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    Asus N61JQ-B1 additional hard drive in optical bay?

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by blacklight186, Nov 24, 2010.

  1. blacklight186

    blacklight186 Notebook Consultant

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    Hi All,

    I'm interested in a recent ASUS model N61JQ-B1. It's a 16" screen laptop; however with only one hard drive bay. ASUS N61JQ-B1 Gaming Laptops

    I want to install 1 x SSD & 1 x HDD (SSD will be 90GB, for OS and apps). I want to install the SSD in the optical drive bay. Is this a fairly standard thing to do or are there sometimes issues faced later?

    Are there instances where a DVD drive is absolutely a must? (example when reinstalling an OS). I already have an external USB DVD drive (does USB drive work while installing OS form DVD?).

    Thanks! :)
     
    blacklight186, Nov 24, 2010
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  2. Hrogi

    Hrogi Notebook Consultant

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    With Win7 you can install it from a Flash drive now....
    So you are right a DVD drive is not needed for the most part these days.
     
    Hrogi, Nov 24, 2010
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  3. blacklight186

    blacklight186 Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks Hrogi.

    In case I need to reinstall the OS from DVD, can I put the DD in an external DVD drive (thru USB port) and reinstall the OS?

    Thanks.
     
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  4. Hrogi

    Hrogi Notebook Consultant

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    Yes you can...

    Win7 is cool that way.
    You can also Netowrk push it, but you may need a special system for that.
     
    Hrogi, Nov 24, 2010
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