JamJar

Maybe this will help you to understand it better; https://www.smartdnsfan.com/blog/unlocator-free-trial/

3 hours ago, prevaill said:

i'd have to buy their VPN? I want to use either nord or PIA vpn.

Are you unable to read and understand? The links tell you everything that you need to know.

Supported channels are here; https://unlocator.com/channels/

No, you don't need their VPN. If you cannot read nor understand their guide, perhaps it's not for you.

1 minute ago, BestB said:

For an expert like yourself , you should not have problem searching google 

I'm an expert on Technology, not searching on Google. I an unable to find any articles referencing what you state.

So I am willing to defer to your expertise on Google Search, in so that you can post us a link that illustrates what you describe.

1 minute ago, dddave said:

The Crucial BX500 240gb SATA 2.5 SSD that I ordered from Lazada for my nieces Lenovo G480 arrived just now as I was reading this thread.  Talk about timing.   

It was indexed on Crucial's website as compatible for the G480.   Should I have any worries? 

No, you won't have any problems. Best B's issue has to do with a completely different slot on the Motherboard.

1 minute ago, BestB said:

I just told you what happened with mine, what you do is your choice 

It's good that you understand that.

You've given your advice.

He has already told all that he will be fitting a "Kingston 400 240 GB".

He understands, from what I have written and from what he has read that there is no such incompatibility with his device.

Why don't you post the link where it states that Lenovo has a problem, so that we can all read and evaluate it?

1 minute ago, BestB said:

If I had to suggest I would say not to buy ssd from internet so it can be exchanged. To be safe from my experience to get Samsung brand as it’s proven to work.

Ridiculous....

41 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

It's great that you know what you know.

So what do you suggest to the OP? Should he hope you know exactly what is compatible for his notebook and buy it and hope all will be alright?

Or should the OP just let a shop do that job. Because if they try and fail then he won't have to pay for a new incompatible SSD. He will only pay if the SSD is compatible and if it works in his computer and if the shop transferred everything correct.

Just in case the OP follows your advice and it does not work: Will you pay for the SSD? Or just say: I am sorry, that is your problem.

 

Some time ago I bought RAM for a customer's notebook which should have been compatible with that notebook. I looked it up on the manufacturers website. The dealer ordered it just for me. And when I installed it didn't work. So I had to buy some more RAM. It wasn't the customer's fault. It wasn't the dealers fault. I paid for that extra RAM from my own pocket. I learned from that...

 

 

You obviously quoted the wrong person. Not your day?

I didn't guess. I knew. Because I checked.

No need for that rambling story about incompatibility and hypothesis after hypothesis. I've been working with Lenovo whitelists at BIOS level for many years now....and have never made a mistake concerning incompatible RAM.

19 minutes ago, dddave said:

My niece has an older Lenovo G480  4gb ram and 500gb HD.  I just ordered new RAM (4gb X 2), max for her model and a 240gb SSD.   Are you saying that it will be difficult to clone to the 240gb SSD destination drive from the old 500gb drive in the laptop?   If yes, is there a workaround?  I really don't want to have to lug this old monster to a shop and ask it to install and clone an SSD I purchased on Lazada.  Bit awkward, that.

It's not a problem, as long as there is less than 231 GB(Ideally less than 200GB) of data on the 500 GB HDD.

Look here; https://www.easeus.com/partition-master/clone-larger-hdd-to-smaller-ssd.html

But I'm a big proponent on running a clean install to SSD instead of cloning. Then to put the old HDD into a caddy and using that as an external portable hard drive.

2 minutes ago, petermik said:

Jamjar

There you go then as above it states "if you are able to access the current hard drive then you can swop it for an SSD"........currently my HDD is a WD blue 1TB...of which I use 80gb....I,ll be putting in a Kingston 400 240 gb without (hopefully) any issues

I've seen an IdeaPad 305 fitted with a Kingston 400. So I am sure that you won't have an issues for when it comes to compatibility.

34 minutes ago, Farangwithaplan said:

I said pedant police. You are being the typo gestapo. Different divisions in my book ????

 

Under 190 baht is not expensive. I'm not sure where you are coming from. There are cheaper models around and a similar model to the one you linked at is available at a local store for about 160 baht. The thing I would check is whether or not the interface is USB 2 or 3 on the cheaper models.

 

 

I wasn't referring to Shopee. I was referring to mainstream shops that sell them for perhaps 400 baht.

I then linked to an example from Shopee, which is what you recommended.

I added that I didn't know if that example to which I linked is coming from China. In addition, I am unclear about the postage costs.

189 baht delivered  would be a good price.

Obviously something got lost in the translation to you.

1 hour ago, BestB said:

Of course it does not , fact that we both have a Lenovo and both have ideapad and Lenovo has a known issue makes no difference at all . That’s what I call a true expert ????

Since you are the one who took your laptop to a shop because a simple job is beyond you and we are the ones giving technical advice, I think that you should desist from arguing with one who knows.

Lenovo doesn't have a problem and you simply do not understand the issue.

The issue that you imagine is Lenovo's problem, is not a problem for them at all. It is by design.

The issue is whitelisting and it will not affect the IdeaPad 305.

1 hour ago, BestB said:

Nothing to do with comparability , Lenovo has a known issue , light research will show this to be common problem and again since I did it 10 or so days ago   I would say I know and understand little more what shops would or would not do instead of speaking in hypotheticals 

You cannot even spell it, let alone understand it....

25 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Unfortunately you have to suffer some bickering here in order to get the codes.

AIS 1mbps unlimited data
12 mth *777*7329# 
1800 baht

If he doesn't have the requisite SIM, he'll be somewhat pissed off after adding 1800 baht. 

26 minutes ago, BestB said:

Oh OP, forgot to mention very important piece of information.

 

mine is also Lenovo ideapad but 330

 

it would not accept any other SSD but Samsung Nano something .

 

All other brands did not work, we tried 3 or 4 brands but no luck .

 

now I am unsure if it was m2 issue or general Lenovo issue. Some light research I found Lenovo does have this problem and works only with Samsung . On the up side Samsung is the fastest one, on the down side it is the most expansive one.

It doesn't pertain to the OP's device. It's not limited to Samsung SSD. You problem was more likely linked to a whitelisted PCIe device or an incompatibility with NVMe modules.

The OP's device takes a 2.5" SATA 3 and thus there will be no issue with compatibility.

1 minute ago, opporna said:

How do you get the 1800 baht unlimited package? Sorry, with all the bickering I'm getting a bit confused here. Thanks to everyone who has contributed.

You start with a SIM that was purchased before the 1st of Feb 2019. if you don't have, you cannot get.

As an aside, let's imagine you could max out the original HDD at 100 MB/s. That 6 GB per minute.

So if there is just the OS and very little stored data on the drive, it might take five to ten minutes for the cloning alone.

The more data, the longer it will take. Then, as aforementioned, there are the operations around just the cloning.

Either way, I recommend a clean install over a clone and Windows 10 Pro over Home. I'm guessing that the OP is running Home.

5 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Not everything is IO.

It depends on what you count. And technically it's not incorrect to say cloning is sometimes done in 10 minutes.

 

He wrote that the job will take five to ten minutes whilst you wait. Nothing about the cloning on it's own.

Paying 500 baht for five to ten minutes work that you can do by yourself, seems more than pathetic.

Seems that you can be quite pedantic all by yourself...."technically it's not incorrect...." Really?

3 minutes ago, Farangwithaplan said:

To the OP, anytime I have done a swap out of an HDD to an SSD for someone with a laptop, I buy a cheap drive enclosure. Search that term for a photo. Your local PC parts and cable shop, Lazada and Shoppee have plenty of them.

 

You can use the enclosure to assist with cloning to the new SSD. You can then swap the drives and put the old backup HDD into the enclosure and keep it as a backup or wipe it and use it for other storage.

 

 

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Made a slight wording change. I didn't want the pedant police to call me out.

So you decided to call yourself out? ????  You should have left it rather than attract attention to it.

I'm almost afraid to point out that Shopee has only one 'P'. ????

I've found that the enclosures are unreasonably expensive in Thailand. 160 baht via eBay. 

Example here; https://shopee.co.th/Hard-Drive-Enclosure-2.5-นิ้วสำหรับ-Samsung-SSD-i.131624263.2020411547

Hopefully not arriving via China. Can't tell.

5 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

But maybe his current installation is not rubbish. If people take care not to install lots of rubbish then you don't have to worry about copying rubbish. There is nothing wrong with cloning is the existing installation works fine.

All consumer laptops are supplied with bloatware.  For example, the vulnerable Lenovo UpdateAgent.

I always prefer to do clean installs for myself, than to allow someone else to do it for me.

1 minute ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Yes and no. The actual cloning is sometimes done in 10 minutes. It depends on the "disks" and the amount of data.

But then there is the additional work of opening the computer, changing the disks, maybe in stalling SW, etc.

Then that's a no, isn't it. Even if the cloning alone took ten minutes, there are all of the other operations involved. So cannot then be five to ten minutes. So that is just a no.

33 minutes ago, petermik said:

I have a little knowledge of pc,s and enjoy taking on tasks like this so I will give cloning a go....some differing points of view out there as to whether a fresh install is better or not,some say yes others no.....I don,t use my pc for anything more than everyday browsing and my current HDD takes up 80gb whereas the SDD will be 240gb which I think will be fine...plenty of info out there as to how to do it so I,ll go with the cloning.....thanks for all your input anyhow gents

Forget about the cloning. A clean install is best. Otherwise you are just moving old rubbish on to a clean install.

Since you don't use your PC for anything other than basic tasks, a clean install is the way to go.

Cloning may be for those who have a complicated setup and don't want to go through having to set it up in a particular way all over again.