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    Inspiron 15R SSD + Stock HDD

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by overst33r, Jul 7, 2011.

  1. overst33r

    overst33r Newbie

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    Hi,

    I've searched relentlessly, but have come up empty handed regarding swapping the stock hard drive to an SSD drive.

    I bought a 64GB SSD (OS and apps) to take the place of the stock HDD and want to use that one for storage. Basically this.

    I would like to know which caddy to use in order to make the mechanical drive a "storage drive" using the optical drive bay.

    So far I've found this caddy for $45, kind of expensive though. Would this work?

    I've read about people using ebay caddys for other systems, would those work for the 15R?


    Thanks all!
     
    overst33r, Jul 7, 2011
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  2. misft33333

    misft33333 Notebook Consultant

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    The link that you provided appears to go with your laptop. If you are still unsure you can contact this person

    [email protected]

    I have replaced my DVD drive with a hard drive purchased from that website and everything went smoothly. I also contacted the person I mentioned above just to be sure.

    It is also expensive, but well worth it, IMO, an OS on a SSD, storage on HDD
     
    misft33333, Jul 8, 2011
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  3. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Just any ODD caddy should work fine. If you want hot swap capabilities you need to install Windows in AHCI SATA mode.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Jul 8, 2011
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  4. overst33r

    overst33r Newbie

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    Anybody else?
     
    overst33r, Jul 9, 2011
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  5. overst33r

    overst33r Newbie

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    Is there a DIY on how to install it in AHCI mode?
     
    overst33r, Jul 14, 2011
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  6. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    You just need to set SATA Operation in your BIOS to AHCI.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Jul 14, 2011
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    overst33r Newbie

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    Will do. Thanks!
     
    overst33r, Jul 15, 2011
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