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    Installing 3rd HDD, M17x-R4?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by atkd1890, Jun 17, 2012.

  1. atkd1890

    atkd1890 Newbie

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    Hello.

    I have a new M17x-R4 with 64G mSSD + 1TB HDD.

    Now I want to add another 1TB HDD. Is it possible? I have read somewhere that M17x R4 has 1 mSATA port + 2 SATA ports.

    I want to make sure. Thanks.
     
    atkd1890, Jun 17, 2012
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  2. mp5cartman

    mp5cartman Notebook Evangelist

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    Yes the R4 has 2 SATA 3 ports +the msata, also you can convert your disk drive into a another port for a HDD/SSD if you dont use it much
     
    mp5cartman, Jun 17, 2012
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    christo493 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Finally, searched forever for this information. So, just to make sure - I can have a raid 0 set up with an ssd boot AND keep my disk drive?
    Thanks.
     
    christo493, Jun 18, 2012
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  4. GTRagnarok

    GTRagnarok Notebook Evangelist

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    That's correct.
     
    GTRagnarok, Jun 18, 2012
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  5. Xenn0X

    Xenn0X Notebook Evangelist

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    yes you can, 1 msata and 2 normal sata hdd, it's even possible to put in an optibay and get 4 hdd drives.
    i have a msata ssd, 2 normal ssd and optical.
     
    Xenn0X, Jun 18, 2012
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  6. goldenic

    goldenic Notebook Guru

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    hi, have any of you guys ever installed a mssd card?is it easily accessible?
    i want to add 1 manually since i only have 500gb normal hdd in my system :D
     
    goldenic, Sep 30, 2012
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  7. leeshjnn

    leeshjnn Notebook Evangelist

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    If you only need more storage, you can always add 1 HDD to your bay 1 since you only got 1 HDD. Remove your optical drive and put another HDD in is another option. Unless you strictly need mSata SSD to run your OS, otherwise, I don't see any need to install one at all.
     
    leeshjnn, Sep 30, 2012
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    goldenic Notebook Guru

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    well, actually i want to get a ssd for my primary boot drive and mssd for caching my normal hdd to fill all the spots that i have :D , is it possible to do that?
     
    goldenic, Sep 30, 2012
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  9. radji

    radji Farewell, Solenya...

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    Yes, it is...but I'm confused. Your OP states you have a 1TB HDD as well as an mSATA SSD, that is, I am assuming you mean mSATA SSD when you say mSSD and a single 1TB hard drive and not a RAID array, yes? If so, realize your R4 is configured to have two 2.5" notebook drives (SSD or HDD) and the mSATA SSD (mSSD). I might be misunderstanding your post so if I am just let me know.
     
    radji, Oct 1, 2012
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  10. leeshjnn

    leeshjnn Notebook Evangelist

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    Radji, they are two different people. This guy just jumped on out of nowhere...

    To answer your question, yes, you can do that. But if I were you, I would replace my optical drive with a caddy drive and put the 500Gb HDD on it and do 2 SSDs on bay 0 and bay 1, especially when SS 830 256Gb was on sale for $170 the other day...
     
    leeshjnn, Oct 1, 2012
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