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    VAIO SR -- swapping DVD drive for 2.5" hard drive?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by jayray27, Sep 23, 2008.

  1. jayray27

    jayray27 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,

    I have a Vaio SR, my idea is to swap the internal DVD drive for a 2,5" SSD with 32 or 64GB. In that way I would have the fast SSD for the OS and the slower HD for data.

    Just like in the TZ Thread here in the forum.


    Is there a way to do that ? That would be great! Thanks for your help.
    Cheers
    Jay
     
    jayray27, Sep 23, 2008
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    jayray27 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Any idea anyone ?
     
    jayray27, Sep 24, 2008
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    hendra Notebook Virtuoso

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    I suppose you can connect SATA SSD to the SATA connector of the DVD drive and then tape the SSD to the bottom casing. But you will need to cover the opening so that would be a cosmetic problem.
     
    hendra, Sep 24, 2008
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    jayray27 Notebook Enthusiast

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    ok thanks !! Are there blind covers maybe for the dvd drives ? are they standard sized ?
     
    jayray27, Sep 24, 2008
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    thebigpants27 Notebook Evangelist

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    Also, what exactly would you do in the event that you needed to do a system restore? I'm asking, cause i dont know myself...
     
    thebigpants27, Sep 24, 2008
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    jayray27 Notebook Enthusiast

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    external usb dvd writer for example!
     
    jayray27, Sep 24, 2008
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    Ah, alright, but i suppose you could follow the same logic and just use an External Additional harddrive...correct?
     
    thebigpants27, Sep 24, 2008
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    But an external harddrive is much slower then an internal one....
     
    jayray27, Sep 24, 2008
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    Is there a cover for the DVD writer hole ?? Any ideas ?
     
    jayray27, Sep 25, 2008
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    The cover is called bezel. But it needs to be latched to a DVD drive to secure it. If you don't have the DVD drive, it would just come loose. You probably can secure it with super glue along the bottom edge but I won't recommend it.
     
    hendra, Sep 25, 2008
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    Ok thanks, so isn't there a bezel for some other sony vaio that fits also on the SR ? I guess the drives are standard sized on these ?
     
    jayray27, Sep 25, 2008
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