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#61

Now the price of the SSD comes down so much, I would strongly recommend to get SSD.
Especially in laptop, SSD can take more shock than HDD since there is no spinning disk in it.
Also you will notice the vast improvement in speed.

As for the brand, there is really no need for getting the most expensive one in the market. There is a small speed difference but you will not notice the difference. I have over 20 SSDs floating around in my house and so far, the only ones that went bad were Kingston and Intel. None of those lesser known Chinese made SSDs gone bad.

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#62

Solid state. Wait, what kind of drive is currently installed? Kind of important for our recommendations.

If it's internal sata3, nvme (on pci bus) or, dare i say it, hdd with ide?

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#63

It's a hard drive. Or are you asking for specs? Because i don't think i know specs.

#64

I think he wants to know the dimension. But I am sure it is 2,5 inch since it is for laptop, no?.

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#65

I did not think of the possibility of nvme. I also know the most inexpensive laptop comes with eMMC. If it is soldered to the m/b, it would be impossible to replace.

We can exclude IDE connect since it is less than 2 years old.
I have not seen any IDE connect HDD for over 10 years.

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#66

sudo smartctl -i /dev/sda

Should show your specs (manufacturer, type) if not you could do what you will have to with the new drive anyway, pop open the bottom and take a look. There may be a bay to access by 4 screws or you'll have to remove the whole thing. Take your time and practice makes perfect.

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#67

But even emmc versions usually have a sata connector, you would have to get the slim version and change the boot device in bios.

#68

It really depends.
Some models requires almost complete disassembly since internal disk can be reached from the keyboard side. I had one of those in past and it was a pain. I even had to remove monitor and speaker cable to get at it.

#69

Yes, usually.

But I saw some bargain laptops sold in Wallmart with soldered eMMC and no other connectors. It was sold Windows pre-installed on 32GB eMMC and user could not even take the update due to the lack of space.

It is really lamentable.
People who bought such laptops are not in a good financial condition. But they needed laptop during the confinement for their job and for their kids schooling.

I stumble upon the Windows user forum people looking for the solution but there was none. I think those 32GB eMMC laptops should be banned.

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#70

What is the make and model of your laptop?

This will prevent you from having to try to disassemble it right now... do search for a YouTube video regarding changing the hard drive on your model.

#71

Can OP still issue this command without going to the desktop?

#72

I'm not sure... it was worth a try though.

The other option is to lookup specs on his model and hopefully he didn't opt for different drives.

@Phantom what is the model of laptop you are using?

#73

So I am sure it is 2,5 inch HDD.

#74

It's a Dell Inspirion something.

And i put in the command, and it said "sh: sudo: not found"

#75

The bottom will have a label with the model number

#76

Is it not in warranty?

#77

Oh. My bad.

Dell Inspiron 3580. Unless it's one of the longer numbers.

#78

I don't think it is anymore.

#79

That's it. It's 256GB SSD.

#80

It has a SSD, not a hard drive??