Anyone ENVY M6 1117tx replace 750Gb HD with SSD?

Hi,
I was wondering if anyone has replaced the 750GB HD with a SSD?
Did it work?
Better performance?
What brand/size?
I was simply going to get a 128GB mssd, but the M6 has a limit of 32Gb. Which 32GB is rather useless.
Regards.

Of course you can replace it. However, the problems will come when you want to try and move the contents from your current drive to the new SSd. There are 4 comps in my house, all use SSD. Wouldn't have it any other way.
You can buy a 256gb Samsung 840 for about $170.00, a good value for a good drive. Mushkin has good value too. Depending on where you are, you can get some good deals online.
I would suggest using a USB to SATA adapter to move your files to the new drive. If you read some other posts on this forum, you'll see that trying to use the recovery disc method gives poor results at best.

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