I have the latest gen. Inspiron 15 7000 (7547 model to be exact) and last week my HD crashed (appears that one of the heads was damaged and caused damage to the HD). Needless to say, I was able to retrieve some data but not all but I don't want to go back to a standard HD.
Anyways, I am in the market for a replacement HD and I want to go with an SSD. Does an SSD work the Inspiron 7547? If so, is there a certain kind/size that is recommended? I was looking at the Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-75E500B/AM) on Amazon which seem to be on sale and heve generally positive reviews.
Also, how would I go about re-installing windows 8.1 on the new drive since my old one crashed?