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    T61P SSD and Vista Booting (Can it be done?)

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by pcuz, Sep 11, 2007.

  1. pcuz

    pcuz Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi Guys,

    So straight to the point! :)

    Is it possible to get an SSD drive (guess it would be one of the expresscard ones? or is there a better way??) Install Vista onto it and get the machine to boot from the SSD into Vista :D . Is this possible?

    Cheers,

    P
     
    pcuz, Sep 11, 2007
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  2. Les

    Les Not associated with NotebookReview in any way

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    NO...its not. there have been several threads on the internet with attempts, none that I have found successful.
     
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    wax4213 Notebook Consultant

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    You can buy an SSD replacement for your HDD, but I can't confirm if you could install Vista to a separate SSD and boot from it. I suppose you could, however you'd have to be careful with any future installations of programs because they would very likely default to the (small) SSD.

    Edit: Nevermind, Flamenko's probably right.
     
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  4. pcuz

    pcuz Notebook Enthusiast

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    So can you explain why not? If the BIOS can recognise the disk at start up why can't you boot from it?
     
    pcuz, Sep 11, 2007
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