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1 How It's Performed

When this needs a genuine repair rather than a reset, we first check the drive's own health data (SMART attributes, reallocated sector count) to confirm whether it's actually failing versus just full, then clone your existing drive sector-by-sector onto the new one wherever possible so your OS, apps, and files carry over without a fresh install.

Typical time: 30–60 minutes (longer if cloning existing data)

2 What This Requires

• A drive matched to your model's physical form factor and interface (SATA, NVMe, specific M.2 key type) — not every SSD fits every laptop's M.2 slot.
• A full backup of your existing data before the swap begins, as a safety net independent of the cloning process itself.
• A SMART health check on the new drive after fitting, to catch a defective unit before it's your daily driver.

3 When You Need This

• The system is noticeably slow to boot or open files, especially on an older HDD-based laptop — this is usually the single biggest real-world speed upgrade available.
• Clicking, grinding, or repetitive noises from a mechanical hard drive — this is often an early failure warning, not normal operation.
• Frequent "disk read error" or file-corruption messages.