Upgrading Sony Vaio E Series HDD to SSD

I want to upgrade my Sony Vaio E Series Hard drive to a SSD and was wondering what type of SSD I should get since ive heard that certain ones will not work with this laptop.
Thanks

Any SSD should work fine in that notebook. I would reccommend a 256 GB Crucial M4. All you have to do is make recovery discs with the Sony system software, copy all your personal files, favorites, and preferences to a flash drive, have the SSD installed, and then use the recovery discs to rebuild your system. Once you do all that, you just copy your stuff off the flash drive and install all the software updates.

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This is an Apple site, so we will not help you with hackintoshes. You need to seek help elsewhere.

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Hi gasspari,
Thank you for considering Sony Community!
We do not advise Vaio users to upgrade or modify certain parts of their units, especially the processor. It is still possible but we cannot guarantee that it will work without any issues. Another thing is, your Vaio SVE1513B1EW is not a U.S. model and we have limited information about your computer.
For further assistance, or any other concern, we kindly recommend visiting our Sony Global Web site for information on contacting the Sony Support Center in your region at http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/Support/.
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See if this support article is of any help:
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Also this:
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Welcome To Sony Community!
We're sorry to hear this. I have few questions for you to help me understand what's really going on.
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Q190 from HDD to SSD?

Hi,
Can I upgrade my Q190 (57312246) from HDD to SSD?
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hi filippo,
Yes you can use that SSD Samsung MZ-7TD250BW 840 Series Solid State Drive (SSD) 250 GB Sata 2.5-Inch as the Q190 uses a standard SATA 3.0Gb/s, 2.5" wide HDD as per this pdf data sheet.
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Have a Sony Viao E series and get an "imcompatible display driver" error message

Get an "Incompatible Display Driver" error message when attempting to use Adobe Premiere Elements 12 on a Sony Vaio E series laptop.
How to solve this problem?
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I Googled, and Sony says that is a discontinued model, so I can't find a specification page
Amazon does have a couple models, and BOTH say motherboard integrated Intel graphics adapter
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If YES, read below
-http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/kb/error---preludevideo-play-modules.html
-http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1001579
-Use BIOS http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1019004?tstart=0
-link to why http://forums.adobe.com/message/4685328
-http://www.anandtech.com/show/4839/mobile-gpu-faceoff-amd-dynamic-switchable-graphics-vs-n vidia-optimus-technology/2

What the X1 should have been - new Sony Vaio Z details emerge

http://presscentre.sony.eu/ImageLibrary/DownloadMedia.ashx?MediaDetailsID=199966
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Upgrading Envy 17 3D primary HDD to a SSD

I was wondering the steps I would need to take inorder to upgrade my current 640GB 7200 HDD to a SSD.I read this thread about the compatibility so I am aware of some issues I may have.
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I know the Envy is sata2 but most SSD are sata3, would a sata3 SSD be backwards compatible with my Envy?
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Q1: Yes it is compatible.
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Q3: An OEM Windows disk may be used to perform a fresh install and necessary drivers download from HP.
Q4: Yes, just install the hdd in the secondary bay and it will be worked as a slave drive so back up all data you need and then reformat it..
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What if i upgrade RAM from 4GB to 8GB and transfer from HDD to SSD by carbon copy cloner. Do i need to re-install Lion then?
Is TRIM automatically enabled if i transfer from HDD to SSD?

Upgrading the RAM is fine by itself. Just know you only have two slots, and thus need matching pairs of 4GB modules to increase the RAM from 4GB to 8GB. If you have $900, OtherWorld Computing has 16GB of RAM (two 8GB modules) for sale. (no compensation)
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http://www.eggfreckles.net/notes/burning-a-lion-boot-disc/
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If not ask Dave (Bmer) over here:
http://macosg.com/
He replaced his hard drive with a OCZ Vertex, the fastest SSD's on the planet and also his Superdrive with a 7,200 RPM 750GB drive for storage (note: you can't boot from a Lion/Snow/Windows DVD from a external optical drive) so he would know best what to do.
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Good luck.

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I upgraded my VPCCB laptop to Win10. The process was really smooth and I notice no issue at all so far. My computer is fairly similar to yours I believe (sold in the similar time frame). But again, every computers are different, so upgrade at your own risk. Make sure you back up your important data and have a Windows disk (either Win7 or Win8) around just in case. There is a "revert back to previous operating system" option in Win10. You can also do that if Win10 is too buggy for you.

M4 SSD 256GB 2.5 inch sometimes not booting on Sony Vaio VGN-FZ11E

I installed a Crucial m4 SSD 256GB 2.5 inch on the Sony Vaio laptop VGN FZ11E using the kit provided. The operating system used is Windows Vista. The drive worked great the first time I booted the laptop, but since the second booting the system sometime stops while booting and I have to force the computer to restart till at some points it works (which can be after 1, 2, 3, 4 or even more attempts). The computer starts and the drive works for the first 10 seconds or so, then when the WLAN light of the laptop comes up, it stops working (no hard disk light). I have installed the last firmware, checked the drivers and made sure that the m4 drive is recognised and prioritized in the BIOS (this is the only drive installed, and it has a partition which is hidden). I have done a Power Cycle as recomended on the Crucial website, but this did not solve the problem. Any suggestions?

Hi, I have the same issue you are describing, with "Operating system not found", not the one laurentzo says. My VAIO VGN-FE11H with BIOS R0174J3 gets stuck at this point, and that happens many times with this version of BIOS. With version R0074J3 also happened, but I have the perception that it was less usual. Anyway, I tried to upgrade my BIOS because the failure is unacceptable, and 8 of 10 times I can´t boot my laptop because the disk is not recognised, despite the fact that when it boots, everything works perferctly. My BX100 250GB firmware is MU02, and my situation is quite desperating, because the workaround that you suggest isn't working.Would you please update this firmware, or would you know any BIOS parameter that could make it boot at least half of the times??P.S.: I have also tried enabling AHCI on BIOS, etc.

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