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    SSD + HDD together?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by simple-screen, Nov 3, 2010.

  1. simple-screen

    simple-screen Notebook Enthusiast

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    any ideas if that's going to be a problem? i'm planning to upgrade one of the dv7t's 500gb hdds with an SSD for my primary drive. Someone already done that?
     
    simple-screen, Nov 3, 2010
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  2. anseio

    anseio All ways are my ways.

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    I've done it with the Sony VAIO F and it works fantastically that way.
     
    anseio, Nov 3, 2010
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    simple-screen Notebook Enthusiast

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    thanks anseio, I thought the vaio f has only one hdd slot?
     
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    anseio All ways are my ways.

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    It does. I swapped out my optical drive and replaced it with my 2ndary HDD in a caddy.
     
    anseio, Nov 3, 2010
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    walterdt3 Notebook Consultant

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    There shouldn't be a problem. This is what I'm doing with my DV9500T. My primary drive is a Kingston 512 SSD, my second is a Seagate Momentus XT hybrid drive (500GB drive with a 4Gig SSD for most used files, controlled by the on HD controller.)
     
    walterdt3, Nov 4, 2010
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    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    It will be fine. The SSD + HDD combo is great, you get speed and storage.
     
    flipfire, Nov 4, 2010
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