yes it can cause issues many a times
Not sure I'd agree, because at least with Macrium Reflect Free edition it's quite easy, and I've cloned 500gb SSDs in less than half an hour (including copying contents) with it twice in the last week or so. Have also done this several times when upgrading hdd to ssd and except for the long write times, never faced an issue.
 
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Not sure I'd agree, because at least with Macrium Reflect Free edition it's quite easy, and I've cloned 500gb SSDs in less than half an hour (including copying contents) with it twice in the last week or so. Have also done this several times when upgrading hdd to ssd and except for the long wrote times, never faced an issue.
I cloned my boot drive with clonezilla USB pen drive. It was very easy. There are youtube videos available for OP to know simple steps.
 
@mannrak2003

Regarding cloaning.
Although I would advise to do a fresh install whenever possible but there are times when you just can't. And cloning has become very easy these days. I upgraded from 500GB Samsung SATA SSD to 1TB Samusng SATA SSD in laptop and due to paucity of time, I cloned the SSD. I was thinking of making a Macrium Reflect bootable USB and do cloning from within that. But I thought I'd give Samsung Magician a try. I was amazed at the simplicity it offered. Just plug in both the SSD, old one internal, new one via SATA to USB adapter and select clone. Just that.
 
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Um, guys, op's laptop shows the ram running at 1.5v. in my case I was able to find 1.5v ram, but for him I'm not able to find any. Can ddr3l 1.35v ram work at 1.5v ? Google says it can, can someone confirm?
From my googling, this hynix HMT351S6EFR8C-PB seems to be a 1.5V ram (Based on amazon review here)

Disclaimer - Please verify this with your own research. I am not responsible if this RAM ends up incompatible with your laptop/any damage happens
 
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Um, guys, op's laptop shows the ram running at 1.5v. in my case I was able to find 1.5v ram, but for him I'm not able to find any. Can ddr3l 1.35v ram work at 1.5v ? Google says it can, can someone confirm?
From my googling, this hynix HMT351S6EFR8C-PB seems to be a 1.5V ram (Based on amazon review here)

Disclaimer - Please verify this with your own research. I am not responsible if this RAM ends up incompatible with your laptop/any damage happens
It should work. I have it other way round in my laptop where I mistakenly bought a 1.5V RAM stick whereas my laptop supports only 1.35V. It used to work but cause BSODs randomly until I removed the 1.35V stick and used just the 1.5 one alone. Since then it has been nearly an year and faced no BSODs.
 
The challenge is that most RAM companies do not advertise all these specs. Your laptop uses 1.5V ram while 1.5V ram has mostly been replaced by 1.35V ram, and on top of that, DDR3 had been replaced by DDR 4.

Ideally you need DDR3 12800 1600Mhz 204 pin 1.5V RAM. Most of the specs are there in the listing, except 1.5v vs 1.35V which a lot of the sellers don't specify.

I am 95% sure the item I posted above will work. If you are ok with taking a risk on 1.5K - buy one stick of it and see if it works. Worst case that money is gone. If it works, buy the next stick.

With older laptops, given the spotty parts availability, you have to take some of these risks when going the DIY route - or Pay full retail + install fees for some local laptop shop to do it for you. Hopefully Flipkart will let you return it (check the policy) if it doesn't work. Sometimes messaging the seller before purchase helps.
 
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