Upgrade to SSD - old laptop with Sata1 - will it increase performance?

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Hello

I am hoping to get some help/clarity on upgrading to SSD from old 5400RPM 500GB HD in my OLD laptop. I have a VAIO VPCEE23FX that I bought few years ago. It has been chugging along as its use is confined to basic browsing, streaming to TV, netflix etc..

I recently bought a cheap SSD ($30) because of some price mistake I guess, (PNY XLR8 SATA 6Gbps 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SSD9SC120GMDF-RB)

Since it was so cheap, I just bought it and am looking at making my Win7 bootable from SSD and have my 500Gb HD as storage.

My questions are

1. My laptop only supports SATA1 standard. I know connecting a SATA3 SSD to SATA1 port will restrict the speeds - but will it still provide a noticeable improvement over the performance of my internal HDD (5400 rpm)?

2. Will installing WIN7 to SSD be better or just using SSD as a slave/storage is better?

3. My Laptop has a recovery partition. Is it possible to just use it to install Win7 to SSD? OR should I use the Win7 Key to download image/iso, make a bootable disc and then do a fresh install?

Any help/pointer - much appreciated. TIA.
 
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1. Yes, but obviously not as much as with a SATA 3 interface

2. OS and applications on the SSD is the best bet

3. Fresh install is best. Why reinstall all the original Sony bloatware?
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Well - Sata I is much slower than SataII. But, it looks like worth the trouble for 30 bucks. Thank you.

Any idea how to find what connection is being used by Optical Drive? If I can replace the optical drive with HDD and replace HDD with SSD, would I need any separate cable? If the optical drive is connected with Sata cable then I should not - correct?

I will do some research for detailed instructions on how to do this - but if anyone has a link ready for the same, please share it. Thanks.
 
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Does that particular Sony support anything else in that ODD space besides the original ODD? Both physically and software wise.
 
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Is there an actual HDD/SSD tray that can replace the original ODD thing?
There is not a generic 2.5" drive 'tray' that applies across all laptops. Especially Sony.

I'm looking, and don't see anything besides taking out the ODD and putting a new one in.
 
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Thank You - I guess I have to probably try it out and see if it works or not. Is there a way to check if my ODD uses SATA or PATA other than removing and identifying by looking? Like- a system scanning utility or a setting/driver somewhere?
 
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