would ssd be compatible with future lenovo?

Ok, so as you can see in my sig, i have a lenovo t60. in all actuality, it sucks. idk how it lives but ive yet to bsod or crash.

So, i am thinking about buying a ssd 60 gig (keep the price down and i just keep EVERYTHING on my flashdrive). So, i have W7 ultimate on my desk and was thinking, hey, if i just put in a new ssd, insteall w7, all the horrendous problems from the laptop would vanish (they are all software problems from me screwing around).

my concern is, as i am 90% sure this will work, that within the near future, year? i am planning on upgrading to the new t410 or the next. I am wondering, could i take the ssd i am thinking about installing in my current laptop (t60) and plop it right into the new t410 the moment it arrives? physically, im sure it will work, technically, will it boot up just as it would on the t60?

i know lenovo and ms worked together on the bootup/shutdown/sleep and such and such ans such and such, and other stuff, and im not sure by doing this, if i will miss on those things. in all honesty, if i could pull out of this wihtout 1 SINGLE lenovo/ non ms software installed on my comp when i get it, I WOULD BE ESTATIC! essentially, to turn out like a desktop, bypassing dell/lenovo/asus/the such.

thoughts, input, answers?

***Will a ssd installed in a t60 be able to be plugged into a next gen lenovo and work fine? if so, what are the outcomes, what are the disadvantages, the effects.***

thanks all

 

the effects would be a kicka$$ system.

 

There's going to be driver issues if you just swap the HDD from an old computer into a new one, possibly causing BSODs or in extreme cases, Windows will not boot.

 

you can preload the drivers for the new machine and sysprep the OS on the old machine to remove any machine/hardware specific entries. that way, when u boot the hd on the new computer, it will go through an initialization process to find all the new drivers on that machine - chipset, drive controller, etc.

at the very least, the machine should boot with the hardware controller recognized. you can always go into control panel after logging in and install the other drivers (nic, gpu, sound, etc) one by one.

 

Didn't Lenovo cap those T60's @ SATA 150 because of concerns for battery life and heat issues? If so then you wont realize the full benefit of an SSD.

 

As long as you format the SSD first and reimage with an image from the new machine you should be fine. You could also do a clean install on the SSD when you put it in the new machine. but if you are thinking that just swapping from the old to the new and using the O/S as is then you better think again cuz it ain't gonna work.

 

randomdude,

Yes, it will work fine as long as you secure erase it, do a clean install on the notebook you're wanting to update and install all the hardware specific drivers from the notebooks manufacturer (in the right order, too).

Otherwise, you're just asking for trouble, if not sooner, than later. Something like the situation you're in now, software-wise.


If you want to spend (big) money for an SSD and want to continue using it for the next few years, the 160GB Intel G2 is the only one to consider today. Make sure you flash the firmware to the most current available when you receive it (v1.5, currently) and use the default Win 7 AHCI SATA driver (can your BIOS be switched to AHCI mode vs. IDE?) so that TRIM is working properly.

Also, if you want to keep performance as high as possible; keep in mind that filling the drive with O/S, programs and data above 70% or so will deteriorate the performance any SSD can give. So for a 160GB (nominal) SSD, you want to keep the used capacity to about 105GB (about 70% filled), including the hibernation and the pagefile files .

As to your request to run the notebook as a 'desktop', via removing any specific drivers/utilities etc. from it, you may or you may not be able to do that with Windows 7 (a great choice, btw). I have found ThinkPad drivers to be bullet-proof and I don't understand your reasoning for not wanting them, not only is the computer better with them, they seem to work faster/smoother than comparable competitor's models with even higher spec'd components. I attribute this to the finely optimized drivers that ThinkPad's enjoy.

I highly recommend you take the time to learn the right order the drivers need to be installed in and use them. Especially the power management driver, video card (unless Win 7 offers a superior 'default' driver) and the trackpoint/pad drivers.

I hope some of this helps in your quest for a more than usable T60 for the next year or so and also allows you to choose a solid SSD that you should find useful for your next few systems as well.

Cheers!

 

ok guys, this is really helpfull, but i am still lost a little. im not heavy into the comp world, but i know some.

this is what ive gotten from this. ssd + w7 on t60 = ok. laptop + drivers should work. will the drivers auto install? or will i have to install them, and how? forum link?

putting that ssd + w7 from t60 in t410 would = fail/bsod/crash. An easy thing, i gues, would be to reinstal windows, wiping EVERYTHING on the ssd right? i would ofcourse back up to my desktop.

main concern is being able to carry this ssd over to my next laptop without wasting a precious w7 install. reinstalling i dont think wastes one but reformatting, ya...

question, why only an intel g2? currently i would probably ONLY install w7,ms office, and maybe 1 more program and 1 gig of games. Also, i have found a deal on an OCZ Vertex Series 60 for over 120$ off. i have a 32 gig flash cuz my current hdd is too unreliable for anything, so i just use that. now, im used to it and find it convenient for two computers.

i just woke up so brain isnt working 100% yet, but thats all i can get out so far. ill be back on in like 6 hours ish. THANKS AGAIN!

 

What do you mean wastes one? For each licence you get to install on one computer (with the exception of that Win7 family multi-pack). You can re-install/ format and install/ whatever as many times as you want on that PC (or with any PC if it is a retail not OEM version), so long as it is only on one PC at a time. After re-installing you will sometimes have issue re-activating the licence, but you just follow the phone activation directed by MS and it's fixed.

ie: its not 'wasted'. Also, as others have mentioned, you can carry over the installation if you want. What I would do is uninstall all the drivers for the old laptop, switch the SSD to the new one, boot up and then install the required drivers for the new machine.

 

Yeah, you can install a licensed copy of Windows 7 as many times as you want on the same machine without activation issues unless you have installed on a second HDD on the same machine. Thats the only time I've had to hocus - pocus activation and I've clean installed Win 7 at least a dozen times on my SSD and it's never taken more than 8 minutes.

I bet I can wipe my drive and be back up and posting comments here within 8 minutes if anyone knows a sure way to prove it.

 

i do have the family pack thingy. i thought you could reisntall an endless time on ur hdd, and it was based on hdd, not comp. i thought that, by reformating, you would waste another install, of the 3.

to me, that sounds like you could have 1 pack of w7 and set up an endless # of comps. with a new hdd/reformated hdd, how does w7 know its the same comp. im a lil lost... sry

 

When it is activated online or over the phone your computer information is matched with the O/S activation code.

 

kk.

another question. will the drivers auto install on the new lenovo if i previously delete all the t60 drivers? or does lenovo give me a driver disk? i got this laptop from an uncle... whos crazy, so idk.

 

You might want to ask that in one of the Lenovo owners lounges but yes, Windows 7 has enough drivers included to get most machines up and running but you are going to want to install the latest ones from Lenovo probably. One driver that you might be concerned with in regard to SSD will be SATA controller. AFAIK the default MS SATA controller drivers are the only ones that pass TRIM command right now.