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    Hp Pavilion dv6736nr SATA for SSD?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Trevorange, Sep 14, 2011.

  1. Trevorange

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    Hey all -

    I'm wondering if my Hp pavilion dv6736nr has a SATA connection so I could swap out the HDD for an SSD. I've read conflicting information online about this, so I would really appreciate some help.

    If it does not have a SATA but has an ATA/ATAPI, would it still be possible to throw a SSD in there? I presume it would increase read speed substantially even it were on the lower spectrum of SSD's and/or had to go through an IDE/ATA connection.

    Any help/insight would be great.

    Thanks
     
    Trevorange, Sep 14, 2011
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    Bump to the front :)
     
    Trevorange, Sep 15, 2011
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  3. Izagaia

    Izagaia Notebook Evangelist

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    The dv6700 series MB's are configured with a SATA interface. Beyond that, I cannot tell you if using a SSD is even feasible for this series.
     
    Izagaia, Sep 15, 2011
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    Thanks.

    Does anyone know putting a 2.5" SSD would work?
     
    Trevorange, Sep 16, 2011
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    I have heard that next gen SATA drives are almost always backwards-compatible. And I believe dv6700 storage devices are SATA I. If you already have the drive, just try it. Worst case scenario - the laptop doesn't detect the SSD during boot. Found this from another forum, if it helps:

    Source: HotHardware.Com
     
    Izagaia, Sep 16, 2011
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    Thanks for the help. So last question! Do you know the easiest way to switch from an HDD to and SSD in a laptop in terms of data storage? I know I would need to copy my HDD important contents onto my SDD, but how would I go about doing that? And would I need to do a clean install of windows 7 or could I just boot from the new SSD?

    Thanks for any input guys
     
    Trevorange, Sep 17, 2011
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  7. Izagaia

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    The best way would be utilizing some sort of USB external harddrive and either cloning your HDD with any number of third-party backup programs/partition managers or using Windows Recovery and Restore features to create a system image. From there, you could pop in your retail Windows 7 DVD and restore the image to your new SSD. Another option is to purchase a USB 2.5" enclosure that would turn the HDD into an external USB drive. Either way, it isn't all that difficult, IMO.
     
    Izagaia, Sep 17, 2011
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