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    adding a hard drive

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by ncuser, Jan 11, 2012.

  1. ncuser

    ncuser Notebook Enthusiast

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    I orderd my 8170 with only one hard drive. I am looking to put another drive into my machine as a data drive. I am not looking to add any raid settings, just an extra drive. Do I need to order anything extra other than a hard drive? I opened up the 2nd HDD bay and the plate seems to be there but I wasn't sure if any other type of bracket has to be ordered for the installation.
     
    ncuser, Jan 11, 2012
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  2. Support.3@XOTIC PC

    Support.3@XOTIC PC Company Representative

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    The NP8170 comes with everything you need to mount a second drive, all you need is the drive itself
     
    Support.3@XOTIC PC, Jan 11, 2012
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    hotblack_desiato Notebook Consultant

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    I believe you can even install a third hd in place of the optical drive.
     
    hotblack_desiato, Jan 12, 2012
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    Support.3@XOTIC PC Company Representative

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    You can but will need to get a mounting caddy, they're pretty easy to find if you ever do want to.
     
    Support.3@XOTIC PC, Jan 12, 2012
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  5. ncuser

    ncuser Notebook Enthusiast

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    thank you for the information. I have an external hd that I back stuff up to but I may end up adding the second hard drive to move my work files over to.
     
    ncuser, Jan 15, 2012
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    acroedd Notebook Evangelist

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    get the momentus xt 750gb!! and make it ur primary, unless ofcourse you have a ssd already! ;)
     
    acroedd, Jan 16, 2012
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  7. gwilled

    gwilled Notebook Deity

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    On a dual bay machine, I wouldn't consider a hybrid drive. Those are compromises to SSDs, especially the 750GB ones that cost more than most 128GB SSDs. With a free bay, get a SSD of some capacity when you can afford one.
     
    gwilled, Jan 16, 2012
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  8. ncuser

    ncuser Notebook Enthusiast

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    I downloaded the manual and if I have the correct model down, I have to remove the optical drive to get the 2nd hd drive cover off. Then it is just a simple plug in and attach the cover and since I am not setting up a raid setting, it should be good to go once I reboot. All that will be left is to format it. Is that correct?
     
    ncuser, Jan 18, 2012
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    That is correct. Once you've got it installed, you can go to Start > right click Computer > Manage > Storage > Disk management. From there you can format the disk and assign a drive letter.
     
    Anthony@MALIBAL, Jan 19, 2012
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  10. ncuser

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    just got around to adding the second hard drive. I must say, it was alot easier than I thought. Took about 5 minutes total.
     
    ncuser, Mar 2, 2012
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  11. Heihachi_1337

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    Yup, that sounds about right. Sager tends to try and make a lot of the parts user serviceable. :)
     
    Heihachi_1337, Mar 2, 2012
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