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    Quick HDD help M17X R2

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by fright88, Jun 4, 2013.

  1. fright88

    fright88 Notebook Geek

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    Hello,

    While going through my mail I recieved an e-mail about a deal on this SSD drive
    SanDisk Extreme SDSSDX-240G-G25 2.5" 240GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - Newegg.com

    I've been thinking about getting a SSD drive for my M17x R2 for a while and it looks like it should fit I just thought I would ask the experts before I impulse buy. Looks like a good deal and don't want to miss it.

    Also my comp didn't come with a second drive and if I remember correctly I saw someone once mention you had to get a drive holder and some kind of adapter for a second drive. Can anyone give me info on this?

    Thanks for the help.
     
    fright88, Jun 4, 2013
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  2. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    Yes it will work fine, and yes you need an adapter for the 2nd drive. You can get it by contacting DELL sales or online.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Jun 5, 2013
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  3. fright88

    fright88 Notebook Geek

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    Thanks for the reply have one incoming just hope I can figure out how to get it set up
     
    fright88, Jun 5, 2013
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    Greywolf22 Notebook Deity

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    it's really easy, so should be pretty clear once it arrives..but we're always around if you need help :)

    Enjoy!!!
     
    Greywolf22, Jun 5, 2013
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    If you had the original box, they have the interposer included in the box.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Jun 5, 2013
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  6. fright88

    fright88 Notebook Geek

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    I would imagine the origional box should be with it.

    My concern at this point isn't the installation it is the setup. I was going to open a new thread on this but I will try here hopefully someone can give me some advice.

    So in prep for this I downloaded Alienrespawn because it wasn't already on my comp. I did have a recovery partition however. After I installed it my D drive no longer shows up in my comp and I can't seem to navigate to it in any way but it does show up in disk management. Did AR delete the mapping? I also created an alien respawn thumb drive since apparently my origionals were damaged in a storage fire however the thumb drive only sees about 400 mb in use. Not sure if this is normal.

    So I questions are 2 for the factor recovery partition do I just need to remap it for windows to recognize it? And is it normal for a respawn recovery to only be 400 mb? Thanks for any help.
     
    fright88, Jun 5, 2013
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