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    Lenovo ActiveProtection and 2 HDDs (T500)

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by lenardg, Mar 26, 2011.

  1. lenardg

    lenardg Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    Hi,

    Does anyone know that if I use the ThinkPad Serial ATA adapter to put another HDD in my T500, does the ActiveProtection software stop both HDDs (built in HDD, bay-adapter HDD) at the same time?

    Also, usually the advice is to remove ActiveProtection is you have a SSD disk, because they are not sensitive to movement. What about if you have an internal SSD disk and a regular HDD in the bay? Any experience with this setup using ActiveProtection?

    Thanks!
     
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  2. Colonel O'Neill

    Colonel O'Neill Notebook Deity

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    HDAPS supports the UltraBay.
     
    Colonel O'Neill, Mar 26, 2011
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  3. lenardg

    lenardg Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    Not much help from HDAPS, since I am using Windows only. As far as I know HDAPS is Linux only.
     
    lenardg, Mar 26, 2011
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    Whoops my bad. I tend to call it HDAPS in Windows too.
     
    Colonel O'Neill, Mar 26, 2011
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  5. MidnightSun

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    Yes, APS does park both the hard drive in the main bay and in the UltraBay when a shock is detected by the accelerometer on the Thinkpad mainboard. See the APS source article from Lenovo, quoted:
    I'm not too sure what the behavior of the primary SSD would be in this case, though. I assume the SSD would just ignore the parking command that it receives, so there shouldn't be any negative impact? You'd probably have to test and see.
     
    MidnightSun, Mar 26, 2011
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