It's fairly easy to do the mechanical part of changing the disk, but some laptops are easier than others. I've done two. One, an old Dell Latitute simply involved removing two screws and the drive would slide out. With my newer Dell Latitude I had to remove the bottom panel's four screws, and then remove the disk carrying tray (more screws.) Once the tray was out, removing the disk from the tray was another four screws.
There are a ton of YouTube videos showing the job being done for a wide variety of machines. Watch a few until you feel you can do the job in your sleep.
Hint: Get yourself a set of tiny screwdrivers that fit the screws you'll be working with. It will make the job much easier.
Don't forget to disconnect the power and remove the battery. Be careful with static electricity. If everything goes awry, the job will take five minutes. If things go smoothly, you'll be done in a jiffy.
When people mention performance improvements with their SSD, almost everyone considers speed. Yes, the speed bonus is noticeable and dramatic -- especially if your system has SATA III and you've configured your BIOS to use AHCI. (Advanced Host Controller Interface) But there's a couple of additional benefits: Battery life and silence. SSD's require much less power; hence, longer battery life. As well, less heat is generated. (And many systems "slow down" when warm.) What I really love is the silence. I can hear magnetic disks spinning and after a while the sound annoys me. With the SSD, I can work in peace.
Hope this helps.
Cheers, PW.
P.S. Latitude D630 & Latitude E5420.
P.P.S. Grab one of those many disk performance evaluating programs and run it on your magnetic disk before you do the swap. Then use it to evaluate your SSD. It's eye-opening!
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