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HD failed on laptop, want to install SSD
My daughter knocked my Asus aspire 5750 off the table and since then it wont boot to windows. At first I got an error message about "no bootable device". It didnt see the HD in the bios and I tried checking the connection, taking the HD out and putting back in etc with no luck.
For some reason I then tryed booting using a windows DVD (which crashed before getting anywhere). The laptop now just states that "A disk read error occurred, press ctrl alt + delete to restart" and that's as far as I can get, other than getting into the bios, which now actually sees the HD. I assume it is pretty much dead.
I have ordered an SSD as a replacement, so just have a couple of questions please:
1) I assume there is nothing else I can do to try and access the old drive and that all the data is lost?
2) When the new SSD, do I simply replace the old HD with it, boot with a windows DVD and fresh install? Is there anything else I need to consider with using an SSD?
Thanks