Is the hard drive user replaceable. That is, can you open the chassis and upgrade the SSD?
218937
Yes, but its a PCI ssd, so not many are available right now. But yes, you can open the laptop without too much difficulty. It will void the warranty though.
168860
You can swap it out for a SSD, but just make sure you have a copy of all the drivers and some back-up discs of the OS.
574123
Yes you can. But spend the extra and get SSD drive. It is soooo much faster and does not have a problem with being bounced around.
402310
The face place comes off and the drives can be changed. As far as increasing the capacity, I believe you can but I'm not positive
1829712
No, this is SATA; IDE is defunct. You can use that old drive as a paper weight. Also get a Solid State Drive and enjoy about 10x improvement in hard drive speed. SSDs are worth every penny.
1085
yes you can upgrade the hdd but im not sure on the size and also not sure on the ssd hdd. hope this helps.
545964
You can replace the SSD but you will void the warranty. Samsung Series 9 warranty is voided if the case is open. Samsung warranty excerpt: "You can change the Hard Drive on any Samsung PC that has an HDD panel on the bottom (A panel labeled HDD and held in place with one screw) without voiding the warranty. If your laptop does not have an HDD panel, such as the 9 series, exchanging the HDD voids the warranty because you must dismantle the laptop to access it."
1423756
Yes you can, you can buy a new SLIM HDD laptop drive and change it yourself, carefully and remember that by doing that you are probably voiding your warranty
1898550
The ssd can be swapped out. It is a proprietary ssd and owc is the only one who makes them currently.
986367
Yes, it is a msata SSD and can be upgraded. You can Google it or go to YouTube and there are videos in how to do it.
2163477
I believe you can, but it may be difficult. I have opened the case, and could easily change the SSD, but I struggled in trying to get the battery out and gave up since I did not need to replace it. Even now, the battery still lasts about 4 hours on a full charge.
2055666
Any internal hard drive is swappable, why couldn't it be changed via an upgrade. Firmware problems? The ram and the hard drives are completely accessible to a qualified technician.
1284402
I have found no way to do that. I've searched the forums and no one has attempted this yet. You can upgrade the SSD, but need to get the cover off for that. At the same time, the stock RAM has been just fine for my enterprise computing needs. If you are looking for a hardcore gamer or CAD, then this isn't the machine for you.
1059165
I don't understand why you would upgrade the SSD. It is blazing fast as is. If you need storage, using cloud services has worked for me. I read that upgrading these machines on your own is generally not recommended.
1176417
Yes it is but we recommend RAM upgrade or best upgrade the hard drive to SSD.
545962
I think it is replaceable but u have to be aware that since this is a ultrabook they put m-SSD not just regular SSD. So if u want to replace the SSD then u have to buy m-SSD not the regular SSD
800849
You can just pull it out to remove it. I think there is a tab you can pull as well. I don't sell SSD drives. I'm just a customer of the chassis and it worked for me.