Acer Aspire A314-33 How can I change the HDD to SSD?

dspm
dspm Member Posts: 1 New User
edited September 2023 in Aspire Laptops

Hi Acer. I use Acer notebook A314-33. I have some problem. My notebook HDD has some problem. How can I change the HDD to SSD? This notebook come with the original windows 10. I mean that how can I change the drive to SSD and I can get my original windows? I have tried to make USB Bootable to install the windows to the new SSD but I failed. Can somebody helped me to solve this problem? Thank you

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Answers

  • Puraw
    Puraw ACE, Member Posts: 13,002 Trailblazer
    edited September 2023

    You can install an SSD in the 2.5" HDD bay: Crucial MX500 2TB 3D NAND SATA 2.5-inch 7mm (with 9.5mm adapter) Internal SSD or a 2.5" Sata Samsung 870 EVO V_NAND SSD.
    https://www.crucial.com/ssd/mx500/ct2000mx500ssd1/ct14941660

    I don't know what SSD you have installed: According to the Acer specifications, this series only supports SATA III M.2 SSD. To migrate W10 and your files from the old HDD to the new boot drive (M.2 or 2,5" SSD?) you first need to make a complete backup image of your old HDD to an external USD backup drive, then replace the HDD with a formatted (GPT partition) SSD drive and restore the backup image from the external USB backup drive to your new SSD boot drive. Browse this forum for instructions, I recommend "W7 backup", Create an Image File and Recovery disc in Windows10.