Can I open this up and add a SSD, either in addition to or in place of the normal drive?
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The drive should be user serviceable, unlike say a MacBook Air with the SSD soldered onto the motherboard.
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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.
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No but you can add a second drive in the DVD bay using a DVD caddy. I replaced the hard drive with a 128 gig Samsung 840 Pro SSD ($114.99) for use as the boot/system/program drive, and then mounted the 500 gig drive I removed in a Universal SATA Hard Drive Caddy ($13.65) and put this in the empty DVD bay for the data drive.
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No, use your manufacture drive tool , third party software or simply reformat existing drive
1985512
Hello Pedro, you can install any current SSD size, I would recommend 128 or 256 GB better, thanks.
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I would think that's possible, though you'd be voiding your warranty. It might be more cost effective to look at the mercury elite thunderbolt 2-drive enclosure which you can buy empty, then add SSDs.
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Yes you can. You can add the SSD to the drive bay from the front of the system which is pretty awesome. I tried the hard way and well failed because of the OS i was trying with. But since then I've left the OS on the main drive which is fast... And everything that's important gets installed on my SSD and it's fast.
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Oung S., Yes, you can install an SSD into the unit and use it at the primary boot device after installing an O/S on it.
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Yes sir you can. Although this is possible, working with the internal hardware of any laptop can be sensitive work due to the obvious, you don't want to harm your machine! There are two courses of action I would suggest regarding this matter. 1) Bring your machine with your additional purchased SSD to a local PC workshop near you and get an estimate from them on how much it would cost to have a professional install (I would not send my machine out of state via mail to have it worked on due to shipping fees, insurance etc... 2) Research the matter online through you tube videos and forums and such, until you feel comfortable with the process and idea of doing it yourself (this is NOT an impossible feat by a long shot!) Here is one such video -&gt; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUJ7r2Ir4GU Of course there are other methods of action but these are the two that I would suggest.
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Absolutely! I replaced the HD with an SSD (Samsung Pro 840 250GB). The computer works amazingly fast and it is so reliable especially after it was upgraded to Windows 8.1.
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I'm pretty sure that you can replace the 128GB SSD with a larger MSATA SSD. I have not done it myself, but I opened up the laptop and saw the MSATA that's in there. I didn't see any place to put an additional internal drive.
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it's very easy.open the cover then you can see SSD slot.install up ,that fine
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Yes there is plenty of space for an additional drive. As long as the Solid State Drive is SATA you should be fine.
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Depends. You can replace the Hdd, with a ssd, or you can add up to two msata drives and leave the Hdd. I replaced the Hdd with a ssd, and added a msata drive.
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You can actually!The HDD bay has room and screw holes for another SSD drive right on top of the first!
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Yes you can as you have a slot for it. You will need to clone over the existing install or reinstall Windows. There are also USB enclosures and normal SATA adapters.
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SSD would fit on the thunderbolt connector. Not sure about opening the drive though