Is the operating system on the SSD?
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Yes, the OS is stored on the SSD for instant on capability. Without this capability, it cannot be referred to as an ultrabook.
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I know that on my netbook the OS installation resides on a small partition on the end of the hard drive. I'm sure that it is the same for this device.
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Yes, but you essentially cannot use the SSD drive; it's merely there for faster boot up from what I've heard.
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SSD's are basicaly for fast booting of your OS system. For storage go to your Hard drives! That is my recomendation
864563
the ssd is compatible with windows 8 the software is not. so you would have to find your own cloning software or do a clean install.
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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.
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That would depend on which OS you went with. I have windows 7 ultimate, and I have a 500 gb samsung evo ssd, no issues.
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I agree with Eric. I always thought the SSD was just there as a disk cache and that appears to be the way it is treated. It works and it is fast. Take a look in Control Panel at "System" and then "Device Manager" and then "Disk Drives" and you will see the SSD listed separately from the hard disk drive. (I'm running Win 8.1)
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The OS will be installed on SSD drive ( done, this is how it is build ) ,...the rest ( programs ) you can decide where it goes. However you cannot have so many programs to fill up the SSD drive.
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I don't actually remember that distinction, but Windows has to be on the 500 GB regular HD or otherwise the SSD would be of no use or consequence. Speed is not the operative parameter with this computer.
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It's a 320gb hard drive. The ssd refurs to the 16gb - 32gb sd card. It's on the asus website. But this guy doesn't tell you is that there isn't an operating system in the product that he is selling. All he told was he "had to listen everything from asus site". Good computer crappy seller
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I don't know specifically, but generally speaking, an SSD is about 10 times faster than a hard drive,
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Hi!SSD - for System, programs and games (because it's much more quick)HDD - for photos, videos, music, other.
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Thanks for the info, just out of interest how fast does your laptop boot windows 7 with the ssd going at SATA II?
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Yesthose are all pretty universal these days so by all means feel free to upgrade to SSD :)Enjoy :)
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no, it does not have a SSD, but instead it has a 1TB SSHD with a 8GB Nand Flash which is fast enough. But if you are into intense read/write operations you can buy the samsung evo 840 SSD, they are great. I did it on the very next week of the laptop arrival.
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You can chose your own operating system. Then just load it on , we used a windows OS. Yea, you can use a SSD that fits your size and needs. Really easy unit to use .