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↳ ThinkPad SL and L Series until L420/L520.
You don't need to make any changes in the BIOS.Īnd welcome to the wonderful world of Thinkpads. If you find you have a system that doesn't boot (happened to me when I changed the SSD in my T430*), then use boot repair (something else to download and burn to CD):Īll the tools I've pointed you at are linux (don't use windows anymore), but will work backing up, restoring or fixing boot problems with win7. Swap out the HDD for the SSD, this is straightforward, get the hardware maintenance manual:īoot redo again and use it to restore the images you've backed up to the new SSD. You have bought a 1.8" SSD haven't you? For some reason Lenovo put a 1.8" SSD/HDD into the T410, a 'standard' 2.5" SSD won't fit.Īssuming you have a 1.8" SSD and want to connect it via USB to transfer the OS across then you will need something like:īut given you have a couple of USB drives, and assuming you have access to a CD/DVD drive, I would download a copy of redo and burn the iso to a CD:īoot from the CD and use redo to backup the existing HDD onto an external USB drive (backup ALL partitions).