I have a Acer wlmi5104 laptop w/ IDE hard drive. Yesterday, I upgraded it to a SATA SSD using a IDE to SATA caddy adapter.
Here's how I did it:
1. Create Acer Windows recovery/system discs [2].
2. Buy IDE to SATA caddy 12.7 at eBay for ~$10. Buy a USB IDE DVD enclosure at eBay.
3. Install...