The picture in the product description shows the Easy Swap Drive Bay. Is it actually included with this PC, or optionally available?
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I don't actually have the computer. I bought it for my sister-in-law. My guess is that the Easy Swap Drive Bay is optional, but i would check with Gateway to make sure it's compatible with this model. For example, Gateway specifically mentions the Easy Swap Drive Bay for model DX4380G-UW308, but I don't see that mentioned for your model.
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This listing is a desktop model. We can however provide the mini tower upon request. We include the Win 7 restore disk in the package. Thanks
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There is no drive included, but there is a bay that supports 2.5 inch drives. I currently use a 240gb mSATA for the OS and 1tb for misc files and media.
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No a Win 7 back-up disc was not included.I did not check if memory can be added because it's bigger than I'll ever use !
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Thanks for your information. I did also find out that there's a sata port intended for an optical drive. If so, then I can mount the SSD in that bay and still have all 4 bays for data. Now - does anybody know if the BIOS can handle 3TB drives without repartitioning?
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Yes.and yes just the drive...its nice to het the retail for desktops as comes with cables.
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Its better than that....you have 2 drive bays available from the front of the machine that allow hot swapping of hard drives and normal use or RAID configuration. Wicked.....
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Hi, This unit only have 1 3.5" HDD bay and it is already used. No more extra bay for expansion. Thanks, PCrush
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There is only one hard drive bay which is already occupied. If you do not use the optical drive you and remove it and get a hard drive caddy and put one in there.
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I need to swap the print circuit board, since PC cannot detect this drive any more. I have tons of data on this drive that needs retrieval. So I placed another order again. Hope I will get exact model as I bought in Nov, 2010. The model I received last time is also WD20EARS-00MVWB0. Can someone report what's their model number now, if they bought it recently? Thank you. I will report mine once I get it on Monday.
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Not sure... Maybe someone at Amazon made a deal with someone at Lenovo? Mine has the one T drive... The machine ROCKS.. The swappable bay means INFINITE storage.. so the one T drive didn't bother me...
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Answering because all of the other answers sucked: This looks to be in the same linage as the 1015e. Assuming it's effectively the same, you can't add ram. Swapping the hdd to an ssd is possible but annoyingly difficult and will void your warranty (but it makes it _much_ more usable in my opinion).
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Its an internal drive. It comes with brackets to screw it on inside the computer case.
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There is a 2nd drive bay in the unit..Please email us to install the 2nd hard drive caddy after your purchase..Ezbuycafe
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I am also looking for the memory upgrade. If someone who has done this could post details, I would be eternally grateful! Not a member of the geek sqad so I am not sure how to go about it - is there a specific type to buy and how do you instal it?
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Good question. You could always buy the parts separately (an internal disk and an external enclosure). External drive enclosure listings:
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No this is a formatted pic hdd. You may be able to attempt an external hook up with it but not an internal swap. I'd do some Google searching though I'm not sure if this one will work externally due to its size.