In this day and age, we recommend creating a bootable USB installer.ġ5. Since you’re working with a blank slate, you will need to break out a bootable installer for your OS of choice.
For Sony Vaio laptop’s in the E/F series, press the assist key and it should take you to the BIOS settings screen.
Replace the service cover plate and secure it with the screws removed prior.ġ4.ğor Sony Vaio laptop’s in the S series, press and hold the F2 key while powering up to enter into BIOS. Secure the bracket with the screws found on step 6.ġ2. Replace the HDD with the SSD and use the screws in step 8 to secure the drive in place.ġ0.ĝrop the SSD into the HDD’s previous location and slide the SSD (equipped in the bracket) towards the direction of the SATA power and data ports.ġ1. Sliding right or left, depending on the model of your Sony Vaio laptop will dislodge it.ĩ. Slide the HDD bracket away from the port it’s connected to. Remove the screws holding the bracket in place (if any).ħ. With the plate removed, you should see an HDD in a shroud/metal bracket. Remove the service plate cover for where the HDD resides.Ħ. If you already have a 2.5” form factor SSD, skip this step.ĥ. On another note, 500GB/512GB class of SSD’s are yet beyond the reach of consumers. We additionally suggest getting a 250GB/256GB class SSD as 120GB/128GB class of SSD’s have reduced performance and endurance numbers when compared to their larger capacity brethren. If you haven’t purchase an SSD, we suggest you look into Adata’s SU800, SK Hynix’s S元08 or Samsung’s 850 Evo. Power down the laptop and flip the laptop to reveal its underside.Ĥ. With your laptop powered up, make sure you’ve backed up all your critical files and folders onto a removable storage device.ģ. Make sure you’re on the latest BIOS update.Ģ.
#UPDATE BIOS FOR SONY VAIO LAPTOP HOW TO#
This tutorial will show you how to perform an SSD upgrade on a Sony Vaio laptop.ġ. An SSD can bring back life to an aging laptop since it speeds up boot times and also reduces the time an app takes to open up after that double click. The best thing you can ever have on a laptop, apart from it sporting a high end CPU and GPU with ram to the brim, is having an SSD instead of an HDD.
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