- Feb 27, 2017
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I got this laptop just this past Dec, and the HD gave up the ghost already. It's a 1tb Seagate.
Dell sent me a replacement out pronto, but I have an SSD SATA slot. I purchased a Crucial 1TB compatible (I believe) SATA III MX 300. I installed it alone and took out the HD drive. I put the battery back in and turned the unit on. I let it run its checks, it discovered no hardware issues and it recognizes the new SSD. But that's it. I changed the boot order, but now I'm getting a message that there is not a bootable drive.
I'm just a weekend warrior at problem-solving and doing upgrades. I know my way around pretty good on a PC, but it's sometimes the techie detail things that throw me. I'm sure I'm missing something perhaps simple.
I'll add that I did update the bios to the latest Dell recommended before I started the change out.
Any suggestions and help to get my SSD to be the bootable drive are greatly appreciated!
My plan is then to install the new replacement 1 TB HDD as another drive.
Dell sent me a replacement out pronto, but I have an SSD SATA slot. I purchased a Crucial 1TB compatible (I believe) SATA III MX 300. I installed it alone and took out the HD drive. I put the battery back in and turned the unit on. I let it run its checks, it discovered no hardware issues and it recognizes the new SSD. But that's it. I changed the boot order, but now I'm getting a message that there is not a bootable drive.
I'm just a weekend warrior at problem-solving and doing upgrades. I know my way around pretty good on a PC, but it's sometimes the techie detail things that throw me. I'm sure I'm missing something perhaps simple.
I'll add that I did update the bios to the latest Dell recommended before I started the change out.
Any suggestions and help to get my SSD to be the bootable drive are greatly appreciated!
My plan is then to install the new replacement 1 TB HDD as another drive.
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