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    DV7t OBHD (Optical Bay Hard Drive)

    Discussion in 'HP' started by rjbg84, Mar 4, 2010.

  1. rjbg84

    rjbg84 Notebook Evangelist

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    So...I will be purchasing an OBHD from Newmodeus, this specific model. I will be getting an SSD for the OS, and will keep my 2 500gb HDD in this bad boy :cool:.

    I haven't been able to find someone that has done this to their DV7, but it doesn't hurt to try it out, I got lots to gain and not that much to lose I guess.

    Once I get it, I will post pictures with the process and end result.

    Any thoughts, comments, advise??
     
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    timesquaredesi MagicPeople VooDooPeople

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    /drool. that sounds insane and i like insane :D
     
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    Yep, its quite insane, never thought that I would try to get this lappie up to 1+TB of Hard drive space when I bought it. But hey...that's why we are here for...see what our machines are capable of...I'm just trying to get the best out of it before I gather enough money for the G73jh... :eek:
     
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    I have postponed this project due to $$$ reasons :( :(...I still have everything saved in their respective shopping carts and hopefully I will be able to get them before the end of the month...the only thing missing would be the SSD...
     
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    cool, join the waiting game as most of us are doing. the intel 80gb ssd drive went from $299 to $223 this month alone on amazon. by the end of the year, ihope this drive gets to like $100 - then i may pick one up :)

    aside - my boss got a 256gb samsung ssd drive w/128mb cache for his lenovo laptop... he backed up 8 gigs from one partition on the drive to another - i believe the copy took like 4 minutes. these drives are absolutely crazy. instead of spending $200 on a lower end drive now, i'd hold off and get a higher end drive once the prices come down.

    just a thought :) this is my plan, anyway.
     
    timesquaredesi, Mar 28, 2010
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