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    is installing ssd easy?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by raymondjchin, Feb 20, 2012.

  1. raymondjchin

    raymondjchin Notebook Consultant

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    What I wanted to do is buy a sager laptop with a 500 GB HD (because It will put me at $1500 to get $100 discount). Once I get that Buy a 120GB SSD put it as primary and move 500 GB HD to secondary. The sager 8170 is what i was going to get.

    If I do this do I have to move the 500 GB into a different slot? Or can I just add the SSD to my spare slot then just change bio settings?
     
    raymondjchin, Feb 20, 2012
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  2. Geekz

    Geekz Notebook Deity

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    for the np8170 you could install it in the 2nd slot and just select which will be the primary drive (and setting it to AHCI).
     
    Geekz, Feb 21, 2012
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  3. JOSEA

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    IF you do a clean install (recommended) of Windows make sure only the SSD is in the laptop. Smart move BTW
     
    JOSEA, Feb 21, 2012
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    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    Its very simple to add a secondary drive to the Sager NP8170 / Clevo P170HMx aka the 17" choice.

    If you would have gotten the 15" model then you need a Optical drive caddy.
     
    DEagleson, Feb 21, 2012
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