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Connecting the SSD to a Laptop:
1. Power off your laptop computer.
2. Unplug the power cable and remove the laptop battery.
3. Press the power button and hold it for a few seconds to discharge any remaining electricity.
4. After consulting your laptop user manual, locate your existing hard drive and access points.
i. Remove your internal hard drive by unplugging it from your interface connector.
ii. Insert the SSD into the SATA interface connector. See image "Inserting the SSD" below
iii. Depending on your particular installation scenario, you may need to remove the existing drive brackets,
drive housing, spacers, and/or adapters from your current drive setup and replicate on your new SSD
to ensure a proper fit.
5. Secure all access panels according to their original configuration.
6. Power on your laptop computer.
7. Finalizing
i. If you cloned your previous drive, the new SSD should be ready to go.
ii. If you did not clone your previous drive, proceed to install operating system, drivers, firmware, utilities,
applications, and user data on your SSD as desired.
Inserting the SSD
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