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    Adding a 3rd drive, Seagate 1TB Hybrid SSHD

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Lundon44, Jul 23, 2013.

  1. Lundon44

    Lundon44 Notebook Consultant

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    Hi everyone,

    When I learned I could add a second HDD ontop of my 256GB mSata and 750GB HD I went online and bought a Seagate 1TB 2.5" 5400RPM 64MB Cache Solid State Hybrid Drive (ST1000LM014).

    This is my first time adding a HD myself and I know it's super easy to install it based on what I say in the manual. However, my only question is if there is anything I need to know in regards to setting it up once it's physically installed? Do I need to go into the BIOS and change anything? And specs on this HD claim it's 5x faster than a standard 5400rpm drive so I'm curious if it would be okay to use for installing games and and programs rather than just for extra storage which was my original intent..
     
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  2. Serephucus

    Serephucus Notebook Deity

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    Games and applications would be the best things to install on it, yeah.

    As for setup, not really. Physically install it, and double-check in your BIOS to make sure your mSATA drive is still your first boot device. When you're in Windows, right-click on Computer, hit Manage, Disk Management, right-click your drive, and create a new simple volume using all the space on the drive. Then it'll show up as a normal drive.
     
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  3. Lundon44

    Lundon44 Notebook Consultant

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    Well that's easy. Thanks!
     
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    ejohnson Is that lemon zest?

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    You can add another one too :)
    removing the dvd drive will allow for 3 standard hdds and a msata ssd
     
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  5. Lundon44

    Lundon44 Notebook Consultant

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    Wow that's pretty cool I will admit. However, trashing my bluray drive defeat the purpose of paying the extra for one lol. Though I hardly use my dvd drive..
     
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