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    # Hard Drives Possible in Sony Z?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Synthesia, Apr 25, 2009.

  1. Synthesia

    Synthesia Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi guys,

    I was wondering how many hard drives could fit in the Vaio Z, because on the SonyStyle site when configuring the HD's and choosing for example 256GB SSD it shows 2x128GB SSD. Does this mean 2x SSD hard drives? If so then I'm wondering why they don't make the option available to put in 2x256GB SSD's. Also, if 2 SSD's are possible, are 2 standard 2,5" spinning HD's possible?

    Thanks for the advice.
     
    Synthesia, Apr 25, 2009
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  2. allfiredup

    allfiredup Notebook Virtuoso

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    The problem with putting two regular (mechanical) hard drives in a small laptop is HEAT! Spinning hard drives create heat that SSDs, with no moving parts, don't. Even some 17" systems have heat dissipation problems when equipped with two hard drives- especially if one or both of them run at 7200rpm.
     
    allfiredup, Apr 25, 2009
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  3. Synthesia

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    Yea, I wouldn't do that either. But is there space for 2 SSD's? Or only 1?
     
    Synthesia, Apr 25, 2009
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  4. Visioneer

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    Vaio Z with 256GB SSD (2x128GB) uses two 1.8" SSD drives. It isn't possible to use two 2.5" drives, regardless SSD or regular (mechanical). Heat isn't the limited factor.
     
    Visioneer, Apr 25, 2009
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  5. rudeboymcc

    rudeboymcc Notebook Guru

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    seeing as the cd rom is sata - can you not get an adaptor that will allow you to replae the cd drive with a hard disk??
    I've heard of a company doing this for the new macbooks
     
    rudeboymcc, Apr 26, 2009
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  6. CLK

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    I have one now, but at one time i had 5 hard drives but than i couldnt get the keyboard to close tight enough no matter how many times i stomp on it so i had to take the 4 out... :(
     
    CLK, Apr 27, 2009
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  7. rudeboymcc

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    you managed to get 4 hard drives in? i don't understand.
     
    rudeboymcc, Apr 27, 2009
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    It's a complicated and technical process. The result of years of research and engineering.

    But the reasoning is sound, dammit!
     
    ashghan, Apr 27, 2009
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    Yes, you could remove the optical drive and fit a 2.5" HDD in there. I currently have a 64GB SSD boot drive and a 320GB 2.5" HDD for personal files. There's a thread on this somewhere...
     
    defcon6, Apr 27, 2009
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  10. rudeboymcc

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    do you know where the thread is ? I tried searching but can't find it - will all vaio ones be compatible or is the connected in a different place for each laptop?
     
    rudeboymcc, May 2, 2009
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    HDTV4me, May 2, 2009
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