Adding SSD Hard in Lenovo G510

Hi ,
I have bought Lenovo G510 with 1TB hard core i7
I want to add SSD hard with it.
How i can add hard. Is there any way to add SSD Hard
THanks
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hi shanalikhan,
Looking at the bottom, the G510 only has one HDD bay.
- Link to picture
In this case, it's still possible to add an SSD using the following options:
Option 1:
- Remove the stock 1TB HDD and replace it with an SSD
- Use a 2.5" USB SATA Enclosure to convert the 1T HDD into an external drive.
- To install Windows on the SSD, you can either clean install a retail copy or migrate the OS from the HDD to the SSD.
Guides:
- OS Migration (using Paragon Backup & Recovery Home)
- Disk Cloning (using Macrium Reflect)
Option 2:
- Remove the ODD and replace it with an HDD caddy. From this thread, there are users who have successfully done this procedure. The HDD caddy that was used is this item.
- To install the OS, you can follow the same guide above to either migrate or clone HDD to the SSD and make the SSD as the boot drive.
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Hi Elecktrus,
Welcome to Lenovo Community!
I’m sorry to inform you that the HDD (Hard Disk Drive) can only upgraded up to 1TB with the same specifications as mentioned in the below image:
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hi mkanary,
Welcome to Lenovo Community Forums!
If you are taliking about this method of Creating a Backup image on Windows 8 and 8.1
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Load Driver
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hi JachuPL,
Welcome to the Lenovo Forums.
From this microsoft article, the error that you're getting maybe caused by one of the following:
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Let me know how it goes.
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The issue seem unrelated to the Instant Client. (Looks like you installed from the "full" Database Client product.)
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hi Punit,
Welcome to the Forums.
An Inaccessible Boot Device means that the hard drive's fails to load the Boot Configuration Data (BCD) and its necessary files to load the Operating System. This could be due to a corrupted BCD, a boot sector virus, or a damaged boot sector (bad sectors on the HDD).
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Option 1:
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hi rosscarnie,
Welcome to Lenovo Community Forums!
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Hi Immitrofanov,
Welcome to Lenovo Community!
As per the query we understood that you are facing issue with poor graphics in your G510 laptop.
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